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IndustryUpdate

Ingenico secures $174 million for
next-gen payment acceptance

Ingenico secured a €150 million (approximately $174
million) investment from a PIMCO-led group of global
investors as part of an agreement to reset its capital
structure and accelerate product innovation and cus-
tomer support. CEO Floris de Kort said the strength-
ened balance sheet will help Ingenico advance next-
generation payment acceptance technology and simplify
payment operations. The company continues to expand
ANNOUNCEMENTS its AXIUM family of Android payment devices and
Ingenico 360 cloud platform, which combines device
management, transaction services, applications and
Payments companies make 2026 Inc. 5000 analytics. The investment will also support Ingenico's
Customer Excellence team and global expansion, includ-
Five payments and financial technology companies ing new locations in London, San Francisco and Istanbul.
announced their inclusion on the 2026 Inc. 5000, the
annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies Nayax seeks Connecticut innovation bank charter
in the United States. Companies are ranked according
to percentage revenue growth from 2022 through 2025. Nayax applied to the Connecticut Department of Banking
to establish Nayax America Bank, a non-depository
FLEX Payment Solutions marked its sixth consecutive innovation bank that would expand its U.S. embedded
appearance, ranking No. 3,644 nationally and No. 40 financial services. If approved, the bank could offer cor-
among Missouri companies. The payment technology porate cards, controlled-spend programs, merchant cash
provider, which specializes in complex and highly regu- advances and equipment financing through Nayax’s
lated industries, processed more than $2.6 billion in pay- platform. Separately, Nayax launched Yellow Account,
ment volume in 2025. allowing SMB customers to receive settlement funds,
hold balances and use linked business debit cards, with
LoanPro made the list for the fifth time since 2021 and Adyen serving as sponsoring bank. The proposed Nayax
second consecutive year, reporting 92 percent revenue bank would not accept deposits or serve consumers.
growth during the three-year evaluation period. The Connecticut’s review, including a feasibility study and
lending and credit platform supports more than 500 public hearing, is expected to take approximately six
lenders. months.
ParaScript also earned a spot on the list after achiev- PCI SSC names 30 to 2026-2028
ing 41.4 percent revenue growth over three years. The assessor roundtable
AI-powered document processing company handles The PCI Security Standards Council named 33 orga-
more than 100 billion documents annually, including nizations to its 2026-2028 Global Executive Assessor
more than 25 million checks each day, and provides Roundtable, an advisory board comprising senior execu-
document intelligence and fraud prevention technology.
tives from PCI SSC assessor companies. The roundtable,
known as GEAR, provides a forum for assessor leader-
Payzli ranked No. 1,183 after posting 297 percent rev- ship to share perspectives with PCI SSC leaders on pay-
enue growth from 2022 to 2025, more than double the ment security issues. Executive Director Gina Gobeyn
130 percent median growth rate among this year's Inc. said discussions will help advance assessor capabilities,
5000 companies. Founded in 2020, the payments and strengthen core competencies and reinforce the value
fintech company serves ISOs and agents, software plat- assessors provide to the payments industry. PCI SSC
forms and merchants through its acquiring, gateway and trains and qualifies thousands of assessors annually to
point-of-sale technology.
support implementation of its payment security stan-
dards and said strengthening the assessor community
ValidiFI ranked No. 1,238, reporting 282 percent revenue remains a priority. More information is available at pcise-
growth during the evaluation period. The company pro- curitystandards.org.
vides alternative data and predictive analytics used by
financial institutions, fintechs and payment providers Utopaya becomes Straata
for onboarding, underwriting, payments, fraud preven-
tion and account management. Utopaya relaunched as Straata, an AI-native payments
service designed to help software platforms, ISOs and
The 2026 Inc. 5000 companies collectively added more agents, banks, and processors increase payments rev-
than 627,000 jobs to the U.S. economy over the past three enue. Straata combines senior payments expertise with
years. proprietary technology addressing commercial terms,
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