Payments Companies

Adyen provides a unified platform for end-to-end payment processing, data analytics, and financial management, serving major enterprise-level merchants globally. Their AI capabilities are focused on real-time fraud detection via machine learning models – minimizing false positives and maximizing legitimate transaction approval rates – and revenue optimization through data-driven insights. Adyen supports over 150 currencies and payment methods, enabling businesses to expand into new markets with localized payment experiences and consolidate their entire payment stack with a single provider.

Stripe

San Francisco, United States

Stripe AI provides financial infrastructure and APIs for online businesses, specializing in comprehensive payment processing and revenue management. Their core offering leverages AI to optimize payment authorization rates, detect and prevent fraud, and enable complex pricing models like usage-based billing. Stripe primarily serves internet-based businesses of all sizes seeking to improve revenue operations and expand into new markets through integrated, AI-driven financial tools.

dLocal

Montevideo, Uruguay

dLocal is a cross-border payments platform focused on emerging markets, using AI for fraud prevention, routing, and payment optimization. The Uruguay-founded company is publicly traded on Nasdaq.

Kushki

Quito, Ecuador

Kushki provides a unified payment processing platform for Latin America, offering solutions like Kushki Pay and API integrations to enable businesses to accept over 150 payment methods across the region. Their AI-powered fraud detection system utilizes machine learning to analyze transaction data and deliver real-time risk scoring, reducing false positives and increasing authorization rates. Serving enterprise clients and rapidly expanding e-commerce businesses, Kushki processed over $2 billion in transactions in 2023 and is recognized as a leading PayTech innovator in the LATAM market.

Paymob

Cairo, Egypt

Paymob provides a comprehensive digital payment infrastructure for businesses across the Middle East and Africa, offering solutions like the “Paymob Accept” platform, payment gateways, POS systems, and “Paymob Sync” – an end-to-end cashless ecosystem enabler. The company leverages AI and machine learning for real-time fraud detection and merchant risk assessment, processing millions of transactions daily. Targeting SMEs and large enterprises, Paymob facilitates both online and in-store payments, as well as mass payouts, with a focus on simplifying integration through robust APIs.

PayMongo

Manila, Philippines

PayMongo is a Philippine online-payments platform—often called the 'Stripe of the Philippines'—that lets businesses accept payments and uses AI/fraud-detection engines for risk assessment and real-time reporting. Founded in 2019 (Y Combinator-backed) by Francis Plaza and co-founders; raised ~$46M including a $31M Series B.

Benefit

Manama, Bahrain

Benefit operates Bahrain’s national payment infrastructure, including the real-time payment system “Fawri” and the national card scheme “BenefitPay”. Leveraging AI and machine learning, Benefit focuses on enhancing payment security through advanced fraud detection systems and optimizing transaction processing speeds within these networks. As a key player in Bahrain’s financial ecosystem, Benefit processes a significant volume of domestic transactions and has been instrumental in driving the country’s transition towards a cashless society.

Sardine

San Francisco, United States

Sardine provides an AI-powered risk and fraud prevention platform for financial institutions and fintech companies. Their core technology centers on proprietary device intelligence and behavioral biometrics to detect and prevent various forms of financial crime, including identity fraud and money laundering. Sardine differentiates itself by offering a unified platform consolidating multiple risk and compliance functions – such as KYC/AML, sanctions screening, and account verification – reducing vendor reliance for its clients.

Yuno

Bogotá, Colombia

Yuno is a global payment-orchestration platform that lets merchants manage 300+ payment methods through one integration, with AI-powered fraud prevention, transaction routing, and recovery agents. It serves enterprise clients including McDonald's, Rappi, and Avianca across 40+ countries.