We started Paynectra because we believed payment processing was broken — opaque pricing, unreliable approval rates, and poor support left merchants underserved. We set out to fix that.
Paynectra was founded in 2018 with a single conviction: that every legitimate business — regardless of size, industry, or geography — deserves access to reliable, fairly priced payment infrastructure.
Today we process billions in annual payment volume for merchants in 140+ countries, from solo entrepreneurs to publicly-listed companies. Our platform handles everything from standard card payments to the complex, high-risk verticals that traditional banks refuse to touch.
Every product decision starts with the question: how does this make life easier for a merchant? We exist to serve our customers, not shareholders.
No hidden fees. No surprise rate changes. No vague contract terms. We publish our pricing, our uptime history, and our compliance certifications openly.
99.97% uptime is our floor, not our ceiling. Every millisecond of processing latency and every basis point of approval rate improvement matters to us.
We believe the payment system should work for everyone. We actively invest in acquiring relationships that enable high-risk and emerging-market merchants to participate.
Payment APIs should be a joy to integrate. We treat our developer documentation as a first-class product and maintain SDKs that developers actually want to use.
Every decision we make is backed by data — from fraud model training to support SLA improvements. We measure what matters and improve constantly.
Our leadership team brings together decades of experience from Visa, PayPal, Adyen, and leading fintech startups.
Co-Founder & CEO
Former Head of Payments at Adyen. 16 years building payment infrastructure across Europe and APAC.
Co-Founder & CTO
Ex-PayPal Principal Engineer. Led the core payments API re-architecture serving 400M+ users globally.
Chief Risk Officer
15 years in card network compliance and AML at Visa and Mastercard. Architected our fraud detection platform.
VP of Product
Product leader from Stripe and Braintree. Passionate about turning complex payment logic into intuitive tools.
2018
Daniel and Sofia incorporate Paynectra in London with £2M seed funding from three European fintech VCs. First merchant live in September.
2019
Secured strategic acquiring partnerships enabling Forex, iGaming, and nutraceuticals verticals. Reached 500 active merchants by year end.
2021
Closed $18M Series A led by Northzone. Expanded to APAC and Latin America. Launched crypto payment gateway and multi-currency settlements.
2023
Achieved the highest PCI DSS certification tier. Crossed $2B annual processing volume and 8,000 active merchants across 120 countries.
2025 — Today
Now serving 12,000+ merchants globally. Launched AI-powered fraud suite, same-day settlements for Enterprise, and our marketplace payments product.