Verifone
Verifone designs, markets, and services electronic payment solutions including Android-based payment terminals, biometric authentication, and petroleum retail site controllers, serving enterprise merchants, banks, acquirers, and SMBs across 165+ countries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1981
- HeadquartersNew York, United States
- Headcount1,001–5,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Verifone does
Verifone (VeriFone, Inc.) is a US-based, privately held payment technology company founded in 1981 and owned by private equity firm Francisco Partners since 2018, with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC) participating in a $235 million equity round in April 2025. The company designs, markets, and services electronic payment solutions — including the Verifone Victa Android-based payment terminal line (Victa Mobile, Victa Portable, Victa Lane, SoftPOS) powered by Qualcomm Octa-core processors, the Verifone Biometrics facial-recognition platform, and the Commander suite of site controllers, POS systems, and fleet-card processing solutions tailored to petroleum and convenience retail.
The company operates a unified commerce platform branded the "Boundless Payments Grid" that connects devices, software, services, and integrations, supported by a developer portal and 2,500+ integrations. Its Boundless Payments Grid powers in-store, online, and mobile payment acceptance, with additional capabilities including tokenization, point-to-point encryption (VNAC Suite), AI-driven real-time fraud detection, tap-to-phone acceptance (Verifone Tap), and AI-powered help desk and documentation search tools within Commander POS. Verifone co-developed the Universal Commerce Protocol with Google to support AI-agent-initiated commerce.
Verifone generates revenue through hardware sales of payment terminals, transaction-based processing and acquiring fees, recurring software/managed services (Annual Software Maintenance, device management, operational services, and reporting/analytics subscriptions), and gateway services. The company sells primarily through enterprise field sales, channel partners (resellers, ISOs, ISVs, VARs, acquiring partners), and OEM/embedded partnerships with platforms such as Shopify POS, Moneris, and Unzer. Its customer base spans enterprise merchants (McDonald's, Starbucks, TJX, Lidl, BP), petroleum and convenience retailers, banks/acquirers, and SMBs across 165+ countries. Headquarters are in New York, with regional offices and operations across North America, Europe, MENA, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Africa, including a regional headquarters in Johannesburg.
Verifone firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Verifone
- Legal name
- VeriFone, Inc.
- Website
- http://www.verifone.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1981
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1,001–5,000 employees
- Short description
- Verifone designs, markets, and services electronic payment solutions including Android-based payment terminals, biometric authentication, and petroleum retail site controllers, serving enterprise merchants, banks, acquirers, and SMBs across 165+ countries.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Verifone industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Payment Solutions
- NAICS
- Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (81121)
- SIC
- Finance Services (6199)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Payment PIN Pads, Card Readers & NFC Contactless Devices (HDACAKAG)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- In-Store Contactless & NFC Acceptance (Tap-to-Pay, EMV Contactless) (FSAMADAF), EMV Chip, Magstripe & PIN Debit Acceptance (FSAMADAG)
Keywords
Where Verifone is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- New York
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices4 records
Markets served
Verifone business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Payment Hardware Devices: Sale of payment terminals and devices including the Victa series, Commander systems, and accessory equipment to merchants, banks, and partners.
- Payment Processing Services: Transaction processing and acquiring services enabling merchants to accept electronic payments across in-store, online, and mobile channels.
- Payment Gateway: Gateway services for payment acceptance including tokenization, fraud management, and integration with merchant POS systems.
- Software & Managed Services: Annual Software Maintenance (ASM), device management, operational services, and reporting/analytics subscriptions for enterprise and SMB merchants.
- Acquiring Services: Merchant acquiring services enabling financial institutions and partners to offer payment acceptance to their merchant portfolios.
- Enterprise Device Management: Device estate management and deployment services for large-scale retail and petroleum operations.
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels9 records
Marketing channels7 records
Verifone product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Verifone designs, manufactures, and services electronic payment solutions including Android-based payment terminals (Verifone Victa Mobile, Lane, and Portable), biometric authentication, tap-to-phone (Verifone Tap), and the Commander petroleum/c-store POS suite. The company provides end-to-end payment processing, merchant acquiring, gateway, tokenization, fraud management, device/estate management, and reporting and analytics software, supported by 2,500+ integrations across 165+ countries.
