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Lightnet is a Bangkok-headquartered digital payments network connecting fiat banking rails with blockchain for instant remittances in Southeast Asia. The platform holds EMI licenses in Thailand, holds fiat stablecoins, and serves unbanked migrant workers sending funds to Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Corpay Cross Border is a payments platform serving banks, institutional investors, and enterprises with foreign exchange risk reduction tools. It supports high-ticket and mass payments in over 160 currencies across global operations.

Airwallex is a Melbourne-headquartered global payments platform processing cross-border transactions in 60+ currencies for businesses worldwide. The company offers multi-currency accounts, FX hedging, virtual cards, and embedded finance APIs integrated by platforms like Shopify and Stripe. Airwallex serves 100,000+ companies including Brex and McLaren, with $50 billion annual payment volume. Valued at $5.5 billion after 2022 funding, it operates in 20 offices across Asia, Europe, and North America.

Tipalti is a San Mateo-headquartered fintech platform automating accounts payable for global businesses. The solution handles supplier onboarding, tax compliance, invoice processing, and multi-currency payments in over 200 countries. Founded in 2010, Tipalti serves digital brands like AppLovin and Airbnb, reducing manual workloads through integrations with ERP systems like NetSuite.

Razorpay is a Bangalore-headquartered payments gateway enabling Indian businesses to process transactions via UPI, cards, net banking, and wallets like Paytm. Founded in 2014, it supports subscriptions, international payouts, and invoicing for merchants on platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce.

Paymentus Holdings Inc provides electronic bill presentment and payment services, enterprise customer communication and self-service revenue management to billers through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), secure, omni-channel technology platform. The platform integrates with a biller's financial and operational systems to provide secure and flexible processing of payments, including credit cards, debit cards, eChecks, and digital wallets, across multiple channels such as online, mobile, IVR, call centers, chatbots, and voice-based assistants. The company generates the majority of its revenue from payment transaction fees processed through its platform. Geographically, it derives the maximum revenue from the United States.

Flywire Corp provides a secure payment platform, offering its clients a streamlined process to receive reconciled domestic and international payments more cost-effectively and efficiently. The company's solutions are built on three core elements, namely a payments platform, a proprietary payment network, and vertical-specific software backed by its deep industry expertise. Geographically, the majority of revenue is from the Americas.

Billdesk builds payment gateways and APIs for digital transactions in India, processing bill payments, merchant acquiring, and UPI collections. The platform serves banks, enterprises, and consumers with secure electronic payment management across retail and utilities.

Dock is a São Paulo-headquartered financial infrastructure provider in Latin America. Its cloud platform combines core banking, card issuing, and payment processing for Pix and boleto. Serving Mercado Livre and Nubank, it processes billions in transactions annually across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

PicS NV is a digital payments company. The company operates a peer-to-peer (P2P) transfer platform that enables individuals to send money via mobile devices. It provides digital wallets, instant payments (Pix), P2P transfers, credit cards, loans, investments, insurance, and SMB payment solutions. The company has four reportable segments: Consumer Banking, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Audiences and Ecosystem Integration, and Institutional. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from the Consumer Banking segment, which generates revenue from various transaction activities occurring in the digital wallet, such as Pix, peer-to-peer (P2P) transfers, and bill payments.

Juspay is a Bengaluru-based digital payments infrastructure provider, founded in 2012, that powers payment processing for clients including Amazon, Flipkart, Google, IndiGo, Swiggy, and banks such as HSBC. The platform has evolved from payment orchestration into a full-stack UPI platform and core payments infrastructure for banks and enterprises, processing more than 300 million transactions daily with annualized total payment volume exceeding $1 trillion. Juspay operates globally, with offices in San Francisco, Dublin, São Paulo, Singapore, and Dubai, serving more than 500 enterprises and banks across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and North America.

Payhawk is a spend management platform serving businesses in over 32 countries across Europe, the US, and UK. It unifies corporate cards, expense reimbursements, accounts payable, and integrations with accounting tools like QuickBooks and Xero. The Sofia-headquartered firm maintains offices in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Vilnius, and New York, with clients including LuxAir, Babbel, Vinted, Wallbox, and Wagestream.

Zolve is a neo-banking platform launched in 2020 from Bangalore, India. It issues deposit accounts, prepaid cards, and facilitates money transfers, bill payments, and remittances. Zolve provides transaction monitoring dashboards and budgeting tools for expatriates and domestic users.

OpenFX is a cross-border payments platform enabling 24/7 FX transfers with real-time settlement and tight spreads. San Francisco-headquartered, it supports 150 currencies via APIs for fintechs and enterprises. Backed by alumni from PayPal and Kraken, OpenFX processes $1 billion monthly for e-commerce merchants and remittance services.

Primer is a London-headquartered payments orchestration platform operating in over 35 countries. Merchants in retail, e-commerce, travel, mobility, ticketing, and fintech sectors use its APIs to route transactions across processors like Stripe and Adyen for fraud prevention and revenue optimization. The company integrates with over 150 payment methods and supports currencies including USD, EUR, and GBP. Primer processes billions in transaction volume annually, enabling customizable workflows that adapt to regional regulations in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Visa is the largest payment processor in the world. In fiscal 2025, it processed almost $17 trillion in total volume. Visa operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 160 currencies. Its systems are capable of processing over 65,000 transactions per second.