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SumUp Aims to Take Card Reader Firm Public

September 15, 2025
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Adyen and SumUp Partner on Accelerated Settlements in Europe, UK
B2B Payments // June 20, 2024

Adyen and SumUp have partnered to enable accelerated settlements for small businesses in Europe and the United Kingdom. This partnership expands the availability of SumUp’s near-instant settlements offering that already serves more than 4 million merchants in 36 markets around the world, the companies said...

Payments FinTech SumUp Gets $1.6 Billion Private Credit Loan
Loans // May 01, 2024

United Kingdom 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...

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...

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 […]

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SumUp Aims to Take Card Reader Firm Public

September 15, 2025
SumUp, a United Kingdom-based card reader company, is reportedly considering a stock market listing and initial public offering (IPO). The FinTech is mulling an IPO that could value the company at $10 billion to $15 billion, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Sept. 15), citing unnamed sources. SumUp is looking at the New York and […]

Adyen and SumUp Partner on Accelerated Settlements in Europe, UK

June 20, 2024
Adyen and SumUp have partnered to enable accelerated settlements for small businesses in Europe and the United Kingdom. This partnership expands the availability of SumUp’s near-instant settlements offering that already...

Payments FinTech SumUp Gets $1.6 Billion Private Credit Loan

May 01, 2024
United Kingdom 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...

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),...