Product overview
Verifone offers a unified commerce platform connecting payment devices, software, services, and integrations to power global payment acceptance. The core product portfolio includes the Verifone Victa Android payment device line (Victa Mobile, Victa Lane, Victa Portable) and Verifone Biometrics for facial recognition authentication. Software and services encompass payment processing, merchant acquiring, payment gateway, tokenization, fraud management, device management, reporting and analytics, and operational services. The Petro & Convenience vertical includes Commander Site Controller, Commander C18 POS, Commander Payments, and Commander Fleet solutions for fuel retailers. Additional offerings include 2Checkout for e-commerce, Verifone Tap for contactless payments, and VNAC Suite for payment acceptance. The platform supports 2,500+ integrations and processes over $8 trillion in payment transactions annually across 165+ countries.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Verifone Victa: Android-based payment device line powered by Qualcomm processors
- Verifone Commander
- Verifone Tap
- Verifone Biometrics
- 2Checkout
- VNAC Suite
- Verifone Pay
Products and services
- Verifone Victa Android-based payment device line powered by Qualcomm Octa-core processors with doubled system memory for running business applications and processing payments on a single device. Includes Victa Mobile countertop, Victa Lane, and Victa Portable form factors for merchants.
- Verifone Biometrics Biometric authentication solution enabling facial recognition and identity verification at point of sale, allowing merchants to recognize customers upon entry and personalize commerce experiences, with one-time registration usable across multiple merchants via PayPal, Venmo, and PopID.
- Verifone Tap Tap-to-phone technology enabling merchants to accept contactless payments using a smartphone without specialized hardware, expanding payment acceptance accessibility for small and micro merchants.
- Verifone Device & Estate Management Cloud-based device management platform for managing payment terminal fleets, including software updates, configuration, monitoring, and large-scale enterprise device deployment.
- Verifone Reporting and Analytics Reporting portal aggregating payment acceptance data into unified dashboards with out-of-the-box reports and insights for business intelligence across merchant estates.
- Verifone Operational Services Managed services for payment operations including terminal maintenance, support desk, and field service operations for enterprise merchants.
- Verifone Payment Processing End-to-end payment processing services enabling merchants to accept and process card transactions across in-store, online, and mobile channels with transaction-based fees.
- Verifone Merchant Acquiring Services Merchant acquiring services providing payment acceptance infrastructure for banks, acquirers, and partners, enabling them to offer payment acceptance to their merchant portfolios.
- Verifone Payment Gateway Payment gateway enabling online payment acceptance with fraud protection, tokenization, and integration with merchant POS systems and e-commerce platforms.
- Verifone Advanced Payment Methods Support for emerging payment methods including QR codes, digital wallets, and alternative payment schemes for global merchant acceptance.
- Verifone Tokenization Payment tokenization service replacing sensitive card data with secure tokens for omnichannel commerce and reduced PCI compliance scope.
- Verifone Fraud Management Fraud detection and prevention services using AI-powered real-time scoring to identify and block fraudulent transactions, with multilayered defenses against deepfakes, synthetic identities, and AI-powered phishing.
- VNAC Suite Security and fraud management suite including tokenization, point-to-point encryption, and advanced authentication for secure payment processing across Verifone devices.
- Commander Site Controller Site controller for petroleum and convenience retailers managing fuel pump payments, convenience store POS, and site operations from a single integrated platform.
- Commander C18 POS Point-of-sale terminal for petroleum and convenience store environments with integrated fuel and retail transaction processing.
- Commander Payments Payment processing solution for the Commander platform enabling secure card acceptance at petroleum retail locations.
- Commander Fleet Fleet fueling POS system supporting multiple fleet card networks, consolidating fleet and consumer card payments into a single terminal for petroleum retailers.
- 2Checkout E-commerce payment platform acquired by Verifone, providing global online payment acceptance and subscription billing solutions for digital merchants.
