Sub-sector
Payments
Sourced fintech market events in Payments. 207 events tracked across M&A, funding, partnerships, product launches, regulatory, buyer theses, personnel moves, and customer wins.
207 Events
$32B Disclosed value
$50M Median value
Windsor Drake tracks 207 sourced fintech market events in Payments from 2020–2026, each with a cited source. Across the 50 with disclosed values, total disclosed value is $32B, with a median of $50M. The largest disclosed deal is GTCR / Worldpay 2023 at $19B. The most active acquirers are Stripe (3), Pine Labs (2), Euronet Worldwide (2). Activity was heaviest in 2026, with 38 tracked events.
Frequently asked questions
How many fintech events in Payments does Windsor Drake track?
Windsor Drake tracks 207 sourced fintech market events in Payments from 2020–2026, each backed by a cited source.
What is the typical deal size in Payments?
Across 50 events in Payments with disclosed values, the median is $50M and total disclosed value is $32B.
What is the largest Payments deal tracked?
GTCR / Worldpay 2023, at $19B.
Who are the most active acquirers in Payments?
Stripe (3 deals), Pine Labs (2 deals), Euronet Worldwide (2 deals).
By event type
Most active companies in Payments
Events
| Primary | Event type | Counterparty | Value | Sub-sector | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visa Inc. | Product Launch | Payments | June 26, 2026 | ||
| CRED | Transaction | Meta | $900M | Payments | June 22, 2026 |
| Rentify | Funding Round | $2M | Payments | June 22, 2026 | |
| Visa | Strategic Partnership | Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) | Payments | June 15, 2026 | |
| Visa Inc. | Product Launch | OpenAI | Payments | June 12, 2026 | |
| RC365 Holding PLC | Product Launch | Payments | June 8, 2026 | ||
| Central Bank of Nigeria | Product Launch | Payments | June 5, 2026 | ||
| Axaipay | Strategic Partnership | Jomya | Payments | May 28, 2026 | |
| MACAU Pass | Strategic Partnership | Ant Bank (Macao), Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba Group | Payments | May 28, 2026 | |
| Visa Inc | Strategic Partnership | PingPong | Payments | May 27, 2026 | |
| Plexo | Transaction | Itaú Unibanco | Payments | May 26, 2026 | |
| National Payments Corporation of India (NIPL) | Strategic Partnership | European Central Bank (ECB), Eurobank Cyprus | Payments | May 23, 2026 | |
| National Payments Corp of India / Reserve Bank of India | Strategic Partnership | Cyprus / European Central Bank | Payments | May 23, 2026 | |
| Bank of Ghana | Strategic Partnership | Regional financial partners; GhIPSS | Payments | May 22, 2026 | |
| Fiserv | Strategic Partnership | OpenAI | Payments | May 14, 2026 | |
| Pine Labs | Strategic Partnership | GCash for Business | Payments | May 12, 2026 | |
| Circle Internet Group | Product Launch | Payments | May 11, 2026 | ||
| United Bank for Africa (UBA) | Strategic Partnership | Redtech, MoMo PSB | Payments | May 6, 2026 | |
| Redtech | Strategic Partnership | United Bank for Africa (UBA), MoMo PSB | Payments | May 5, 2026 | |
| Evertec | Strategic Partnership | Transbank | Payments | May 1, 2026 | |
| Innovative Payment Solutions Inc. | Strategic Partnership | FINAP Worldwide | Payments | April 28, 2026 | |
| Shopflo Technologies | Transaction | Pine Labs | $9M | Payments | April 25, 2026 |
| Shopflo | Transaction | Pine Labs | Payments | April 25, 2026 | |
| EurewaX | Strategic Partnership | Leading financial institutions across Southeast Asia | Payments | April 21, 2026 | |
| EBANX | Product Launch | Payments | April 21, 2026 | ||
| X | Regulatory | U.S. Senate Banking Committee | Payments | April 15, 2026 | |
| Paymark | Transaction | Cuscal | Payments | April 14, 2026 | |
| Ripple Labs | Regulatory | BC Payments | Payments | April 1, 2026 | |
| Neural Payments | Transaction | Catalyst | Payments | March 31, 2026 | |
| FOMO Pay | Product Launch | Payments | March 25, 2026 | ||
