Entries by Paydock

Payment orchestration platform Paydock closes £25m Series A funding round with Silverstripe Investment Management Limited

23rd May 2023 Paydock, the leading pure-play orchestration platform, has announced a £25m Series A funding round from Silverstripe Investment Management Limited (‘Silverstripe’). Paydock is a payment orchestrator that offers financial institutions and merchants rapid connectivity to fintech and payments systems without disrupting current infrastructure. Paydock’s agnostic platform minimises heavy costs and flattens pervasive risks […]

The Rise of Alternative Payment Methods: Offer More With Payment Orchestration

Over the last few years, the payments landscape has undergone a significant transformation with an abundance of new alternative payment methods entering the processing market, rapidly changing the needs of customers and their checkout experiences. Traditional methods such as debit and credit cards are no longer the only options and preferences for customers, and more […]

International Women’s Day – Interview with Garima Shrivastav, Head of Merchant Onboarding

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the incredible achievements of women all around the world and what they stand for, we also want to recognise and celebrate the extraordinary group of empowering women across our global team who inspire us every day.  This year’s campaign theme is #EmbraceEquity, highlighting the importance that equal opportunities alone […]

International Women’s Day – Interview with Nicole Ruszkowski, Head of Delivery

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the incredible achievements of women all around the world and what they stand for, we also want to recognise and celebrate the extraordinary group of empowering women across our global team who inspire us every day.  This year’s campaign theme is #EmbraceEquity, highlighting the importance that equal opportunities alone […]

International Women’s Day – Interview with Sonet Mudiliyar, Talent Acquisition Manager

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the incredible achievements of women all around the world and what they stand for, we also want to recognise and celebrate the extraordinary group of empowering women across our global team who inspire us every day.  This year’s campaign theme is #EmbraceEquity, highlighting the importance that equal opportunities alone […]

The Benefits of Orchestration For Banks and Financial Institutions

The shift to e-commerce and a multitude of new and innovative payment types means that consumers now have an unprecedented range of options at checkout. This payment fragmentation for merchants requires financial institutions to up their game for new and existing business banking customers. The market is becoming more competitive and diverse, with higher expectations […]

Paydock powers new e-commerce solution from Australian banking giant CBA

Orchestration provider partners with Top 50 global bank to launch one-stop platform for payments, integrations and checkout   PAYDOCK, the payments orchestration platform, has partnered with major Australian banking group The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to launch PowerBoard, a uniquely simple solution for a merchant’s technology integrations, payments, and fraud prevention needs. Delivering a […]

Payment Outages: Reducing the risk with Routing

By Rob Simmonds, Enterprise Architect at Paydock Payments Availability As consumers, we tend to think that the structures and processes that enable us to buy anything at any time with any payment method are verging on infallible; that is until they do fail, and it lays bare our reliance on just a few key players […]

Stand with Ukraine and help us to help those in need

Two team-led fundraising initiatives to help those affected by war in Ukraine. Read on to find out more and how you too can show your support.  According to the UN refugee agency, over 5 million people had to flee their homes in Ukraine and leave their loved ones behind, not to mention 6.5 million who […]

System Maintenance: Paydock Dashboard Connection [April 28, 2022]

Dear Merchants, Please be informed that the scheduled Production release will take place on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 4 PM EEST | 1 PM UTC. During this time period, there may be intermittent access to your Paydock dashboard. Maintenance window: 2 hours; Expected downtime: up to 2 hours. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience […]

Values vs Value: The Future of Ethical Payments

By Toby Aikins, Merchant Experience Lead at Paydock   My latest online purchase was a water filter jug fuelled by sustainable and renewable pellets (Phox Water –  in case you’re interested). I felt that surge of serotonin knowing that I will be sending less plastic to landfill, but it also occurred to me that I […]

Official Statement Letter

Official Statement Letter   Paydock has observed with increasing sadness and anger the unjustified aggression exercised by Russia towards the sovereign state of Ukraine. Paydock condemns, in the strongest terms possible, the directives of the Kremlin and the actions of the Russian military, and supports the leaders and people of the sovereign state of Ukraine.  […]

The End of the Single Vendor Era

It’s no secret that the payments industry has undergone an exponential rate of change within the last year. With an explosive growth in alternative payment methods (such as digital wallets), the rise of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platforms and aggressive commoditisation in the processing market, this now means that merchants are rapidly drowning as they seek to […]

Security Bulletin: Paydock’s response to Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)

As you may know, a critical software vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) was reported on December 9, 2021, that enabled systems running Apache Log4j version 2.14.1 or below to be compromised and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.  None of the Paydock environments employ the Apache Log4j utility.   We are sympathetic to the highly justified concern associated […]

What did Black Friday cost you this time?

