Carpooling is adorable! Remember that time in the early 1970s, when your dad hitchhiked across the country and apps were just a glint in some Basic programmer's eye? Ride sharing only existed in-between truck stops and in small towns where all the adults worked at the same factory. Now, we use apps like Waze Carpool to optimize our commutes by sharing them with other people. However, those people will need to fork over some cash through the app to cover things like gas and wear and tear and hangover stains. With that in mind, So, you probably know Waze. The social navigation app makes it easy to annoy entire neighborhoods when selected as an alternate route to a major thruway. Waze was acquired by Google in 2013 and runs with about 90 million users, all highlighting every single delay in their frustratingly long commutes. Waze Carpool is fairly new and now fully live in Texas, California and Israel with expansion plans coming together. The partnership with Payoneer is a step in that direction. Waze Carpool required Waze to start accepting payments, and Payoneer has a bunch of buzzwords like "security", "local" and "industry leading". I'm sure the presentation was delightful and full of hearty guffaws. Also see: Momus Meme Studio: Become The Meme Lord You Were Born To Be "At Waze Carpool, we're making it easy and fun for people to commute together and save time and money while reducing the strain on the roads and the environment," says Josh Fried, Head of Waze Carpool. "We know carpoolers are busy folks, so the payment experience should be seamless and pain-free. We partnered with Payoneer so drivers have one less thing to worry about, and they get reimbursed on time, every time." I remember a time when people would carpool because they were heading in the same direction, which is the intent of Waze Carpool so that memory is pretty fresh. Waze Carpool connects riders and drivers going in the same direction to their soul-sucking jobs, creating a greener, more affordable commute while reducing cars on the road. Unlike Uber or Lyft, Waze Carpool drivers are everyday Wazers and do not earn a salary. So, commuters then use the Waze Carpool app, thanks to integration with Payoneer, to pay for the ride. Or, the driver could pay to have riders. I don't know the social dynamics of your car pool group. This is all easier than asking everybody in the car for some cash to cover gas and coffee stains. Nobody carries cash anymore anyway. There's a lot of talk in the release about payments being secure, about Google being super stright on data protection standards, providing customers seamless payment options and how Payoneer is boss and Waze Carpool is cool beans and wants to get commuters making terrible conference room jokes in the car on the way to work. I don't know if that last part is true. The point is that now with Payoneer, the rollout of Waze Carpool will be that much smoother because consumers using the app can pay or get paid when riding in or being the neighborhood work taxi. It's an on-demand world, we're just commuting in it. If you don't already use Waze, you can download it here for Google Android and Apple iOS. Waze Carpool will be rolling out to your state soon enough, be patient.
Social navigation start-up Waze has partnered with Payoneer to enable digital payments for its Waze Carpool app, now fully live in Texas, California and Israel, with further expansion planned. Waze Carpool connects riders and drivers going in the same direction, making commutes more affordable and environmentally friendlier. Waze was acquired by Google in 2013 and has around 90 million users.