Pliant Funding, Investors & Competitors

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.

Rapyd is a London-headquartered fintech-as-a-service platform that allows businesses to embed payment acceptance, payouts, card issuing, foreign exchange, and business wallet capabilities into their products through a single API. Founded in 2016, the company operates a global network spanning more than 100 countries and connects local payment methods including cards, bank transfers, e-wallets, and cash. Rapyd has scaled rapidly through acquisitions of Valitor, Korta, and Neat, and serves marketplaces, e-commerce companies, gig economy platforms, and financial institutions that need cross-border payment infrastructure without building it in-house.

Stripe is a San Francisco-headquartered financial technology company founded in 2010 that powers online payment processing for businesses worldwide. The platform enables millions of companies, from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises like Amazon and Shopify, to accept card payments, manage subscriptions, and handle payouts. Stripe supports over 135 currencies and integrates with e-commerce tools for seamless revenue growth.

Ant Group is a fintech company building digital infrastructure for financial services via platforms like Alipay. Hangzhou-headquartered, it supports consumers and SMEs with payments, lending, insurance, and wealth management across Asia. The ecosystem includes Ant Fortune for investments and Ant Financial Cloud for enterprise solutions.

Founded in 2009, Block provides payment services to merchants, along with related services. The company also launched Cash App, a person-to-person payment network. In 2024, Square's payment volume was almost USD 250 million.

PayPal was spun off from eBay in 2015 and provides electronic payment solutions to merchants and consumers, with a focus on online transactions. The company had 434 million active accounts at the end of 2024. The company also owns Venmo, a person-to-person payment platform.

Edenred is a France-listed prepaid corporate services provider operating in 45 countries. The company was listed in 2010 following a spinoff from hotel group Accor. Edenred's main business, Ticket Restaurant, offers prepaid meal vouchers that employers provide their employees as an additional benefit. The company is also involved in other areas, such as prepaid fuel cards and payment and expense management systems. Edenred is also moving beyond its historical services, adding well-being, gift, EV, toll, and business-to-business accounts payable automation services.

DLocal Ltd is focused on making the complex simple, redefining the online payment experience in emerging markets. Through its technology platform, One dLocal, the company enables world-wide enterprise merchants to get paid (pay-in) and to make payments (pay-out) online in a safe and efficient manner. The company earns revenue from fees charged to merchants in connection with payment processing services for cross-border and local payment transactions. The company's geographical segments include Latin America and Non-Latin America with a majority of its revenue being generated from Brazil in Latin America region.

Grab Financial Group is the fintech arm of Grab offering payments, lending, insurance, and rewards across Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore, it provides GrabPay digital wallet for in-store purchases, peer-to-peer transfers, and merchant POS systems. Since 2016, it serves 25 million monthly users in eight countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand with microloans via GrabFinance and policies through GrabInsure.

Clip is a Mexico City-headquartered digital payments and commerce platform that provides card readers, point-of-sale systems, and integrated financial services to small and medium-sized businesses across Mexico. Founded in 2012 by Adolfo Babatz, the company became Mexico's first payments unicorn in 2021 following a $250 million investment led by SoftBank Latin America Fund and Viking Global Investors, and counts General Atlantic, Ribbit Capital, Goldman Sachs, Banorte, and Amex Ventures among its backers. Its product range spans portable mPOS terminals (including Clip Mini, Clip Pro, and Clip Ultra), card-not-present payment acceptance, inventory and e-commerce software, and merchant financial services delivered under an Institution of Electronic Payment Funds (IFPE) license. Clip employs more than 900 people across offices in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Salt Lake City, Miami, and Buenos Aires.

Fintiv is an Austin-headquartered technology firm offering white-label mobile financial services for unbanked consumers in emerging markets. Its suite includes mobile payments, bill pay, mLoyalty rewards, mVault for B2B remittances, and MoTEAF integration platform. The company serves mobile network operators, retailers, and governments in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Founded in 2008, Fintiv processes millions of transactions monthly across web and app channels.

StoneCo Ltd is a provider of financial technology solutions. It serves MSMBs solutions, at fair prices, and provides the customer experience to help them manage their businesses and sell more. Its Stone Business Model combines end-to-end, cloud-based technology platforms; differentiated hyper-local and integrated distribution approaches; and white-glove, on-demand customer service. It has two segments Financial Services segment, which includes payments solutions, digital banking, credit, insurance solutions as well as the registry business. In the Software segment solution includes POS/ERP, TEF and QR Code gateways, reconciliation, CRM, OMS, e-commerce platform, engagement tool, ads solution, and marketplace hub. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Financial Services segment.

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.

Jeeves is a New York-headquartered global financial platform providing corporate cards, bill payments, expense management, and AI-driven accounting automation. Launched in 2019, it supports businesses in Brazil, Colombia, North America, and EMEA with tools for multi-currency transactions, serving clients like H&M, Burger King, and Nubank.

Rain is a New York-based infrastructure provider enabling stablecoin wallets, payment cards, and cross-border transfers via a single API for fintech platforms and banks. Partners convert fiat to USDC or PYUSD, issue Visa-linked virtual cards, and settle merchant payouts globally. Launched in 2022, the platform handles KYC verification, AML screening, and connections to networks like Visa Direct and Circle.

Viva Wallet is an Athens-headquartered digital banking provider operating in 23 European countries as a principal member of Visa and Mastercard for acquiring and issuing. The neobank offers card acceptance via Smart Android terminals, Viva Wallet POS app, and online payment gateways, alongside business accounts featuring local IBANs and Mastercard debit cards. Viva Wallet owns VIVABANK SA as a Greek banking subsidiary and an E-money institution compliant with PSD II across the EEA. Services include multi-currency settlements and integrations for e-commerce platforms, targeting SMEs and enterprises with hardware-free payment solutions.

London-headquartered Tide is a business banking platform offering current accounts, invoicing tools, expense tracking, payroll processing, and integrations with accounting software like Xero and QuickBooks. The service supports company registration, virtual and physical Mastercard debit cards, savings pots with interest, and access to loans via partnerships with lenders such as iwoca. Tide serves over 500,000 businesses across the UK with features including real-time payments, automated VAT reconciliation, and fraud monitoring.

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