| Moniepoint | Buyer Thesis | Orda | Payments | March 23, 2026 | |
| Blockgration Holdings | Transaction | Castlebar Capital Corp. | Payments | March 17, 2026 | |
| RS2 | Product Launch | Payments | March 17, 2026 | ||
| UQPAY | Product Launch | Payments | March 7, 2026 | ||
| Silverflow | Funding Round | Picus Capital, Rabo Investments, Inkef, Crane Venture Partners, Coatue Management, Global PayTech Ventures | $40M | Payments | March 6, 2026 |
| MoneyGram | Personnel Move | Marc Winniford | Payments | February 1, 2026 | |
| Transcorp International Limited | Strategic Partnership | Reserve Bank of India | Payments | January 1, 2026 | |
| Zippay | Product Launch | AIB, Bank of Ireland, PTSB | Payments | January 1, 2026 | |
| CrediaBank Merchant Acquiring Business | Transaction | Euronet Worldwide | Payments | December 31, 2025 | |
| Central Bank of Nigeria | Regulatory | Deposit Money Banks, fintech operators, POS operators | Payments | December 31, 2025 | |
| Visa | Strategic Partnership | Fiserv | Payments | December 24, 2025 | |
| MoneyHash | Strategic Partnership | Amwal Tech | Payments | December 16, 2025 | |
| Thunes | Personnel Move | Payments | December 16, 2025 | ||
| CoreOrchestration | Transaction | Incore Invest | $160M | Payments | December 10, 2025 |
| Walletdoc | Transaction | Capitec | Payments | December 9, 2025 | |
| Network People Services Technologies (NPST) | Funding Round | Tata Mutual Fund | $36M | Payments | December 3, 2025 |
| Metronome | Transaction | Stripe | Payments | December 2, 2025 | |
| Tandym | Transaction | PublicSquare | $7M | Payments | December 2, 2025 |
| Ripple | Regulatory | Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) | Payments | December 1, 2025 | |
| CMS Info Systems | Buyer Thesis | Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund | Payments | December 1, 2025 | |
| Capitec | Buyer Thesis | Payments | November 28, 2025 | ||
| Aspire | Transaction | Caledonian Holdings PLC | Payments | November 26, 2025 | |
| Shine | Transaction | Cegid | Payments | November 26, 2025 | |
| EnKash | Product Launch | Payments | November 25, 2025 | ||
| Yara Technologies | Product Launch | Payments | November 24, 2025 | ||
| PayU India | Regulatory | Reserve Bank of India | Payments | November 24, 2025 | |
| IXOPAY | Personnel Move | George Hansen | Payments | November 18, 2025 | |
| Pine Labs | Funding Round | $420M | Payments | November 14, 2025 | |
| Bangladesh Bank | Regulatory | Payments | November 8, 2025 | ||
| Airtel Money | Product Launch | Comviva | Payments | November 1, 2025 | |
| Innovative Payment Solutions, Inc. | Strategic Partnership | Brant Point Solutions LLC (PayzliPlus) and Payzli | Payments | October 29, 2025 | |
| Pathward Financial | Strategic Partnership | Trustly, Stripe, Greenlight | Payments | October 22, 2025 | |
| Bank of Canada | Regulatory | Wealthsimple, Koho, Brim, Venn, Helcim, Trolley, ZayZoon, Zum Rails, Shopify | Payments | October 22, 2025 | |
| Revolut | Product Launch | Payments | October 11, 2025 | ||
| Reserve Bank of India | Product Launch | NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd., Clearing Corporation of India Limited | Payments | October 7, 2025 | |
| City Union Bank | Product Launch | Payments | October 7, 2025 | ||
| Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) | Regulatory | Payments | October 1, 2025 | ||
| PayU | Regulatory | Payments | October 1, 2025 | ||
| Yuzu Payment Processing Solution | Transaction | Datametrex AI Limited | $6M | Payments | September 15, 2025 |
| Yuzu Payment Solution | Transaction | Datametrex | $6M | Payments | September 15, 2025 |
| Yuzu Payment Solution | Transaction | Datametrex AI Limited | $6M | Payments | September 15, 2025 |
| Klarna | Funding Round | NYSE | $1.4B | Payments | September 10, 2025 |
| Tide | Product Launch | Payments | September 1, 2025 | ||
| AZA Finance | Transaction | dLocal | $24M | Payments | June 1, 2025 |
