Adyen Named as a Leader among Global Commerce Payments Providers

Adyen, the payments company powering global commerce for companies such as Uber, Facebook and Netflix, today announced it was positioned as a leader among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its evaluation, “The Forrester Wave ™: Global Commerce Payment Providers, Q4 2016.”

According to the research: “…Adyen has an all-in-one global solution that is a leader in our evaluation. Built from the ground up in the past decade, its agile platform is unencumbered by legacy technology, unlike its competitors whose platforms are showing their age… The company has made significant investments in back-end processing technology and additional omnichannel capabilities….”

Adyen was highest ranked in the “Strategy” category and scored among the highest in the following criteria: reporting capabilities, product and service vision, and corporate strategy and performance.

“Adyen powers payments and optimizes the customer shopping experience for today’s fast-growing, global businesses in the US market and around the world,” said Kamran Zaki, president, North America. “We are dedicated to bringing innovation to the world of payments and meeting our rapidly evolving customer needs.”

In this Forrester Wave™, Forrester evaluated vendors that are able to package and sell enterprise merchant payment processing or gateway capabilities either as a standalone product or as merchant acquirers with native processing capabilities.

About Adyen

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) is the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, providing a modern end-to-end infrastructure connecting directly to Visa, Mastercard, and consumers' globally preferred payment methods. Adyen delivers frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. With offices across the world, Adyen serves customers including Facebook, Uber, Spotify, Microsoft, Casper, Bonobos and L'Oréal.