Every company that
moves money, mapped.
The field guide to the global payments stack.
Find the rightcard issuing platformin minutes.
54 companies across the stack, and counting
Nine layers of the stack. One map.
Pick a layer to meet the companies building it, the problems they solve and the thinking behind them.
See where each company fits in.
Payments are relay races. Pick a flow, tap a step, and jump straight to the companies that run it.
A tap at a café: authorised in about a second, settled in a day or two.
Step 1 of 6 · Cardholder
The shopper presents a card, phone wallet or stored credential. In e-commerce, 3-D Secure and passkeys prove it's really them.
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Long-form analysis from our editors. Regulation, rails, risk and the business models they unlock.
The world went instant.
Account-to-account rails now settle in seconds across much of the world. Here is where the big ones switched on.
SPEI
Mexico
Faster Payments
United Kingdom
UPI
India
SEPA Instant
Euro area
RTP
United States
PayNow
Singapore
NPP
Australia
Pix
Brazil
FedNow
United States
The people who buy, build and back payments.
Decision-makers use the guide to move from question to shortlist. Newcomers use it to learn the terrain.
Shortlist three acquirers for a new market, with the regulatory context, before the first vendor call.
Head of PaymentsMarketplace expanding into the EUMap which fraud vendors cover APP scams and mule detection, not just card-not-present.
Fraud Strategy LeadChallenger bankUnderstand SoftPOS certification before committing a field-sales team to tap-on-phone.
COOMulti-site hospitality groupExplain pay-by-bank to the board in ten minutes, with a diagram that actually makes sense.
CFOSubscription software companyFind BaaS partners that support card issuing and instant payouts in the same API.
Founding EngineerVertical SaaS start-up
Track who is building for stablecoin settlement, and who is only talking about it.
Treasury LeadCross-border B2B platformGet a newcomer up to speed on schemes, acquirers and issuers in one afternoon.
Graduate AnalystPayments consultancyBenchmark our positioning against the rest of the orchestration category.
Product MarketingPayment orchestration vendorScan the identity landscape for passkeys and eIDAS 2.0 wallet readiness.
Digital Identity LeadRetail bankPut our white paper in front of the exact people evaluating our category.
VP MarketingFraud-prevention vendor
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