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ePayco

Can a Colombian-native payment aggregator remain the default checkout for LatAm SMBs as global PSPs push into the region?

Founded2011
HQMedellín, Colombia
IndustryInfrastructure / Payments
The story

ePayco is a Colombian payment gateway founded in 2011 in Medellín, offering both aggregator and gateway models for merchants to accept 22+ local payment methods including PSE, cash networks (Efecty, Gana, PuntoRed, Red Servi, SafetyPay), PayPal, and digital wallets like DaviPlata. It has since been acquired (per PitchBook profile) and operates as a subsidiary.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
0
Acquired/merged — now operating as a subsidiary per PitchBook.· acquisition
2011
Founded in Medellín, Colombia as an online payments gateway.· founding
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by ePayco
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
2 layers disclosed in ePayco’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
ePayco Gateway (self-operated)ePayco Agregador (self-operated)PayPalPSEEfectyGanaPuntoRedRed ServiSafetyPayDaviPlataPuntos Colombia
Accounting
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
6 more providers across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.