Lyft

Lyft, Inc. is a ridesharing company based in San Francisco, California and operating in 640 cities in the United States and 9 cities in Canada. It develops, markets, and operates the Lyft mobile app, offering car rides, scooters, and a bicycle-sharing system.

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Today In Payments: Airbnb Files For IPO; Apple Hits $2T Milestone
Today In Payments: Airbnb Files For IPO; Apple Hits $2T Milestone
August 20, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Airbnb has filed for an IPO with the SEC, and Apple hit a market value of $2 trillion. Plus, ride-hailing competitors...

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Uber And Lyft Vow To Suspend Service Friday In California
Uber And Lyft Vow To Suspend Service Friday In California
August 20, 2020  |  Ridesharing

Unless an appeals court intervenes at the last minute, Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are ready to suspend their ride-hailing services in California on...

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Uber, Lyft Competitors Rev Their Engines In California
Uber, Lyft Competitors Rev Their Engines In California
August 19, 2020  |  Ridesharing

On the eve of a court order to reclassify freelance drivers as employees in California, competitors of Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are ready to...

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Address Verification, D2C Shopping, Google’s Transition To SAP Ariba Top This Week’s News
Address Verification, D2C Shopping, Google’s Transition To SAP Ariba Top This Week’s News
August 14, 2020  |  The Weekender

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments...

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Bessemer Venture Partners’ Birnbaum On Why It’s Go-Time For FinTech
Bessemer Venture Partners’ Birnbaum On Why It’s Go-Time For FinTech
August 14, 2020  |  News

There’s been no shortage of big payments and FinTech announcements over the past few days, such as Apple’s bundle bet, Goldman Sachs’ move to bid...

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Lyft Highlights Improving July Figures After Q2 Ridership Plunges
Lyft Highlights Improving July Figures After Q2 Ridership Plunges
August 12, 2020  |  Earnings

Ride-hailing firm Lyft said Wednesday (Aug. 12) that its active ridership plunged 60 percent year over year during Q2 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but...

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What Uber And Lyft’s Court Loss Means For The Gig Economy’s Future
What Uber And Lyft’s Court Loss Means For The Gig Economy’s Future
August 12, 2020  |  Ridesharing

A California judge this week ordered Uber and Lyft to stop classifying their workers as independent contractors and start classifying them as employees, an order the...

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California Attorney General Says Uber, Lyft’s Tradeoff Between Flexibility And Benefits A ‘False Choice’
California Attorney General Says Uber, Lyft’s Tradeoff Between Flexibility And Benefits A ‘False Choice’
August 11, 2020  |  Gig Economy

The California judge who ruled that Uber and Lyft have to classify their workers as employees reportedly “saw straight through” the “bogus argument” that the...

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Today In Payments: Facebook Forms Facebook Financial For eCommerce; Execs Vow To Hire 100K Low-Income Minorities
Today In Payments: Facebook Forms Facebook Financial For eCommerce; Execs Vow To Hire 100K Low-Income...
August 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Facebook launched Facebook Financial to run the company’s eCommerce and payments projects, and more than two dozen top executives have pledged...

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