| Boku | Strategic Partnership | Canva | Payments | January 1, 2025 | |
| Plug and Play | Strategic Partnership | New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Prudential Financial, Stevens Institute of Technology | Payments | December 31, 2024 | |
| National Payments Corporation of India | Regulatory | Payments | December 30, 2024 | ||
| Razorpay | Regulatory | Reserve Bank of India | Payments | December 24, 2024 | |
| ElseWare | Transaction | Direct Debit System | Payments | December 12, 2024 | |
| PayU | Strategic Partnership | Amazon Web Services | Payments | December 12, 2024 | |
| Seedstars Africa Ventures I | Funding Round | African Development Bank, EIB Global, Boost Africa | $42M | Payments | December 7, 2024 |
| Nuvei Corporation | Product Launch | Visa, BitGo, Rain | Payments | December 4, 2024 | |
| KPay | Funding Round | $55M | Payments | December 3, 2024 | |
| Barclays Merchant Acquiring | Transaction | Brookfield Asset Management | Payments | November 20, 2024 | |
| FIS | Strategic Partnership | Oracle | Payments | November 12, 2024 | |
| Worldpay | Customer Win | DoorDash | Payments | November 12, 2024 | |
| Ottu | Strategic Partnership | Keyloop | Payments | November 7, 2024 | |
| Visa | Strategic Partnership | Lakala, Touch 'n Go Digital, FOMO Pay, LINE Pay, VNPay, Zalopay, Juspay | Payments | November 6, 2024 | |
| Prizeout | Strategic Partnership | Golden 1 Credit Union, Coastal Credit Union, Municipal Credit Union | Payments | November 1, 2024 | |
| VyStar Credit Union | Regulatory | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Payments | October 31, 2024 | |
| Wise | Regulatory | Payments | October 21, 2024 | ||
| Flutterwave | Strategic Partnership | MainStreet Bank | Payments | October 17, 2024 | |
| Minna Technologies | Transaction | Mastercard | Payments | October 2, 2024 | |
| Klarna | Personnel Move | Niclas Neglen | Payments | August 19, 2024 | |
| The Payments Group | Transaction | The Payments Group Holding | Payments | August 1, 2024 | |
| FIS | Buyer Thesis | Payments | June 5, 2024 | ||
| Apple | Strategic Partnership | Klarna | Payments | March 26, 2024 | |
| Adyen | Customer Win | Cash App | Payments | February 8, 2024 | |
| Central Bank of Nigeria | Regulatory | Payments | February 1, 2024 | ||
| Qashio | Strategic Partnership | Emirates Skywards | Payments | December 27, 2023 | |
| X | Product Launch | Payments | December 21, 2023 | ||
| Prosa | Transaction | Visa | Payments | December 15, 2023 | |
| BankCard Services | Transaction | GBank Financial Holdings | $10M | Payments | December 14, 2023 |
| BankCard Services | Transaction | GBank Financial Holdings Inc. | $10M | Payments | December 14, 2023 |
| FOMO Pay | Strategic Partnership | Zand Bank | Payments | December 13, 2023 | |
| Cashfree Payments | Product Launch | Payments | December 13, 2023 | ||
| Flutterwave | Personnel Move | Payments | December 13, 2023 | ||
| Nearpay | Funding Round | Sanabil Investments, stc Corporate Investment Fund, Vision Ventures, Hala Ventures, Arzan Ventures | $14M | Payments | December 12, 2023 |
| Clara | Product Launch | Payments | December 12, 2023 | ||
| SumUp | Funding Round | Sixth Street Growth, Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, Fin Capital, Liquidity Group | $307M | Payments | December 11, 2023 |
| Trustmi | Product Launch | Payments | December 7, 2023 | ||
| Total Processing | Transaction | NomuPay | $35M | Payments | November 30, 2023 |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Regulatory | PayPal | Payments | November 30, 2023 | |
| AppBrilliance | Strategic Partnership | Truist Ventures | Payments | November 20, 2023 | |
| MexPago | Transaction | Airwallex | Payments | October 20, 2023 | |
| Network International | Strategic Partnership | Vodacom | Payments | October 1, 2023 | |
| Federal Reserve | Regulatory | US banking system | Payments | July 20, 2023 | |
