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Kickfin Teams With Shift4 to Automate Restaurant Tip Payments
ResTech // August 06, 2024

Tip management software company Kickfin integrated with Shift4’s restaurant point-of-sale solution SkyTab. The integration lets restaurants using SkyTab automatically determine tip pools or shares and send payouts straight to employees’ banks, according to a Tuesday (Aug. 6), press release. “As an all-in-one restaurant platform, SkyTab...

Budget-Strapped Consumers Are Tired of Being Asked to Tip Self-Checkout Kiosks
Consumer Insights // May 07, 2024

For financially constrained consumers, the pressure to tip is verging on the ridiculous, with many customers even asked to add gratuity at self-checkout. By the Numbers The December installment of the “Consumer Inflation Sentiment” series, “Tipping Over: Consumers Reducing Spending and Avoiding Tips,” drew from...

More Restaurant Consumers Now Skip the Tip
Economy // April 10, 2023

As economic pressures prompt consumers to rethink their spending, diners are becoming more stingy with tips. Research from PYMNTS’ study “Connected Dining: Inflationary Pressure Squeezes Restaurant Tips,” which draws from a survey of more than 2,200 U.S. consumers, finds that 39% of consumers have been tipping...

An Industry Insider on Tipping the Scales in Restaurants’ Favor
Restaurant innovation // March 09, 2023

Restaurants that survived the pandemic now face cost inflation and labor shortages. Technology can help, as Kickfin Co-CEO Brian Hassan explains the impact of digital tipping with instant payouts on helping eateries attract and retain employees.

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Kickfin CEO Says Digital Tipping and Instant Payouts Help Restaurants Fight Economic Headwinds

March 08, 2023
The restaurant industry has had a rough go of it since COVID-19 hit. Due to pandemic-driven restrictions on in-person dining and related health concerns, restaurants had to rapidly adopt digital channels and hybrid dining experiences to operate. Then, when pandemic restrictions receded, restaurants found themselves in another crisis fueled by high inflation, supply chain issues […]

Real-Time Tip Payouts Give Service Industry No-Cost Worker Shortage Fix

January 23, 2023
As sectors like hospitality and dining struggle with labor shortages, tipping offers a retention solution. In a conversation with PYMNTS, Brian Hassan, co-CEO of instant cashless tip payouts platform Kickfin,...

Instant Digital Tip Payouts Boost Restaurant Worker Pay by as Much as $4/Hour

August 30, 2022
Tipping can account for as much as 60% of a restaurant worker’s wages, so how and when those funds find their way into the worker’s hands can have a seismic...

Tipping Goes Digital; Why Restaurants And Their Staffs Want It

October 26, 2020
At a time when no one wants to say that COVID-19 has been good for business, more and more executives in the digital arena are willing to at least say that the...

Quick Reads
Kickfin Teams With Shift4 to Automate Restaurant Tip Payments

August 06, 2024
Tip management software company Kickfin integrated with Shift4’s restaurant point-of-sale solution SkyTab. The integration lets restaurants using SkyTab automatically determine tip pools or shares and send payouts straight to employees’ banks, according to a Tuesday (Aug. 6), press release. “As an all-in-one restaurant platform, SkyTab has helped tens of thousands of restaurants modernize and optimize […]

Kickfin, Visa Team on Real-Time Tip Payouts for Service Industry

May 12, 2022
Tip disbursement enabler Kickfin announced Thursday (May 12) that it is partnering with Visa to allow service industry employers to send cashless tip payouts to employees’ bank accounts. The partnership...