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Best Payment Service Providers (PSPs) 2026

Payment service providers handling card acquiring, alternative payment methods, and merchant settlement. Many category leaders (Stripe, Square, Adyen) self-process and don't appear as customers of any third-party PSP.

421
Unique providers
5853
Buyer disclosures
6593
Companies analyzed
Full ranking

Every PSP provider in the dataset

1
673 · 10%
2
246 · 4%
3
146 · 2%
4
99 · 2%
5
Worldpay↳ FIS (spun out 2024)
83 · 1%
6
55 · 1%
7
Braintree↳ PayPal
52 · 1%
8
46 · 1%
10
41 · 1%
11
38 · 1%
12
35 · 1%
13
Square↳ Block
34 · 1%
14
27 · 0%
15
26 · 0%
17
Visa Direct↳ Visa
22 · 0%
18
22 · 0%
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Regional breakdown

Payments / PSPs leaders by region

US
2446 companies
373
EU
1185 companies
113
UK
655 companies
LATAM
555 companies
9
APAC
546 companies
13
Africa
457 companies
Other
332 companies
13
MENA
218 companies
12
Canada
199 companies
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