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Report: SumUp Aims to Raise $1.1 Billion to Refinance Debt
Investments // February 23, 2024

SumUp is reportedly looking to raise 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) from private credit lenders. The U.K. payments company would use the money to refinance existing debt, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 23), citing unnamed sources.  SumUp did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment.  The company’s...

UK Payments FinTech SumUp Raises $307 Million 
Fintech Investments // December 11, 2023

Payments FinTech SumUp has raised $307 million to expand its footprint and develop new services. The British company, whose products include point-of-sale card readers, announced the funding Monday (Dec. 11), noting that it follows a year in which it has operated on a positive EBITDA...

SumUp Raises $100 Million to Offer Merchants Cash Advances
Alternative Finances // August 09, 2023

SumUp has raised a $100 million credit facility to launch a merchant financing solution. The British company’s Cash Advance tool offers advances of up to £20,000, based on merchants’ payment history and repayable via payment acceptance using SumUp’s card readers.  According to a release emailed...

SumUp Selects Form3 for Access to UK Faster Payments Scheme
Faster Payments // July 07, 2023

SumUp has partnered with Form3 to enhance its business account offering for United Kingdom customers. With this move, SumUp, a global FinTech that serves 4 million small businesses in 35 markets worldwide, will gain direct access to the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme (FPS) and Bacs Scheme, the companies said in...

Interviews & Exclusives
Europe’s 28 Million Small Businesses Get Ready for PayFac Version 2.0

May 04, 2023
The European region, Lynsey Verrillo, Head of Enablers and Small Business at Visa, and Marc-Alexander Christ, SumUp co-founder, told Karen Webster, is home to 28 million smaller firms, which drive a significant portion of the region’s GDP. And to fully embrace the great digital shift that has now transformed into the great omnichannel shift, payments […]

Quick Reads
Payments FinTech SumUp Gets $1.6 Billion Private Credit Loan

May 01, 2024
British payments FinTech SumUp is reportedly looking to expand following a $1.6 billion loan. The private credit package will allow SumUp “to refinance existing debt, as well as have firepower to take advantage of any opportunities that arise over the next six months,” SumUp Chief Financial Officer Hermione Tomic told Bloomberg News Wednesday (May 1). According to the report,  SumUp is looking […]

Report: SumUp Aims to Raise $1.1 Billion to Refinance Debt

February 23, 2024
SumUp is reportedly looking to raise 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) from private credit lenders. The U.K. payments company would use the money to refinance existing debt, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 23),...

UK Payments FinTech SumUp Raises $307 Million 

December 11, 2023
Payments FinTech SumUp has raised $307 million to expand its footprint and develop new services. The British company, whose products include point-of-sale card readers, announced the funding Monday (Dec. 11),...

SumUp Raises $100 Million to Offer Merchants Cash Advances

August 09, 2023
SumUp has raised a $100 million credit facility to launch a merchant financing solution. The British company’s Cash Advance tool offers advances of up to £20,000, based on merchants’ payment...