Ayden Enhances Global Collaboration with Afterpay
- The companies are working together to process payments across key markets.
- BNPL payment methods are gaining popularity in Europe and North America.

In 2018, Ayden and Afterpay started their local payment method partnership. According to the details shared by Ayden, a broad range of the company’s merchants, including MandM Direct and Superdry are already using Afterpay’s instalment payments.
Afterpay is known as Clearpay in the United Kingdom and across the European region. It is now available to the merchants of Ayden in France, Italy, Spain and the UK.
"We are excited to further expand our longstanding partnership with Afterpay to now include local acquiring in key markets. Afterpay is already a household name globally, and we are proud to be able to continue to come together, leveraging both our technology and innovation to meet the needs of today's evolving retail landscape," said Roelant Prins, the Chief Commercial Officer at Adyen.
Earlier this year, Amazon Japan announced the selection of the Ayden Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonly the basis of exchange involves fiat currency or legal tender, be it in the form of cash, credit or bank transfers, debit, or checks. While typically associated with cash transfers, payments can also be made in anything of perceived value, be it stock or bartering – though this is far more limited today than it has been in the past.The Largest Players in the Payments IndustryFor most individuals, the payments industry is dominated currently by card companies such as Visa or Mastercard, which facilitate the use of credit or debit expenditures. More recently, this industry has seen the rise of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) payments services, which have gained tremendous traction in Europe, the United States, and Asia, among other continents.One of the biggest parameters for payments is timing, which looms as a crucial element for execution. By this metric, consumer demand incentivizes technology that prioritizes the fastest payment execution.This can help explain the preference for debit and credit payments overtaking check or money orders, which in previous decades were much more commonly utilized. A multi-billion-dollar industry, the payments space has seen some of the most innovation and advances in recent years as companies look to push contactless technology with faster execution times. One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonly the basis of exchange involves fiat currency or legal tender, be it in the form of cash, credit or bank transfers, debit, or checks. While typically associated with cash transfers, payments can also be made in anything of perceived value, be it stock or bartering – though this is far more limited today than it has been in the past.The Largest Players in the Payments IndustryFor most individuals, the payments industry is dominated currently by card companies such as Visa or Mastercard, which facilitate the use of credit or debit expenditures. More recently, this industry has seen the rise of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) payments services, which have gained tremendous traction in Europe, the United States, and Asia, among other continents.One of the biggest parameters for payments is timing, which looms as a crucial element for execution. By this metric, consumer demand incentivizes technology that prioritizes the fastest payment execution.This can help explain the preference for debit and credit payments overtaking check or money orders, which in previous decades were much more commonly utilized. A multi-billion-dollar industry, the payments space has seen some of the most innovation and advances in recent years as companies look to push contactless technology with faster execution times. Read this Term Platform to improve the checkout experience of its customers. In addition, Ayden has expanded its offerings this year through the addition of new embedded financial products.
BNPL
Last year, Block (previously known as Square) announced its plan to acquire Afterpay in a deal worth $29 billion. Due to its strong presence in the global BNPL ecosystem, Afterpay has seen a surge in demand for its services during the past few months. Internationally, nearly 24% of consumers have used BNPL services with the highest adoption rates in Sweden, Norway, Mexico, France and Denmark.
"Holiday season 2021 was the holiday for BNPL, with consumers using Afterpay to pay responsibly for their holiday gifts," said Zahir Khoja, the General Manager of Afterpay Global Platform and Partnerships. "Our partnership with Adyen is allowing us to bring a better way to pay to millions of shoppers across multiple regions around the world."
In 2018, Ayden and Afterpay started their local payment method partnership. According to the details shared by Ayden, a broad range of the company’s merchants, including MandM Direct and Superdry are already using Afterpay’s instalment payments.
Afterpay is known as Clearpay in the United Kingdom and across the European region. It is now available to the merchants of Ayden in France, Italy, Spain and the UK.
"We are excited to further expand our longstanding partnership with Afterpay to now include local acquiring in key markets. Afterpay is already a household name globally, and we are proud to be able to continue to come together, leveraging both our technology and innovation to meet the needs of today's evolving retail landscape," said Roelant Prins, the Chief Commercial Officer at Adyen.
Earlier this year, Amazon Japan announced the selection of the Ayden Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonly the basis of exchange involves fiat currency or legal tender, be it in the form of cash, credit or bank transfers, debit, or checks. While typically associated with cash transfers, payments can also be made in anything of perceived value, be it stock or bartering – though this is far more limited today than it has been in the past.The Largest Players in the Payments IndustryFor most individuals, the payments industry is dominated currently by card companies such as Visa or Mastercard, which facilitate the use of credit or debit expenditures. More recently, this industry has seen the rise of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) payments services, which have gained tremendous traction in Europe, the United States, and Asia, among other continents.One of the biggest parameters for payments is timing, which looms as a crucial element for execution. By this metric, consumer demand incentivizes technology that prioritizes the fastest payment execution.This can help explain the preference for debit and credit payments overtaking check or money orders, which in previous decades were much more commonly utilized. A multi-billion-dollar industry, the payments space has seen some of the most innovation and advances in recent years as companies look to push contactless technology with faster execution times. One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonly the basis of exchange involves fiat currency or legal tender, be it in the form of cash, credit or bank transfers, debit, or checks. While typically associated with cash transfers, payments can also be made in anything of perceived value, be it stock or bartering – though this is far more limited today than it has been in the past.The Largest Players in the Payments IndustryFor most individuals, the payments industry is dominated currently by card companies such as Visa or Mastercard, which facilitate the use of credit or debit expenditures. More recently, this industry has seen the rise of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) payments services, which have gained tremendous traction in Europe, the United States, and Asia, among other continents.One of the biggest parameters for payments is timing, which looms as a crucial element for execution. By this metric, consumer demand incentivizes technology that prioritizes the fastest payment execution.This can help explain the preference for debit and credit payments overtaking check or money orders, which in previous decades were much more commonly utilized. A multi-billion-dollar industry, the payments space has seen some of the most innovation and advances in recent years as companies look to push contactless technology with faster execution times. Read this Term Platform to improve the checkout experience of its customers. In addition, Ayden has expanded its offerings this year through the addition of new embedded financial products.
BNPL
Last year, Block (previously known as Square) announced its plan to acquire Afterpay in a deal worth $29 billion. Due to its strong presence in the global BNPL ecosystem, Afterpay has seen a surge in demand for its services during the past few months. Internationally, nearly 24% of consumers have used BNPL services with the highest adoption rates in Sweden, Norway, Mexico, France and Denmark.
"Holiday season 2021 was the holiday for BNPL, with consumers using Afterpay to pay responsibly for their holiday gifts," said Zahir Khoja, the General Manager of Afterpay Global Platform and Partnerships. "Our partnership with Adyen is allowing us to bring a better way to pay to millions of shoppers across multiple regions around the world."