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November 10, 2021](https://www.approvepayments.com/press/leica-geosystems-launches-approve-technology-for-point-of-sale-equipment-financing) ![](https://www.approvepayments.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/approvepayments/src/images/Press_Release2.png) ##### [APPROVE Data Confirms Post-Pandemic Recovery Trend for Restaurant/Food Services Industry ![](https://www.approvepayments.com/hubfs/Press-Release%20(2).png) Purchasing activity and financing approval rates in the foodservice equipment industry are rebounding at a rapid pace, evidence that restaurants are staging a strong comeback from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data released this month by KWIPPED Inc., which runs an online B2B equipment marketplace and fuels equipment-financing deals through its SaaS solution, APPROVE. July 28, 2021](https://www.approvepayments.com/press/approve-data-confirms-post-pandemic-recovery-trend-for-restaurant/food-services-industry) ![](https://www.approvepayments.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/approvepayments/src/images/Press_Release2.png) ##### [KWIPPED Re-Engineers Equipment Sales with Integrated Point-of-Sale Financing Tech called, “APPROVE” ![](https://www.approvepayments.com/hubfs/APPROVE%20Video%20Thumbnail%20copy.jpg) APPROVE was developed in response to marketplace suppliers requesting the financing technology for their own direct customers. APPROVE integrates equipment financing at the point-of-sale through a digital quoting engine that is linked to a network of the nation’s top lenders, which compete to earn financing opportunities from equipment buyers. January 21, 2020](https://www.approvepayments.com/press/kwipped-re-engineers-equipment-sales-with-integrated-point-of-sale-financing-tech-called-approve) ![](https://www.approvepayments.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/approvepayments/src/images/Press_Release2.png) ##### [KWIPPED Receives Funding from Wolfpack Investor Network ![](https://www.approvepayments.com/hubfs/1692224823716.jpg) KWIPPED Inc., the Wilmington, NC-based tech startup, received investment funding from the Raleigh, NC-based Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN). The investment, which involved the Endowment Fund for North Carolina State University, an institutional member of WIN, is part of a bridge round between KWIPPED’s series seed round and their anticipated 2018 Series A round. 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