The Unicorn; Adyen; 独角兽企业; 54/174

The Unicorn; Adyen; 独角兽企业; 54/174


54.Adyen

 

 

Company Information

Valuation $2.3 billion
Sector Financial services
Headquarters Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Founded 2006
CEO Pieter van der Does

 

 

Adyen

Adyen is a global multichannel payment company offering businesses an outsourced payment solution, which enables merchants to accept payments from anywhere in the world and provides a global payment solution for mid, large and enterprise e-commerce merchants. Adyen serves over 3,500 customers globally. It reported over 100% growth in terms of revenue and 40% growth in new customer wins in 2014, earnings of $130 million in 2015, and earnings of $95 million in revenue in 2013, up from $65 million in 2012.[1] It has over ten years of experience in running high-volume payment systems. It is a privately held company.

Adyen offers merchants online services for accepting electronic payments by payment methods including credit cards, bank based payments such as debit cards, bank transfer, and real-time bank transfers based on online banking. Adyen’s online payment platform connects to 250 payment methods across North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Pacific, and Oceania. From international credit cards to local cash-based methods, like Boleto in Brazil) and internet banking methods like iDEAL in the Netherlands. Adyen provides a single solution, available for three payment acceptance platforms.

The service is used by international and multinationals companies including, Uber, Facebook, Evernote, Spotify, Airbnb, Mango, Vodafone, Booking.com, KLM, Greenpeace, Soundcloud,[2] Superdry and Groupon.
Pieter van der Does
Co-founder / President & CEO

A leading expert with over 15 years experience in the payments industry, Pieter van der Does co-founded Adyen in 2006. Since launching Adyen, the business has grown from a startup into a global operation, averaging double-digit annual growth since 2007.

Prior to Adyen Pieter was CCO at Bibit, building the payment service provider into a global player before it was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2004, after which he served on the board until 2006.

 

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