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become the ultimate annual events for both consumers, as well as retailers, who plan for these well ahead of time to ensure it all runs smoothly.  Grown in popularity over the years, and even more so since the pandemic, bank reports suggested that this year Black Friday transactions were […]

HSBC Head of Product joins Paydock

Paydock, an enterprise-grade payments orchestration platform appoints Jenela Gunasekaran as its Chief Product Officer. This significant appointment emphasises the increasingly recognised role of payments orchestration as well as Paydock’s leadership in the sector. Jenela brings over 16 years of experience across product, technology, and financial services to her new role at Paydock. She joins from […]

Buy Now Pay Later – Controlling the frenzy

Merchants today are expected to offer not just one, but multiple Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) options at checkout or miss out on sales. Yet with continual shifts in popularity, price and convenience – understanding which BNPL to select and then solving the complex technical, reconciliation and compliance linkages behind the scenes has become an industry-wide […]

Episode 2 with Rob Lincolne & Naby Mariyam

Episode 2 with Rob Lincolne & Naby Mariyam Values, Vision and the Questions VC’s never ask (but should!) – Join Naby Mariyam and Rob discussing authenticity and a theory on what really matters when building long term success in fintech. Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 37:01 | Download transcript Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify |  Google Podcasts |  Amazon Music | Stitcher | Deezer  PayTalk with Paydock is our very own […]

Digital Wallets – What’s in It for Merchants and What to Look out For?

Ecommerce has been instrumental to the survival of many businesses throughout the past 12 months. As a cashless society looms and consumer behaviour shifts, the increasing demand for easy, frictionless and digital payments is pivotal in order for merchants to stay on top.  Today, digital wallets play a significant role globally in facilitating seamless, efficient […]

Paydock now available via Payshield to provide secure IVR transactions

In welcome news to medium and large merchants looking to compress compliance scope and yet provide leading IVR experiences to customers, Paydock can now be enjoyed as part of the Payshield offering, providing merchants with dynamic choice of over 30 processing partners within an orchestration environment while delivering seamless over-the-phone payment experiences.  Payshield’s capability enables […]

Top Payments Trends Merchants Should Make the Most of in 2021

It’s no question that 2020 brought a year of challenges. However, in the midst of these unprecedented times, the impact of the pandemic also resulted in many opportunities for many businesses. With the rapid rise of online transactions and heavy reliance on technology, fintech continues to play a key role in transforming industries now more […]

Paydock Master Merchant Platform: Total control for vendors, partners and clients

    Manage payments for partners, vendors and customers. Create and manage sub-merchant accounts Monitor activity from all connected merchants via one centralised dashboard (irrespective of payment channel) Prevent fraud and increase security by assigning smart Risk Profiles to your Sub Merchants Increase your brand value by offering Paydock Master Merchant via our fully branded […]

Paydock partners with Aplauz to enable in-store payments for digital merchants

Paydock partners with Aplauz to enable in-store payments for digital merchants Paydock, an enterprise-grade payments orchestration platform announces its most recent partnership with the introduction of Aplauz, a digital payment method that can be purchased in-store and used online, enabling online merchants to reach and capitalise on market opportunities within a yet untapped customer base. […]

Episode 1 with Rob Lincolne & Rene Pelegero

Episode 1 with Rob Lincolne & Rene Pelegero   What’s broken? What’s working and where the future is taking us? Join our Founder and CEO Rob Lincolne and Rene Pelegero, Managing Director of Retail Payments Global Consulting Group as they discuss some of the big themes in the payments industry. Download file | Play in new window […]