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Paysecure has won the Best Payments Industry Newcomer Award at the Card and Payments Awards 2026 in London.
The award recognises firms that have entered the payments market recently and shown early momentum. Paysecure runs a payments orchestration platform for merchants that want to manage multiple payment providers through a single technology layer.
Judges highlighted Paysecure's partnerships and growth, as well as its approach to alternative payment methods and its focus on "complex, high-risk, high-volume environments".
In a statement, the judges said: "The panel noted that the submission demonstrated strong partnerships and showcased impressive growth trajectories. Its orchestration capability enabled broad access to alternative payment methods and was designed to address complex, high-risk, high-volume environments. Overall, Paysecure demonstrated reliable growth and enhanced technical capabilities, laying a firm foundation for ongoing impact and showing clear potential for broader industry contribution."
Founded in 2022, Paysecure has positioned itself around payment operations in regulated sectors and in segments with elevated fraud and chargeback exposure. It says the product is designed to handle high transaction volumes and multiple regulatory requirements.
Platform Focus
Payment orchestration has grown as merchants have increased the number of payment service providers they use. Many now combine card acquiring with local bank transfer schemes, digital wallets, cash-based vouchers, and other alternative payment methods. Orchestration platforms sit between a merchant and those providers, offering routing logic, reporting, and configuration in one place.
Paysecure says its platform connects merchants to more than 500 payment service providers and acquirers, with more than 200 alternative payment methods available through its network. It also reports a recent five-fold increase in the number of merchants using its technology, without disclosing an exact figure.
This breadth can matter for cross-border sellers that need local payment options in different markets. It can also help risk-managed sectors that want redundancy if a provider restricts a category, tightens underwriting, or experiences downtime.
Product Tools
Paysecure says it offers intelligent routing and tokenisation, alongside real-time reporting and a dynamic cashier. It also offers a fraud protection feature called User Trust Score.
Routing tools are common across orchestration platforms, directing transactions to different acquirers based on criteria such as cost, historical acceptance performance, location, or payment method. Depending on implementation and scope, tokenisation can reduce the exposure of sensitive card data within a merchant environment.
In a competitive payments market, awards have become one route for newer suppliers to gain visibility. The Card and Payments Awards attracts banks, payment processors, fintechs, and vendors selling infrastructure to merchants and financial institutions.
Executive Reaction
Chief Executive Amit Hooja said the award reflected the company's progress and pointed to growing complexity for businesses selling across borders.
"This award is a strong validation of the platform we've built and the problem we set out to solve. I would like to thank all our staff, our partners and, of course, our customers for their support and dedication in helping to build the leading orchestration platform. There's still work to do. Payments are becoming increasingly complex for businesses operating across borders. Payment choice, regulation and ever-increasing competition for customers are all evolving challenges. Our continued focus is to give our customers the best infrastructure at the very best cost."
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Viktoriia Degtiarova said the company built the platform internally and credited teams across regions.
"We built the Paysecure platform from the ground up. Every feature, every capability exists because our team deeply understands the real challenges merchants and partners face and we refuse to settle for average solutions. Being recognised in London is a huge moment for us. Our global teams, and especially our incredible colleagues in India, are proud to celebrate this achievement. This award belongs as much to our partners and clients as it does to us; their trust pushes us to keep raising the bar."
Next, the company is likely to focus on adding more payment connections and expanding in markets where local payment method coverage and regulatory requirements play a significant role in merchant conversion and acceptance performance.