Fivestars
Financial ServicesCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees
Fivestars is a San Francisco, California based financial services company that provides a unified payments and automated marketing platform built around the merchant's card reader. Its aim is to help local businesses grow by turning every transaction into a customer relationship, combining payment acceptance with automated marketing. Since its 2011 launch, the company has built a national commerce network that connects more than 12,000 small businesses with 70 million users who discover and drive sales, supporting over 100 million transactions and about $3 billion in local merchant sales annually. Fivestars serves local merchants and communities by enabling payment processing alongside automated engagement, addressing the needs of small businesses within the financial services landscape. In October 2021, Fivestars was acquired by SumUp, a fintech company, with the San Francisco team continuing to operate.