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PAIO launches Visa card acquiring for merchants
<p>PAIO expands its product portfolio with Visa card acquiring for merchants powered by DECTA’s acquiring processing and gateway technology.</p>
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Posted on May 27, 2026
PAIO launches Visa card acquiring for merchants
<p><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">PAIO announced the launch of the Visa card acquiring service for merchants. The new offering provides businesses with Visa payments, supporting online transactions.</span></p>
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<p><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The service is powered by </span><a href="https://www.decta.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><u>DECTA’s</u></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> acquirer processing and payment gateway technology, ensuring secure and high-performance transactions for merchants across multiple markets.</span></p>
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<p><em>“Expanding into Visa acquiring is a major step for PAIO and our growth,”</em><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> said </span><strong>Yuliia Nikulina, Director at PAIO</strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">. </span><em>“Our goal is to provide merchants with a full suite of payment tools that are both flexible and scalable. By leveraging DECTA’s infrastructure, we can deliver a payment experience that meets the needs of modern businesses.”</em></p>
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<p><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The integration with DECTA enables PAIO to offer a fully managed acquiring solution, including transaction processing, risk management, and reporting. Merchants benefit from fast settlement times, global reach, and consistent performance.</span></p>
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<p><em>“We are excited to support PAIO in launching their Visa acquiring services,” </em><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">said </span><strong>Santa Kiršbauma, a Board Member, Product Offering at DECTA</strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">. </span><em>“Our technology is designed to empower fintechs and payment providers to scale quickly and efficiently. This partnership highlights how our acquiring platform can enable innovative companies like PAIO to bring a powerful payment stack to the market.”</em></p>
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<p><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">It is worth noting that in 2025, PAIO and DECTA already </span><a href="https://www.decta.com/company/media/decta-powers-paio-s-launch-of-unionpay-international-acquiring-to-help-merchants-tap-global-card-holder-network" style="text-decoration:none;"><u>launched</u></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> UnionPay International acquiring services as part of a long-term partnership. </span></p>
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<p><strong>About DECTA</strong></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">DECTA is a challenger payment service provider. Modern, fast, and flexible – a perfect fit for mid-size banks, neobanks, and other EMIs. DECTA offers an all-in-one stack of payment tools while being adaptive to execute any technical request. Used by 2000+ companies across 32 countries, DECTA product portfolio includes: Payment Acquiring, White Label Payment Gateway, Payment Processing, White Label Card Issuing, BIN Sponsorship, and Digital Banking platform.</span></p>
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<p><em>*PAIO is the brand name of Finthesis Ltd, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom under company number 12431685. </em></p>
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4min read
#finance
Posted on May 27, 2026
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