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Company: SmartBlue Technologies Inc. The company imposes no limits on the number of
Product: Tipatuity daily transactions members can do each day. Business
Website: www.tipatuity.com account transactions have a default limit of $10,000 per
Contact: support@tipatuity.com transaction; personal accounts are typically capped at
$5,000 per transaction. Exceptions may apply, company
representatives stated.
Mobile app for convenient, Following are additional standard features of the app listed
by Tipatuity:
secure cashless tipping
• Simple account activation: Account setup can
D allas-based SmartBlue Technologies Inc. created be easily completed on a computer or connected
Tipatuity, an application that uses the Dwolla device. Tippers have the option of signing up as
Inc. payment platform to process cashless gra- members or tipping as guests.
tuities. Growing adoption of mobile payment
technologies has decreased the average amount of cash that • Go Active feature: Service professionals can "Go
consumers typically carry day-to-day. Active" when they begin their shifts to become
discoverable to tippers.
The movement toward a cashless society has affected many
service professionals who have traditionally relied on cash • Search: Members can use geolocation search to
tips. Tipatuity bridges the gap by enabling its members to locate nearby individuals, tip jars and businesses.
give and receive tips on the spot and instantaneously, the They can also search by Tipatuity username and
company stated. read profiles and reviews.
Tipatuity's instant money transfers and digital tip jars • Give and receive tips: Users can give and receive
facilitate simple and anonymous tipping across numerous tips of up to $5,000 per transaction for personal
service industries, including valet professionals, hotel accounts and up to $10,000 per transaction for
staff and outdoor event coordinators. Tipatuity members business accounts.
can send and receive payments via linked bank accounts
or prepaid debit cards without exchanging names, email • Anonymous tips: Tipatuity facilitates anonymous
addresses or physical currency. Users receive automatic donations for select transactions such as charitable
notifications within the app and by email with every and fund-raising activities.
transaction.
• PIN security: Tipatuity members can receive two-
factor authentication with a one-time PIN code to
further safeguard transactions. PIN activation can
be done in the security settings of the app.
"Our goal to allow people to express their gratitude towards • Tip and review: Social features enable users to rate
others," said Trevor McLaughlin, Chief Executive Officer at and comment on provided services. Members can
SmartBlue Technologies. "We feel that our service and app add photos to personalize their Tipatuity profiles
allows for a fun and simple way to do this." and make it easier for others to discover and
identify them.
Shehadi Dayekh, Ph.D., founder of SmartBlue and
Tipatuity, said members appreciate Tipatuity's built-in • Tip sharing: Digital tip jars facilitate tip-share, a
reporting and tracking tools. The service will "empower feature that divides collective tips among active
service professionals with the tools they need to make the jar users. Tip jar administrators collect any extra
money they deserve and to bring more of the in-store tip cent(s) that may result from that division.
jars online," he added.
• Recordkeeping: Tipatuity reporting and record-
One-on-one, one-to-many payments keeping enables members to maintain a history of
their jobs.
Tipatuity noted that its members can use a dynamic group
management feature on the app's money transfer portal • Operating system support: Tipatuity currently
to direct payments to individuals, teams and businesses. operates in the U.S. market. The downloadable app
The service is free to senders; recipients pay a 2 percent is available on the web, Google Play and the Apple
facilitation fee for gratuity transactions. App Store.
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