Motion Pay Technology Inc.

What Motion Pay Technology Inc. does

Motion Pay Technology Inc. is a privately held Canadian payment technology company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. The company provides alternative payment solutions that enable Canadian businesses to accept more than 30 international digital wallets — most notably Alipay, WeChat Pay, and UnionPay — both in-store and online. It positions itself as a bridge between Canadian merchants and Chinese consumers, targeting verticals including Canadian retail, automotive dealerships, luxury and premium brands, educational institutions with international Chinese students, and hospitality businesses. The company was the first acquirer in Canada for both WeChat Pay (February 2016, partnership with Tencent) and Alipay (November 2016), and processed the first such transactions in the country in February 2017.

The product suite is built around a proprietary "World of Payments" platform and comprises three integrated offerings: a smart POS terminal running Android 10 with PCI PTS 5.x, PCISS, and EMVCo certifications that supports NFC, magnetic swipe, chip insert, and QR code payments with a half-second scan speed; a low-cost QR sticker solution that requires no dedicated hardware; and an e-commerce payment API for integration into online stores and mobile commerce apps. Distribution is multi-channel: direct enterprise field sales, embedded acceptance on Ingenico and Verifone devices via a Global Payments partnership (2017), a three-tier channel partner program (Business Partners, Payment Partners, ISO Partners), and tourism/hospitality association relationships across Ottawa, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Named logos include Louis Vuitton, Audi, Lamborghini, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus, Volkswagen, Ford, Chevrolet, and Omega.

Revenue is generated primarily through transaction processing fees on digital wallet and card payments, supplemented by sales of proprietary POS terminal hardware. Pricing is quote-based with no public rate card. The company website currently carries a prominent notice indicating a transition of payment services to a separate entity called Alpha Pay, which materially affects the interpretation of operating momentum but is not yet reflected in a change to the company's status as an operating entity.

Name

Motion Pay Technology Inc.

Legal name

Motion Pay Technology Inc.

Website

https://www.motionpay.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Motion Pay Technology Inc., founded in 2015 in Ottawa, enables Canadian merchants to accept 30+ international digital wallets including Alipay, WeChat Pay, and UnionPay via POS terminals, QR stickers, and an e-commerce API, serving retail, automotive, luxury, education, and hospitality verticals in Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Payment Processing

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (52232)

akta.pro primary industry

QR Code Payments Wallets (FSAMAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Payments & Money Movement (ACH/SEPA/FPS, Bill Pay, P2P) (FSAGAAAF), Alternative Payments & Digital Wallet Acceptance (A2A, RTP, wallets) (THALAHAH)

Keywords

• Alternative payment processing
• Digital wallet acceptance
• Cross-border payment solutions
• POS terminal solutions
• Payment API integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Payment Transaction Processing: Transaction fees charged to merchants for processing digital wallet payments (Alipay, WeChat Pay, UnionPay) and card payments through POS terminals and e-commerce integrations
2. POS Terminal Hardware Sales: Sale of proprietary smart POS terminals (Android-based touch screen devices) with built-in payment capabilities and certifications

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Motion Pay Technology Inc. provides alternative payment processing solutions that enable Canadian businesses to accept 30+ international digital wallets (Alibaba's Alipay, Tencent's WeChat Pay, and UnionPay, among others) alongside major debit and credit cards. Its proprietary "World of Payments" platform is delivered through smart Android-based POS terminals, no-equipment QR sticker payments, and an e-commerce payment API, serving merchants seeking to capture cross-border transactions from Chinese tourists, immigrants, and international students.

