Paysquad

Excited to be going live on the E&J Toy Co site to help groups of friends, family, and colleagues gift better together 🙌

We've seen it before. It's happening again. Paysquad purchases have triple the AOV of regular purchases. When we launched our group gift card MVP, the AOV was 3x the industry standard, and engagement was about 6x. Now, we're starting to see this same magic with our retail partners. One retailer has an AOV under $300. Paysquad purchases? Over $4k. I know we can lift it from here. The only price limit is how big the squad and merchant dare to dream. That's the power of groups harnessed at checkout 🌟 Owen Wilson; your thoughts please?

We're making checkouts go viral. Picture this: A customer reaches the checkout in your store (let’s pretend bricks-and-mortar). But instead of paying solo, they see a “Pay with Friends” option. One tap later, they’re texting their squad - friends, family, colleagues. Within minutes, 10 people are gathered around, chipping in, laughing, and even browsing more products. 1 sale just turned into 10 new customers. And guess what? The payment? 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. The experience? 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. The ripple effect? 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. That’s what is happening digitally with Paysquad; we're turning every checkout into a social moment, every payment into a party, and every customer into your brand’s biggest advocate. Oh, by the way, in-store is on the roadmap. ❤️

I'm super excited to welcome Australia's fastest-growing craft brand Craft Club to the squad! Ever heard of a Crafternoon? 🧶 It's when a group of friends opt not to have 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 and instead get creative with latch hooks, rug-making kits, crochet kits, etc, and leave with their own special piece of art! It's seriously trending. Now people organising Crafternoons can #paywithfriends thanks to Paysquad. I had my first call with the amazing team behind Craft Club whilst on a beach in Kaikoura. We then onboarded them on a lunch break at the Fintech Lab '25 Bootcamp. I can't wait to see squads getting crafty🕺

We're getting bold with the B2B messaging, and it's for two reasons: 1. 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. Paysquad is a paradigm shift in payments, delivering results the market hasn't seen before. When has the checkout been a customer acquisition channel? We don't want to be lumped in with other solutions. 2. 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. There is a cultural moment happening 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 that merchants can capitalise on. Customers are more connected than ever and have clear buying intent for higher AOV items but lack buying power because of economic pressures. They're looking for new ways to buy and gift better. Merchants are already embracing the trend. We're pumped to be onboarding some A++ brands in the coming months 🚀

📰 Big news... HUGE: Introducing Mastercard as this year's Fintech Lab Foundation partner.  💥 👂 Yes, you heard right, Mastercard is backing Fintech Lab 2025 and its incredible founders. It’s a match made in heaven. Who better to support our next generation of Fintech startups than a global payments leader and disruptor? Mastercard shares our vision for a finance sector powered by Fintech in New Zealand - and has come on board to support these ambitious startups in turning bold ideas into real-world impact. 🌏 Thank you to Mastercard for making this programme possible. These 14 startup teams can go further with your support - and the whole ecosystem will be stronger as a result. Come along to the Fintech Lab launch party next month: https://lnkd.in/g2ggbKsJ Scores4All Otto NZ Money Sweetspot IPromise Sevaka IndigiShare Rebit Money Transfer Homely Indus | India’s Markets In 3 Minutes For Kiwis & Aussies Project Mosaic Goldie PolicyCheck eccuity Paysquad Joe Slater Colm Kearney Chris O'Neill

95% of Paysquads that are started are completed successfully 🤯 Why? You can't beat the momentum of a squad that gets all of the context they need in one link. > Who's already contributed > When they need to contribute by > How close they are to the target > Where they're shopping No app download required! It shifts the contribution decision from "I'll do this later" to "I'll do this now". We've even seen squads hit their goal with half the people on the group chat, leaving the remainder of the chat to start another Paysquad! If we see a squad leader make that first contribution (at which point it automatically moves to payment pending in Shopify), it's basically guaranteed. I just love seeing people do things together that they couldn't do by themself. Interested in finding out more? Join the merchants we're onboarding right now. 👊

Team Paysquad is stoked to be accepted into the Creative HQ Fintech Lab '25 to help us bring group payments to checkouts around the world 🌍

Context is key 🗝 ...and it's missing from most group payments (until now) When people click on a Paysquad link, they can immediately see: 🏪 Where the cart is being bought from 👧 Who has already contributed 🎯 How close they are to the target ⏳ How much time they have left to contribute ...with no app download required! Gone are the days of awkward IOUs and insane administrative hassle for group payment organisers. We've already seen the trust-building transparency this has on squads. That feeling directly translates to a better experience with your brand, creating a loyalty-winning experience as you connect with 10x the customers. 💸