What is Paya Payments? Paya Payments Review, Features

Paya Payments makes payments easier, providing innovative payment solutions and driving exceptional commerce experiences.

About Paya Payments

Paya Payments is a leading provider of integrated payments and frictionless commerce solutions that help clients accept and process payments, collect payments faster, and improve operational efficiency. The company processes more than $4 billion in annual payment volume for credit/debit cards, ACH, and checks, making it the top provider of payment processing in the United States. Paya serves more than 100,000 customers through more than 2,000 key distribution partners, focusing on targeted, high-growth verticals such as healthcare, education, nonprofits, government, utilities, and other B2B goods and services. The business has built a foundation of strong integrations with front-end CRM and back-end accounting systems to enhance customer experience and workflows. Paya is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with offices in Reston, Virginia, Walton Beach, Florida, Dayton, Ohio, Miamisburg, Ohio, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, and Tempe, Arizona.

Paya Payments Development History

• 2006 – Sage Payment Solutions (SPS) North America is established to provide full-service, end-to-end payment solutions with a focus on software integration
• 2017 - GTCR acquires SPS
• January 2018 – Paya Brand
  roll out
• October 2018 – Launch of Paya Connect, a proprietary API and services-oriented platform
• November 2018 – Acquisition of Stewardship Technologies, expanding Paya’s presence in the nonprofit sector
• November 2018 – Jeff Hack appointed CEO
• January 2019 – Paya acquires First Billing Services, expanding its government and utility offerings
• May 2020 – Paya rises to #6 in US eCommerce (Card Not Present) transaction volume in 2019 Nielsen rankings
• October 2020 – Paya acquires The Payments Group (TPG), its second acquisition and complementing its already strong capabilities in the government and utilities sectors
• October 2020 – Paya becomes a public company and begins trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “PAYA”
• April 2021 – Paya acquires Paragon Payment Solutions