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Checkout.com

Fintech · London, United Kingdom · Private

Checkout.com provides online payment processing, acquiring and fraud tools for large global merchants.

$12BLatest valuationSeptember 2025, set with employee buyback
BuybackLatest fundingEmployee share buyback, September 2025
$300B+Annual e-commerce volume2025, company expected
PrivatePublic statusNo confirmed IPO

The Company

Checkout.com was founded by Guillaume Pousaz and processes online payments for large merchants around the world. It says it handles more than $1 billion of e-commerce payment volume a day and expected to process over $300 billion in 2025.

At its peak in January 2022 the company was valued at $40 billion. In September 2025 it announced an employee share buyback at a $12 billion valuation, alongside net revenue growth above 30% in its core business and a return to full-year profitability.

Why It Matters

Checkout.com is one of the clearest examples of a 2021-era valuation being reset, and a benchmark for how private payments companies are priced against Adyen and Stripe.

Valuation History

  1. $40B→Jan 2022Series D
  2. $12B→Sep 2025Employee share buyback

What Changed

  1. Checkout.com is valued at $40B.

  2. The company lowers its internal valuation as fintech multiples fall.

  3. An employee buyback sets a $12B valuation as the company returns to profitability.

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