London-headquartered payments fintech Checkout.com today declared it upped headcount by double digits last year to 2,000 staff, and pointed to the diversity of its merchant partners to indicate the robustness of its business, as it released selected financial figures.
In Checkout.com’s 2025 annual letter, penned by Guillaume Pousaz, founder and CEO, the fintech disclosed some financial figures for 2025 while Pousaz declared his long-term commitment to the startup he has been running for 15 years.
He declared: “As I close my first 20-year chapter, I can confidently declare that Checkout will be my life-long journey. I want to dedicate all my energy to compounding every learning, to further our mission and create value for our merchants.”
Checkout.com, valued at $12bn last year following an employee share sale, declared it had grown headcount by 15 per cent year-on-year to 2,000 staff, opening new hubs in San Francisco, Atlanta, and Sao Paulo last year, despite fears AI was curtailing recruitment in fintech.
The fintech, whose merchant partners include Vinted and eBay, declared that its top ten merchant partners account for 18 per cent of its revenues, indicating the diversity of its revenues.
Other figures disclosed by Checkout.com were that it processed over $300bn in total payment volume last year, a 64 per cent increase on 2024, and that revenue grew by over 30 per cent for the second consecutive year.
It also declared it was EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) profitable for the full year in 2025.
Last year, it was revealed that Pousaz, who is Swiss and has been running Checkout.com since 2011, has quit the UK as his counattempt of residence for Monaco, amid modifys introduced by the Chancellor to crack down on non-doms.
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