Microsoft Teams now lets small businesses charge for appointments, webinars, and more
by Tom Warren from The Verge - All Posts on (#6BB7S)
The payments app works in the US and Canada. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is launching a payments system inside Microsoft Teams that lets small businesses earn money from appointments, classes, one-on-one sessions, webinars, and much more. Teams business users in the US and Canada will now be able to collect payments during a meeting, opening up the service to financial advisors, lawyers, instructors, tutors, and other small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) to collect payments for virtual meetings.
Over the past few years, we've seen a shift in how services are offered online, thanks in part to the pandemic and the growth and ease of virtual meetings. The pandemic changed the game," says Brenna Robinson, general manager of Microsoft 365 small and medium business, in an interview with The Verge. I...