Payment service providers (PSPs): market share 2026
- Stripe is the most-named payment service provider (PSP), linked to 675 companies through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- The 5 most-named payment service providers (PSPs) are Stripe (675), Adyen (292), PayPal (146), Checkout.com (100) and Worldpay (82), by number of linked companies (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- 408 payment service providers (PSPs) are linked to two or more companies, across 5,839 documented relationships (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- The top 5 payment service providers (PSPs) account for 22.2% of all documented payment service provider (PSP) relationships (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
How often fintechs disclose their payment service provider (PSP) 2026
- 45.6% of fintechs publicly name their payment service provider (3,007 of 6,588 companies analyzed) (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Of fintechs that disclose anything about their payments stack, 32.2% name only an own-brand product rather than the underlying provider (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
Payment service providers (PSPs) by region 2026
- Stripe is the most-named payment service provider (PSP) among fintechs headquartered in the US, linked to 367 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Stripe is the most-named payment service provider (PSP) among fintechs headquartered in the EU, linked to 102 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Stripe is the most-named payment service provider (PSP) among fintechs headquartered in the UK, linked to 65 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Adyen is the most-named payment service provider (PSP) among fintechs headquartered in Latin America, linked to 13 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Stripe is the most-named payment service provider (PSP) among fintechs headquartered in APAC, linked to 59 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Paystack is the most-named payment service provider (PSP) among fintechs headquartered in Africa, linked to 16 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Adyen is the most-named payment service provider (PSP) among fintechs headquartered in MENA, linked to 11 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Stripe is the most-named payment service provider (PSP) among fintechs headquartered in Canada, linked to 38 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
How to cite these statistics
Embedded Finance Index, October 2026, published by Apideck. https://www.embeddedfinanceindex.com/statistics/payments. Figures are recomputed as dossiers are added; quote the month alongside the number.
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