Paymentwall
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Type of site | Private |
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| Available in | Multilingual |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Honor Gunday, Vladimir Kovalyov |
| Industry | IT, Financial services |
| Employees | 150+ (July, 2015)[1] |
| URL | paymentwall.com |
| Users |  200 thousands (2015) |
Paymentwall Inc. is a San Francisco-based international payments platform that allows both private individuals and businesses to sell goods and services over the Internet.
History
Honor Gunday and Vladimir Kovalyov started Paymentwall in April 2010 to help game companies on Facebook monetize their global traffic.[2] On July 1, 2011, Facebook announced that they would no longer allow any outside monetization providers, at which point the company pivoted to providing services to non-Facebook games and online dating websites.[3][4]
In 2011, the company entered into partnership with Alipay, a third-party mobile and online payment platform, established in Hangzhou, China in February 2004 by Alibaba Group.[5]
Paymentwall launched a payment system for Smart TVs in November 2014.[6]
Offices
Paymentwall is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Istanbul,[7] Berlin,[8][9] Kyiv, Manila, Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Hanoi, Beijing, London, Lisbon, Seoul, Sofia, Poznan, Moscow and Novosibirsk.
In November 2015, the company unveiled its intergalactic-themed development lab in Kyiv.[10]
References
- ^ "Global online payments company building on Kyiv roots". KyivPost. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- ^ Sudolskiy, Roman. "Virtualnaya Kassa". Forbes. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ Shield, Mike. "Facebook Makes 'Credits' Lone Gamer Currency". AdWeek. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean. "Paymentwall's in-game payment options gain a good following". Venturebeat. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ "Paymentwall partners with Alipay to enter the Chinese market (press release)". ThePaypers. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ "Paymentwall launches a payment suite for smart TVs so you can buy with your remote control — or smartphone". Venturebeat. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ "PaymentWall İstanbul Ofisini Açtı". Webrazzi (in Turkish). Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ "Paymentwall Opens New European HQ In Berlin". SiliconAllee. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ "Paymentwall eröffnet Europa-Hauptsitz in Berlin". Gruenderszene (in German). Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ "Paymentwall opens the doors to its new futuristic development lab in Ukraine". KyivPost. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
Further reading
- Winegarner, Beth (April 3, 2015). "Paymentwall Accused In Latest Silicon Valley Sex-Bias Suit". Law360. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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