Product overview

Motion Pay Technology Inc. offers a unified World of Payments platform that provides three integrated payment acceptance solutions: POS Terminal (full touchscreen hardware for in-store payments supporting NFC, magnetic swipe, chip insert, and QR code), QR Sticker Payment (cost-effective sticker-based QR code solution for contactless mobile payments), and E-Commerce Payment API (online payment integration for e-commerce and mobile commerce platforms). The platform processes major debit/credit cards alongside 30+ international digital wallets including Alipay, WeChat Pay, and UnionPay. All solutions share the same multi-currency payment infrastructure and are designed to serve Canadian businesses seeking to capture cross-border payment transactions from tourists, immigrants, international students, and shoppers from China and other markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• POS Terminal A cutting-edge full touchscreen payment terminal for in-store merchants. Supports NFC contactless, magnetic swipe, chip insert, and QR code payment methods with a half-second scan speed. Accepts major debit/credit cards and 30+ international digital wallets including Alipay, WeChat Pay, and UnionPay. Features PCI PTS 5.x, PCISS, and EMVCo certifications with SSL encryption. Powered by Android 10 OS with 1.5 GHz Quad-Core Cortex A53 processor, 1GB DDR RAM, 8GB Flash storage, and multi-connectivity (4G, WiFi, Bluetooth).
• QR Sticker Payment

Quantifiable outcome

• 280% increase in sales after offering Alipay, WeChat Pay & UnionPay
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Global PaymentscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 September 2017September 2017: Global Payments selects Motion Pay as their added value payment partner for alternative payment solutions, integrating Motion Pay's digital wallet acceptance into Global Payments' Ingenico and Verifone devices.
• AlipaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2016November 2016: Motion Pay partners with Alipay to become the first Alipay acquirer in Canada, pioneering acceptance of the popular Chinese digital wallet.
• Tencent (WeChat Pay)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2016February 2016: Motion Pay partners with Tencent to become the first WeChat Pay acquirer in Canada, enabling Canadian businesses to accept WeChat Pay transactions.
• UnionPaymajorTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partner enabling acceptance of China UnionPay cards and QR payments at Canadian merchants.
• Ottawa TourismminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTourism partnership to promote alternative payment acceptance for Chinese tourists visiting Ottawa businesses.
• Association Hôtelière de la région de QuébecminorGTM or Marketing PartnerQuebec hotel association partnership to enable Chinese payment methods at member hotels and hospitality venues.
• Tourism New BrunswickminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTourism partnership for New Brunswick to enable Chinese payment acceptance at regional businesses.
• FicanexminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner enabling payment network connections and processing relationships.
• Montreal Chamber of CommerceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBusiness association partnership supporting Montreal businesses with alternative payment solutions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Helcim: Canadian payments and merchant services provider serving SMBs and enterprises with transparent pricing — competes for the same Canadian merchant acceptance relationships across card and wallet rails.
• Moneris: Canada's largest domestic payment processor, providing POS and gateway services to the same retail, hospitality, and enterprise merchants Motion Pay targets — competes on the card-acceptance layer that wraps around wallet acceptance.
• Verifone: Global POS hardware and payment-services vendor that co-distributes Motion Pay's wallet stack on its Android terminals — both partner and adjacent competitor on hardware-driven wallet acceptance in Canada.
• Worldline: European-headquartered payments giant (which absorbed Ingenico's terminals business) — a competitor at the merchant-acquiring and POS-hardware layer relevant to Motion Pay's enterprise deployments.
• UnionPay International: Global acceptance network behind UnionPay cards and QR payments — Motion Pay is both a partner and a downstream reseller of UnionPay acceptance, and UnionPay's direct merchant programs compete for the same Canadian accounts.
• Stripe: Global internet-first payments platform now expanding into alternative payment methods globally — competes with Motion Pay's e-commerce API for cross-border wallet acceptance and merchant integrations.
• Global Payments: Major global payments processor and Motion Pay's existing added-value partner for embedding wallet acceptance on Ingenico/Verifone devices — Global Payments' scale and direct merchant relationships make it both partner and competitor.

Emerging players

• BridgerPay: Smart routing and payment-aggregation platform offering merchants access to hundreds of alternative payment methods including Alipay and WeChat Pay — an emerging competitor in the same alternative-payment-acceptance category as Motion Pay.

Direct peers

• Alpha Pay Technology: Canada-based alternative payments provider referenced in Motion Pay's transition notice as the recipient of its payment services — the most direct comparable and the entity absorbing Motion Pay's book of business.
• CITCON: US-based cross-border Chinese payment acceptance platform enabling Alipay, WeChat Pay, and UnionPay at North American merchants — direct competitor to Motion Pay in the Chinese-wallet acceptance aggregator niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/motion-pay-technology-inc.
• Facebookfacebook.com/motionpay
• Xx.com/motionpay

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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