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The PayTech M&A & Funding Story of 2025

An in-depth analysis of PayTech M&A and funding in 2025. Deal volumes stabilised at 610 transactions, while M&A accelerated

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The PayTech M&A & Funding Story of 2025

The PayTech M&A & Funding Story of 2025

In this article, Volker Schloenvoigt (Director, London) and Rohan Shaju (Consultant, Paris) analyse the top trends in paytech funding and M&A activity in 2025 and the key learnings for the year ahead. The article highlights several emerging trends drawing on EDC’s proprietary paytech database, which has tracked over 1,700 global transactions from 2023 through 2025.

Investors & Private Equity
M&A Advisory
by Rohan Shaju | Feb 04, 2026
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8 min read
M&A
Funding
Investors
Startups
Payment providers
Rewiring B2B Travel Payments with Virtual Cards in the Travel Sector

Rewiring B2B Travel Payments with Virtual Cards in the Travel Sector

In this article, Charlotte Piron-Seth (Senior Consultant, Paris) explores how virtual cards are reshaping B2B payments in travel, helping airlines, hotels, and intermediaries streamline supplier payments, automate reconciliation, and unlock new commercial value. Drawing on EDC’s experience across the travel ecosystem, she outlines the key trends accelerating adoption, the remaining barriers, and a practical roadmap for scaling virtual card programs

Travel & Transport
Product Innovation
by Charlotte Piron-Seth | Feb 01, 2026
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10 min read
airline payments
How AI Agents will make ticket buying smarter and faster

How AI Agents will make ticket buying smarter and faster

The global event ticketing market size for 2025 is estimated to be approximately USD 50 billion to USD 85 billion depending on whether offline and online ticket sales are included. This segment of the hospitality industry is set to grow, driven by digitalization, mobile ticketing, and new live event formats. Additionally, AI agents are set to automate queueing for ticket release, price comparison and purchasing which will fundamentally reshape both the user experience and how the ticket distribution models operate. Mark Beresford (Director, London) has examined the implications of agentic commerce in the event ticketing sector. How far away are consumers asking their personal AI agents “Buy me two tickets for the Coldplay concert, next July in Barcelona, prefer standing floor near the front of the stage"?

Retail & Hospitality
Payment Optimisation
by Mark Beresford | Jan 05, 2026
16 min listen
16 min read
Digital payments
Alternative Payment Methods
Mobile Wallets
Agentic Commerce
Conversation with Rowland Camrass, Head of Commercial – Issuing at Checkout.com

Conversation with Rowland Camrass, Head of Commercial – Issuing at Checkout.com

Beatrice Sava (Senior Consultant, London) recently interviewed Rowland Camrass, Head of Commercial – Issuing at Checkout.com. During their conversation, Rowland discussed Checkout.com’s strategic move into the card issuing space, the key challenges and emerging trends shaping the sector, and the company’s ambitions and future roadmap.

Issuers & Account Providers
Payment Optimisation
by Beatrice Sava | Dec 01, 2025
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4 min read
Digital payments
Fintech
AI Agents
Convenience Meets Flexibility: Why The Future of Retail and Hospitality Is Mobile

Convenience Meets Flexibility: Why The Future of Retail and Hospitality Is Mobile

Mark Beresford (Director, London) and Sam Crawford (Business Analyst, London) have taken a closer look at mobile commerce and how it is rapidly changing retail and hospitality, making seamless in-app shopping and digital payments essential for customer engagement. The article shows how personalisation, convenience, and agentic commerce are creating competitive advantage. Optimisation of mobile channels to meet evolving customer expectations may be the key to avoiding falling behind in this fast-moving digital retailing market.

Payments
Strategy Consulting
by Mark Beresford | Dec 01, 2025
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8 min read
Digital payments
Mobile Commerce
e-commerce
Agentic Commerce
The Agentic Commerce revolution in Online Travel Agent (OTA) payments

The Agentic Commerce revolution in Online Travel Agent (OTA) payments

Agentic commerce is set to transform this landscape, with AI agents increasingly able to search, compare, and book flights, hotels, and travel packages on behalf of travellers. In this article, Julia Callejo (Manager, Paris) and Mark Beresford (Director, London) explore the implications of this shift for OTA’s payment acceptance, highlighting how agentic commerce adds another layer of complexity to the already intricate ecosystem.

Travel & Transport
Go-To-Market Strategy
by Julia Callejo | Dec 01, 2025
9 min listen
9 min read
Agentic Commerce
Travel Agents
B2C

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