Payoneer

PAYONEER
Online Payment, International Money Transfer and Prepaid Debit Cards
Founded 2005
Headquarters New York, NY USA
Key people
Scott Galit, CEO
Website www.payoneer.com

Payoneer is a financial services business that provides online money transfer and e-commerce payment services. Payoneer is a registered Member Service Provider (MSP) of MasterCard worldwide. The company is headquartered in New York City.

History

Payoneer was founded in 2005 with $2 million in seed funding from then-CEO Yuval Tal and other private investors. Israeli venture capitalist firm Greylock provided an additional $4 million in funding in 2007.[1] It has also received funding from Carmel Ventures, Crossbar Capital, Ping An, Susquehanna Growth Equity and Nyca Partners.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Payoneer board members include former Visa president Hans Morris and former SWIFT CEO Lazaro Campos.[5][10] Companies using Payoneer include Amazon,[11] iStockphoto, Elance, Google, 99designs, Welocalize, Fiverr, 123RF, Digital River, Quantium Solutions, uShip, and Airbnb.[2][12][13]

In March 2016, Payoneer acquired Armor Payments - internet escrow company.[14]

Services

Payoneer provides cross-border wire transfers, online payments, and refillable debit card service for businesses and working professionals.[15] Payoneer account holders have the option to receive funds into their local bank account or e-wallet, or via a re-loadable prepaid debit card, which is issued through MasterCard and can be used at ATMs or at the point-of-purchase.[16]

As of 2015, Payoneer is available for more than 100 currencies in 200 countries.[17]

References

  1. Carthy, Roi (October 22, 2007). "Payoneer Collects $3M from Greylock, Signs-Up iStockphoto". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Schonfeld, Erick (2008-07-24). "Payoneer Raises $8 million Series B From Greylock And Carmel". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  3. Chowdhry, Amit (2007-03-26). "Greylock Partners Leads $4 Million Series A Investment In Payoneer". Pulse2. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  4. "Payoneer receives investment from Ping An Group, expands into China". The Paypers. 10 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 Macinas, Melanie (10 September 2014). "Payoneer Welcomes New Director and New Investment". PaymentWeek.
  6. Basich, Zoran (9 September 2014). "The Daily Startup: For Investors, Russian Tech Scene Loses Luster". The Wall Street Journal.
  7. Avellana, Nicel (6 March 2014). "New York-based online payments business Payoneer gets $25M in Series D round". Venture Capital Post.
  8. Gat, Aviva (9 March 2014). "Payoneer raises $25M in fourth round financing". GeekTime.
  9. Abelson, Max. "New York".
  10. "Former SWIFT CEO Joins Payoneer Board". PYMNTS.com. 29 April 2014.
  11. Payoneer Selected by Amazon to Expand Cross-Border Payment Options in Select Countries, GlobeNewswire
  12. Xu, Kevin (19 May 2014). "Exclusive Q&A with Payoneer’s Scott Galit: Global Payments for All". PaymentWeek.
  13. "Google selects Payoneer for Google Trusted Stores payments". The Paypers. 21 March 2014.
  14. B2B payment service Payoneer acquires escrow-as-a-service platform Armor Payments, TechCrunch, March 15, 2016
  15. Germain, Jack (January 16, 2008). "Payoneer: Taking Prepaid Debit Cards to the Next Level". E-Commerce Times. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  16. "X-mas GPS, Plastic Wages, Video Antivirus". Associated Press. November 14, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  17. "Send Mass Payouts". Payoneer. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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