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Checkout.com expands into in-person payments

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 — 21:20:48 (UTC)

Checkout.com expands into in-person payments as merchant demand drives next phase of growth

The global payments company is bringing its expertise on performance, resilience and uptime to in-person payments with a software-led, device-agnostic proposition that works with the hardware merchants choose.

Sustained profitability has enabled Checkout.com to invest in new areas like in-person payments with the same conviction as when it was founded 15 years ago.

European fintech leader Mollie is partnering with Checkout.com to further accelerate its rapidly growing in-person payments proposition.

LONDON, UK – October 20 – Checkout.com, a leading global payments company, today announced its expansion into in-person payments, in response to significant demand from enterprise merchants seeking the performance and resilience of its online acquiring platform in stores.

Mollie, the European payments platform serving more than 350,000 businesses, is working with Checkout.com on its in-person payments offering, leveraging its expertise, terminal knowledge and hardware with Checkout.com's acquiring platform.

Checkout.com has taken a software-led, device-agnostic approach to in-person payments. This means the solution is not tied to a single terminal or hardware provider. The modularity of Checkout.com's platform enables merchants to connect to terminals they already use or choose hardware that fits their operations, giving them greater flexibility.

Through the long-term partnership, Mollie combines Checkout.com's acquiring platform with its local expertise, software and merchant relationships, to serve businesses selling both online and in person. Mollie retains control of its customer experience and hardware strategy, with Checkout.com’s solution running directly on Mollie's offering.

Checkout.com’s in-person payments solution lets merchants process in-person and online transactions through one acquiring relationship. Both channels use the same Unified Payments API, platform, contract and settlement infrastructure, while a shared dashboard gives payment teams a common view and makes reconciliation simpler.

"This expansion follows our earlier announcement of sustained profitability and growing margins, giving us the capacity to invest in new technologies and segments. Our merchants know Checkout.com for our speed, reliability and pace of innovation, and they asked us to bring that to in-person payments. Our job is to go where they need us most," said Antoine Nougué, Chief Revenue Officer at Checkout.com.

“In-person payments is one of the fastest-growing areas of our business, driven by hundreds of thousands of European merchants looking to unify their physical and digital sales,” said Rogier Schoute, CPO of Mollie. “Our obsession has always been delivering the simplest, highest performing product for our customers. When it comes to enterprise-grade processing and infrastructure, we deliberately partner with industry leaders like Checkout.com. Combining our proprietary hardware, point-of-sale software, and rapid in-person growth with Checkout.com’s enterprise infrastructure ensures our merchants get the best of both worlds: complete flexibility on the shop floor, backed by world-class reliability.”

Checkout.com will process $480 billion in global ecommerce payments in 2026. Its multi-region infrastructure and direct scheme connectivity reflect years of investment in a single platform built for scale and resilience with sub-500ms latency. Over the past 12 months, the company has launched more than 150 merchant-facing features, supported by 500 code releases a day.

In-person payments will launch first in the UK and EEA, followed by the US. More schemes, markets and capabilities will be added next year.

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About Checkout.com

Checkout.com processes payments for companies that shape the digital economy. Its global payments network supports more than 150 processing currencies and delivers high-performance payment solutions across the world for more than 1,700 merchants, processing billions of transactions annually. In 2025, Checkout.com processed more than $300 billion in payment volume, primarily across digital commerce.

Checkout.com helps enterprise merchants improve payment performance, boost acceptance rates, combat fraud and turn payments into a major revenue driver. Its flexible, scalable technology supports payments across online and in-person channels, helping merchants deliver more consistent experiences and manage their payment operations through a single relationship.

Headquartered in London and with 19 offices worldwide, Checkout.com is trusted by leading brands such as Microsoft, Coinbase, Best Buy, Spotify, HelloFresh, eBay, Freenow, Uber, Pinterest, Vinted, Klarna, ASOS, and Sony.

Checkout.com. Where the world checks out.

About Mollie

Mollie is the leading payments and financial services partner for business, rooted in Europe, with global reach. Following the combination of Mollie and GoCardless, the company offers payments, accounts and business financing in a single proposition, helping over 350,000 businesses move, manage and optimise their money wherever they operate.

With offices across Europe, the United States and Australia, and an extensive Pay by Bank network, Mollie serves businesses from fast-growing startups to large enterprises in more than 30 markets. Founded in Amsterdam in 2004, Mollie's mission is to make payments and money management effortless for every business in Europe and beyond.

For more information, visit www.mollie.com

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