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Founded by Arnout Schuijff and Pieter van der Does in 2006.1
Adyen was founded in 2006 by Pieter van der Does, the current Co-CEO, and Arnout Schuijff. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company employs over 4,300 people in offices in twenty-three countries.
In 2012, Adyen started to expand globally, opening its offices in San Francisco, Paris, and London. In the same year, it obtained its pan-European acquiring license.
In 2015, Adyen achieved a valuation of $2.3 billion, making it the sixth-largest European unicorn.
In 2016, it obtained an acquiring license in Brazil through a BIN sponsorship.
In 2017, the company was granted a European banking license, which gave it the status of an acquiring bank. It also obtained acquiring licenses in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand.
In 2018, the company announced that it would be listing its shares publicly in Amsterdam. The IPO took place on 13 June 2018. Following this, the company has maintained a high growth trajectory, supported by expansion with existing customers and geographical diversification.
In 2019, Adyen opened new offices in Tokyo and Mumbai, and expanded its payment offering in Africa. In the same year, it launched Adyen Issuing, a virtual and physical card-issuing business to complement payments services to merchants.
In 2020, the company benefited from an accelerated digitalization of global ecommerce in the online retail segment, which compensated for the declining travel volumes in enterprises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It launched mobile Android POS devices worldwide in the second half of the year. In addition, it opened a new office in Dubai, expanding its offering in the Middle East.
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In July 2026, Adyen completed its acquisitions of the loyalty and promotions software company Talon.One and the enterprise billing platform Orb, after receiving the required regulatory approvals. The transactions, announced in April and June 2026, were the first acquisitions in the company's history. Following the closings, Adyen began integrating Talon.One's promotions platform and Orb's billing technology into its platform.
In the same press update, Adyen announced two significant changes to its leadership team. Gayathri Rajan, former Global Head of Product was appointed Chief Product Officer. Hwa Tsao, currently Senior Vice President of Group Finance, will assume the role of full-time interim CFO effective September 1, 2026, following the announced departure of CFO Ethan Tandowsky on August 31, 2026.
From Wikipedia’s article on Adyen, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7