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MultiSafepay

“Can a 25-year-old European PSP become Ant International's SMB acquiring engine for Europe?”

Founded1999
HQAmsterdam, Netherlands
FoundersOlaf Geurs
Latest roundAcquired by Ant International (2024)
IndustryInfrastructure / Payments
The story

Founded 1999 as MultiPay, one of the earliest Dutch PSPs, and grew into a full collecting acquirer and processor for Visa, Mastercard, and Bancontact serving European SMBs across online, in-person, and omnichannel. In 2024 MultiSafepay was acquired by Ant International and folded into its Antom global merchant-payments arm, positioning it as Ant's SME-focused European acquiring engine.

Last 12 months
2024
Product timeline
1999
Founded as MultiPay by Olaf Geurs, one of the first PSPs in the Netherlands, pioneering prepaid-card-based online payments.· banking
2020
Piloted Deutsche Bank's Request to Pay (RtP) open-banking solution built on PSD2 rails.· banking
2024
Acquired by Ant International and integrated into the Antom brand; celebrated 25 years.· acquisition
Regulated entities
2
regulatory licences held by MultiSafepay
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
6 layers disclosed in MultiSafepay’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
MultiSafepay (self-operated)checkout
Card network
in the full report
Lending
in the full report
Open banking
in the full report
FX & payouts
in the full report
Accounting
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
14 more providers across 5 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.