Checkout.com Selected as Digital Payments Partner for Microsoft, Enhancing EMEA Transactions

Checkout.com Partners with Microsoft for Digital Payments

Checkout.com, a leading digital payment platform headquartered in London, England, has been officially selected as a digital payments partner by Microsoft. This collaboration marks a significant milestone for both companies, as Checkout.com will support payment processing for key Microsoft products across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

Microsoft, a giant in technology with the mission to empower every person and organization on the planet, will lean on Checkout.com’s expertise to enhance the payment experience for its extensive portfolio. This includes popular services such as Xbox, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Azure. The partnership aims to provide high-quality card payment acquiring services, deeply integrating payment solutions into everyday digital experiences for millions of users worldwide.

The decision to partner with Checkout.com stems from Microsoft’s appreciation of its digital payment platform and its global expertise in payment solutions. With an AI-driven optimization framework, Checkout.com is designed to improve performance, reliability, and approval rates for enterprise-level transactions. This strategic alliance allows Microsoft to seamlessly integrate its Payments API with Checkout.com’s comprehensive system, consolidating payment processes into a single, flexible solution. The goal is to deliver a consistent and reliable payment experience to both consumers and businesses around the globe.

Through this partnership, Checkout.com will play a crucial role in managing payment processing for Microsoft’s operations in the EMEA region. This includes utilizing Checkout.com's unique AI optimization engine, known as Intelligent Acceptance. This powerful tool leverages real-time data from a global network to streamline transactions, thus reducing payment failures and enhancing overall performance. Since its inception, Intelligent Acceptance has contributed to generating over $20 billion in merchant revenue, executing optimizations at an astonishing rate of 26,000 per minute, which has significantly improved approval rates and provided a better payment experience.

Guillaume Pousaz, the CEO and founder of Checkout.com, expressed his enthusiasm about the collaboration: “Microsoft has been at the forefront of every major technology transformation, from the rise of personal computing to the cloud, and now with AI. Supporting such a historically significant and forward-thinking company requires a robust and adaptable payment infrastructure designed for perpetual innovation. This adoption is a testament to the performance and flexibility of our platform, and I am immensely proud that we can help underpin the commerce infrastructure that people across the globe rely on daily.”

Pankaj Gudimella, General Manager at Microsoft Treasury, echoed this sentiment, stating, “As a globally operating enterprise, we need a partner capable of providing a unified, high-performing system for accepting payments across various markets. Checkout.com offers not only a modern payment platform but also deep payment expertise and robust global acquiring capabilities. Their technology will support the performance and reliability required to continually evolve the commerce experience across all of Microsoft’s products and services.”

About Checkout.com

Checkout.com is known for providing payment solutions to thousands of companies that drive the digital economy. Its digital payment network supports over 145 currencies, processing billions of transactions annually worldwide.

The company specializes in technology that enhances payment success rates, reduces processing costs, prevents fraud, and ultimately leads to improved profitability for businesses. With its headquarters in London and offices in 19 locations globally, Checkout.com partners with top companies including Sony, Netflix, Uber, Spotify, Alibaba, DocuSign, Wise, Sainsbury's, and the Financial Times.

For more information, please visit www.checkout.com.