- Verifone T650c and T650p Terminals Verifone T650c designed for fixed checkout and T650p for wireless payments, offering compact design, fast processing, touchscreen displays, and advanced security for Canadian merchants via DRS Payments.
Quantifiable outcome
- $8T+ in annual payment transaction volume processed globally
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Verifone
Customer profileNamed customers9 records
Segments7 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Verifone technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration13 records
AI capability10 records
Feature9 records
Verifone partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
15 partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, minor, core and flagship.
- MagicCubestrategicPartnership to enhance secure digital commerce solutions using MagicCube's Software Defined Trust (SDT) platform for tap-to-phone, biometrics, identity verification, and AI-driven device security across cloud, device, and edge environments.
- FellostrategicPartnership to supply portable, pre-configured payment terminals for events, pop-ups, and seasonal retail locations across the U.S. Combining Verifone's payment technology with Fello's rental infrastructure for secure, reliable, scalable solutions in temporary environments.
- ThalesstrategicCollaboration to improve global connectivity for payment terminals, combining Verifone's payment technology with Thales connectivity solutions for seamless global deployment.
- GetnetminorGetnet launched 'Get Code' developer community with participation from Red Hat and Verifone at inaugural Brazil meetup, supporting Latin American and Iberian payments innovation.
- UnzercoreExpanded partnership integrating Verifone's hardware and processing technology into Unzer's UnzerOne cloud-based payment platform for unified payment systems across in-store and online channels. Launching in Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland with expansion through 2026.
- PayPalflagshipPayPal enables one-time biometric registration usable across multiple merchants on Verifone terminals, with Verifone's EVP presenting on biometric identity transformation at Stripe Sessions.
- ShopifyflagshipVerifone Victa payment hardware devices (Victa Mobile countertop and Victa Lane terminals) integrated into Shopify POS. Devices feature Qualcomm Octa-core processors, PCI 7-readiness, anti-fraud technologies, and ruggedized construction. Support rolling out Q1 with broader availability in Q2 2026.
- ShopifyflagshipShopify becomes a distribution channel for Verifone Victa hardware through Shopify POS, expanding reach to Shopify's merchant base globally.
- BiltflagshipBilt's loyalty and customer experience platform integrated into Verifone's Victa Android payment devices, enabling automatic customer recognition at checkout with personalized offers. Rollout begins with select restaurant groups in 2026, expanding to fitness and retail merchants throughout the year.
- PayPalflagshipExpanded strategic partnership with PayPal to deliver omnichannel payment acceptance solutions for enterprise merchants as part of PayPal's PayPal Open unified merchant platform launch.
- AevistrategicStrategic partnership to streamline global in-person payments by combining Verifone's global device portfolio and operational services with Aevi's cloud-based payment platform. Enables merchants to deploy Verifone devices across EMEA and North America through a single integration without duplicating regional integrations.
- PopIDstrategicVerifone integrating biometric authentication into terminals nationwide for mass scaling of facial recognition payments. NEC Orchestrating Future Fund invested in PopID to expand biometric payment solutions globally with Verifone terminals.
- FreedomPayflagshipGlobal partnership integrating Verifone's full portfolio of payment hardware devices with FreedomPay's Next Level Commerce platform and payment orchestration. Verifone devices certified on FreedomPay's network for seamless, acquirer-agnostic deployment across mobile, multilane, unattended, portable, and SoftPOS formats worldwide.
- MoneriscoreMoneris is first in Canada to launch Verifone's Victa Portable platform, with new Moneris Go Terminal and Moneris Go PIN Pad featuring PCI 7-ready technology, built-in cellular connectivity, and 12+ hours battery life.
- GoogleflagshipCo-developed Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) with Google enabling AI agents to discover, recommend, and purchase products across multiple platforms. Verifone's infrastructure supports AI-powered commerce through this open standard.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Verifone competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Stripe: Global payment platform offering Stripe Terminal hardware alongside unified commerce APIs. While primarily software-first, Stripe's terminal business competes directly with Verifone in modern enterprise acceptance and partnership ecosystems.