| Worldpay | Transaction | GTCR | $19B | Payments | July 6, 2023 |
| Pismo | Transaction | Visa | $1.0B | Payments | June 28, 2023 |
| Paya | Transaction | Nuvei | $1.3B | Payments | January 9, 2023 |
| handcheque | Transaction | JJ Entertainment SE | Payments | December 28, 2022 | |
| Arab Financial Services (AFS) | Strategic Partnership | Zenj Exchange (ZENJEX) | Payments | December 27, 2022 | |
| MoneyGram International, Inc. | Product Launch | Frente Corretora | Payments | December 20, 2022 | |
| Rakuten France | Strategic Partnership | Marqeta, Mastercard | Payments | December 15, 2022 | |
| Mintoak | Funding Round | HDFC Bank | $4M | Payments | December 14, 2022 |
| Paymes | Transaction | PayTabs | Payments | December 12, 2022 | |
| Credopay | Strategic Partnership | The Zubair Corporation | Payments | December 9, 2022 | |
| PayMate | Regulatory | Reserve Bank of India | Payments | December 8, 2022 | |
| Roamsoft Technologies | Transaction | IppoPay | Payments | December 1, 2022 | |
| Razorpay | Regulatory | Reserve Bank of India | Payments | December 1, 2022 | |
| Nuvei | Strategic Partnership | Virgin Atlantic | Payments | November 29, 2022 | |
| BharatPe | Personnel Move | Payments | November 29, 2022 | ||
| EML Payments | Regulatory | Payments | November 25, 2022 | ||
| Atoa | Funding Round | Leo Capital, Passion Capital | $2M | Payments | November 24, 2022 |
| SmartNet | Transaction | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | $9M | Payments | November 22, 2022 |
| Banked | Funding Round | Insight Partners | $15M | Payments | November 15, 2022 |
| Open | Regulatory | Reserve Bank of India | Payments | November 14, 2022 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | Strategic Partnership | Canadian Federation of Independent Business | Payments | November 14, 2022 | |
| SoftPos.eu | Transaction | Worldline | Payments | November 9, 2022 | |
| Digital Pay | Transaction | PayTabs | Payments | November 9, 2022 | |
| Aplo | Regulatory | Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier | Payments | November 9, 2022 | |
| Worldline | Buyer Thesis | Payments | November 9, 2022 | ||
| Digital Treasures Center | Customer Win | Payments | November 8, 2022 | ||
| PingPong | Regulatory | Monetary Authority of Singapore | Payments | November 3, 2022 | |
| Checkout.com | Funding Round | Payments | November 1, 2022 | ||
| PingPong | Regulatory | Singapore regulator | Payments | November 1, 2022 | |
| GoCardless | Product Launch | Payments | October 24, 2022 | ||
| Tyro Payments | Transaction | Westpac Banking Corp | Payments | October 18, 2022 | |
| Jingle Pay | Strategic Partnership | Arab Financial Services (AFS) | Payments | October 11, 2022 | |
| Tyro Payments | Transaction | Westpac | Payments | October 1, 2022 | |
| BharatPe | Personnel Move | Nalin Negi | Payments | August 1, 2022 | |
| Gorilla Networks | Transaction | Society Pass | Payments | June 1, 2022 | |
| Finaro | Transaction | Shift4 | $575M | Payments | April 19, 2022 |
| Flutterwave | Funding Round | B Capital Group, Alta Park Capital, Whale Rock Capital, Lux Capital, Glynn Capital, Avenir Growth, Tiger Global, Green Visor Capital, Salesforce Ventures | $250M | Payments | February 17, 2022 |
| Viva Wallet | Transaction | JPMorgan Chase | $800M | Payments | January 1, 2022 |
| Yokoy | Funding Round | Sequoia | $80M | Payments | January 1, 2022 |
| Jumia | Strategic Partnership | National Bank of Egypt | Payments | December 31, 2021 | |
| OneCard | Funding Round | QED, Sequoia | $76M | Payments | December 30, 2021 |
| Paysend | Strategic Partnership | Tencent Financial Technology | Payments | December 29, 2021 | |
| Flip | Funding Round | Sequoia Capital India, Insight Partners, Insignia Venture Partners | $48M | Payments | December 26, 2021 |
| Mooney | Transaction | Enel SpA and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | $1.6B | Payments | December 23, 2021 |
| Mooney | Transaction | Enel and Intesa Sanpaolo | $1.6B | Payments | December 23, 2021 |
