MQ vs LSPD Comparison

Headquartered in Oakland, California, and founded in 2010, Marqeta provides its clients with a card-issuing platform that offers the infrastructure and tools necessary to offer digital, physical, and tokenized payment options without the need for a traditional bank. The company's open APIs are designed to allow third parties like DoorDash, Klarna, and Block to rapidly develop and deploy innovative card-based products and payment services without the need to develop the underlying technology. The company generates revenue primarily through processing and ATM fees for cards issued on its platform.

Lightspeed Commerce Inc is a one-stop commerce platform providing its customers with the critical functionalities needed to engage with consumers, manage their operations, order their inventory, accept payments, and run their business. It has customers globally in over 100 countries, empowering single- and multi-location small and medium-sized businesses to compete in an omni-channel market environment by engaging with consumers across online, mobile, social, and physical channels. Its products are divided into retail, restaurant, and golf categories. Geographically, it operates in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, and Others with the majority of revenue deriving from Canada.