- Adyen: Global payments platform serving enterprise merchants with unified online and in-person payment acceptance. Adyen's terminals and processing compete with Verifone's hardware and acquiring offerings at the top of the enterprise market.
- Fiserv: Major merchant acquiring and payment processing incumbent with Clover POS hardware ecosystem. Overlaps with Verifone in card acceptance, terminal deployment, and merchant services for SMB through enterprise segments.
- Global Payments: Payment processing and merchant services provider with terminal hardware offerings. Competes with Verifone across acquirer partnerships, payment processing, and device deployment for enterprise merchants.
Emerging players
- Toast: Vertically-focused POS and payments platform for the restaurant industry with proprietary hardware. Overlaps with Verifone's QSR and restaurant segment offerings and competes in the Bilt loyalty rollout for restaurant groups.
- SumUp: SMB-focused integrated payments provider with mPOS hardware and processing. While smaller in enterprise, SumUp competes with Verifone in the SMB and micro-merchant segments where Verifone Tap and SoftPOS are positioned.
Direct peers
- Square (Block): Integrated payments and POS competitor. Square offers hardware readers (Square Terminal, Reader) and full-stack payment processing targeting SMBs and increasingly mid-market, with overlapping product breadth spanning acceptance hardware, software, and processing.
- Ingenico (Worldline): Direct competitor in payment terminals and POS hardware. Ingenico (now part of Worldline) offers comparable PIN pads, card readers, and contactless acceptance devices targeting enterprise merchants, banks, and acquirers globally.
- PAX Global Technology: Direct competitor in POS terminal hardware manufacturing. PAX produces Android-based payment terminals (A920, A80) with similar EMV, NFC, and biometric capabilities, competing head-to-head with Verifone's Victa line in enterprise and acquirer channels.
Regional players
- NCR Voyix: POS hardware and software provider for retail and hospitality with comparable enterprise terminals and payment acceptance. Overlaps with Verifone's Commander retail offerings and broader enterprise merchant portfolio.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Verifone social profiles
Digital presenceVerifone compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance9 records
Verifone financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Verifone leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles6 records
Verifone subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
Verifone funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors2 records
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Verifone M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A17 records
Investments5 records
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Frequently asked questions about Verifone
What does Verifone do?
Verifone designs, manufactures, and services electronic payment solutions including Android-based payment terminals (Verifone Victa Mobile, Lane, and Portable), biometric authentication, tap-to-phone (Verifone Tap), and the Commander petroleum/c-store POS suite. The company provides end-to-end payment processing, merchant acquiring, gateway, tokenization, fraud management, device/estate management, and reporting and analytics software, supported by 2,500+ integrations across 165+ countries.
Is Verifone a public or private company?
Verifone is a private company. It is classified as private equity controlled and is currently operating.
When was Verifone founded?
Verifone was founded in 1981. It employs 1,001 to 5,000 people.
Where is Verifone based?
Verifone is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.
How does Verifone make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Payment Hardware Devices are the primary driver. The others are payment Processing Services, payment Gateway, software & Managed Services, acquiring Services and enterprise Device Management.
Who are Verifone's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Stripe, Adyen, Fiserv and Global Payments. Emerging players are Toast and SumUp. Direct peers are Square (Block), Ingenico (Worldline) and PAX Global Technology. NCR Voyix is listed as a regional player.
Does Verifone have an API?
Yes. Verifone offers a Developer Portal and API at verifone.cloud, enabling developers to build integrations and automate payment solutions. The platform supports enterprise device management, payment orchestration, and multi-region deployment across EMEA and North America through a single integration. Developer documentation is at verifone.cloud/docs/portal/common-portal-guide.
What industry is Verifone in?
Verifone's product category is Payment Solutions. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDACAKAG, Payment PIN Pads, Card Readers & NFC Contactless Devices, with a secondary code of FSAMADAF, In-Store Contactless & NFC Acceptance (Tap-to-Pay, EMV Contactless). Its NAICS code is 81121 and its SIC code is 6199.