Services Used

Description:
An attribute indicating which services a business is using to process payments

Child attributes (and data file structure):

Column Name	Data Type	Description	Example
`uses_Shopify`	boolean	Whether the business accepts payments via Shopify	True
`uses_PayPal`	boolean	Whether the business accepts payments via PayPal	False
`uses_Stripe`	boolean	Whether the business accepts payments via Stripe	True
`uses_Square`	boolean	Whether the business accepts payments via Square	True

Coverage:
We identify the payment technology used for over 700,000 businesses. Some select examples below:

500K businesses using Paypal
400K businesses using Shopify
80K businesses using Stripe

Time structure:
No time series.

Data sources:
Enigma’s credit card panel

Technologies used on company websites

Methodology:
Enigma looks at the underlying transaction data for indicators of which payment technology was involved with a transaction associated with that merchant.

For example, many Toast transactions start with “TST,” indicating the transaction occurred using Toast
Enigma looks at a company’s websites and identifies if there are specific payment technologies in use.