| Mooney | Transaction | Enel | $1.6B | Payments | December 23, 2021 |
| Razorpay | Funding Round | Lone Pine Capital, Alkeon Capital, TCV, Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, GIC, Y Combinator | $375M | Payments | December 20, 2021 |
| Paystack | Transaction | Stripe | $200M | Payments | December 19, 2021 |
| Juspay | Funding Round | SoftBank Vision Fund 2 | $60M | Payments | December 16, 2021 |
| Flip | Funding Round | $48M | Payments | December 8, 2021 | |
| FOMO Pay | Strategic Partnership | Banking Circle | Payments | December 6, 2021 | |
| DHL Express Malaysia | Strategic Partnership | Standard Chartered | Payments | December 1, 2021 | |
| XUP Payments | Transaction | KeyBank | Payments | November 22, 2021 | |
| StyloPay | Transaction | Lynx Global Digital Finance Corporation | $1M | Payments | November 18, 2021 |
| RoadSync | Personnel Move | Chris Forshay | Payments | November 11, 2021 | |
| Axo AS | Personnel Move | Payments | November 11, 2021 | ||
| Semafone | Personnel Move | Payments | November 5, 2021 | ||
| Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) | Strategic Partnership | Ant Group | Payments | November 5, 2021 | |
| SWAP | Product Launch | Thales | Payments | November 3, 2021 | |
| Connect Group | Transaction | Net1 UEPS Technologies | $219M | Payments | November 2, 2021 |
| Global Payments Inc | Customer Win | Citi | Payments | November 2, 2021 | |
| Imprint | Funding Round | Kleiner Perkins, Stripe, Thrive Capital, Affirm, Allen & Co. | $38M | Payments | November 1, 2021 |
| Cellfie | Product Launch | KEB Hana Card | Payments | October 22, 2021 | |
| LQwD FinTech | Funding Round | $6M | Payments | October 21, 2021 | |
| NexPay | Transaction | Euro Asia Pay Holdings Inc. | $4M | Payments | October 20, 2021 |
| Primer | Funding Round | ICONIQ Growth | $50M | Payments | October 19, 2021 |
| Verrency | Personnel Move | Jeroen van Son | Payments | October 8, 2021 | |
| Angra Limited | Transaction | GSTechnologies | Payments | October 5, 2021 | |
| Interstellar Inc. | Strategic Partnership | Interswitch Group | Payments | October 4, 2021 | |
| Kushki | Funding Round | SoftBank, Kaszek Ventures, DILA Capital, Magma Partners | $86M | Payments | June 30, 2021 |
| Tide | Product Launch | KeyPay | Payments | January 1, 2021 | |
| ZmBIZI | Product Launch | Payments | January 1, 2021 | ||
| Payactiv | Regulatory | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Payments | December 30, 2020 | |
| Ant Group | Regulatory | People's Bank of China | Payments | December 30, 2020 | |
| Bank of Ireland non-branch ATM fleet | Transaction | Euronet Worldwide | Payments | December 23, 2020 | |
| PhonePe | Product Launch | Payments | December 22, 2020 | ||
| PagoFX | Product Launch | Payments | December 21, 2020 | ||
| Lydia | Funding Round | Accel | $86M | Payments | December 18, 2020 |
| Expertus Technologies | Transaction | IBM | Payments | December 15, 2020 | |
| AsiaPay | Strategic Partnership | Azupay | Payments | December 15, 2020 | |
| BPC | Strategic Partnership | Interpaymea | Payments | December 9, 2020 | |
| TransferGo | Strategic Partnership | Mastercard | Payments | December 7, 2020 | |
| Community Federal Savings Bank | Strategic Partnership | PayFacto Payments Inc. | Payments | December 3, 2020 | |
| Carta Worldwide | Transaction | Mogo | $19M | Payments | November 20, 2020 |
| ShopeePay Taiwan | Regulatory | Financial Supervisory Commission | Payments | November 18, 2020 | |
| Visa | Product Launch | Payments | October 21, 2020 | ||
| Global Processing Services | Strategic Partnership | Visa Inc. | Payments | October 19, 2020 | |
| Paystack | Transaction | Stripe | $200M | Payments | October 15, 2020 |
| Central Bank of Nigeria | Regulatory | Moneymaster PSB Limited, 9PSB Limited, Hope PSBank Limited | Payments | August 1, 2020 | |
| Ziina | Product Launch | Payments | June 1, 2020 |