Checkout.com Named Leader In Forrester Payments Ranking
Hey Payments Fanatic!
Checkout.com has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Merchant Payment Providers, Q1 2026.
The company was the only vendor to receive the highest possible score for Merchant Experience. Forrester highlighted Checkout.com’s strength in extracting maximum performance from supported payment methods
“The future is exciting, but our job remains the same. We’re here to help businesses thrive in the digital economy by abstracting away the complexity of payments” Chief Product Officer Meron Colbeci states.
The company processed more than $300 billion in ecommerce volume in 2025, reported a 30% increase in net revenue, and recently returned to full-year EBITDA profitability...
Checkout.com also just joined Stripe and Adyen as a "Leader" in Forrester’s 2026 report in the Merchant Payments Providers category.
Other Key Takeaways from the report include:
Checkout’s position has improved by over 36% since 2024 (when the last Wave report was published), outperforming the growth of Stripe (20.5%), Adyen (20%), and Nuvei (32%).
And speaking of payments infrastructure...
PhotonPay has launched a redesigned website aimed at strengthening its global financial infrastructure strategy.
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I also covered that development here 👉 PhotonPay Secures U.S. MTL License as Its Global Payments Strategy Comes Together.
Scroll down 👇 The details behind both moves are worth unpacking. I'll be back on Monday with more updates from the sector.
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