MultiSafepay Supporting 20,000 SMEs to Scale Through Payment Integration and Digitisation with Antom Technology Engine

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MultiSafepay Supporting 20,000 SMEs to Scale Through Payment Integration and Digitisation with Antom Technology Engine

2025-04-17 21:36 Last Updated At：22:01

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 17, 2025--

MultiSafepay (MSP), an Amsterdam-based payment service provider, which became part of Ant International’s Antom, reported strong growth since its strategic integration with Antom, supporting thousands more SMEs in Europe to scale through innovative solutions.

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Since announcing its acquisition in July 2024, MSP has expanded its merchant base across Europe to 20,000+, an 11% increase. Transaction volumes surged by 44% year-on-year, reflecting customers' robust business growth as well as the addition of new top industry performers. Merchants are increasingly moving to unified payment services, in-person payments are now already at 8% of total volume processed across retail and food & beverage verticals - demonstrating the value of increased efficiency in operations and the benefits of enhancing customer touchpoints.

This acceleration displays the potential of Antom’s post-acquisition strategy to combine local expertise with a global technology suite, benefiting the merchants MSP serves with innovative digital technologies.

MSP provides merchants with unified payment capabilities, supporting more than 40 local and international payment methods, including cards, e-wallets, Buy Now Pay Later, internet banking, across in-person and online channels.

Since becoming wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant International, MSP has been integrating with Antom to help businesses improve operations, and scale with confidence, using the powerful solutions relied on by industry leaders globally. MSP will also look to work with other businesses of Ant International such as WorldFirst to offer inclusive financial services to its SME merchant base.

In under a year, the integration has propelled innovation for merchant expansion, improvements in payment success rates, and infrastructure upgrades, demonstrating the power of combining MSP’s 25-years of expertise with Antom’s global experience.

MSP’s total processed transaction volume is handled through in-person payments, using traditional payment terminal technology (such as C-TAP terminals) as well as Smart POS devices which offer merchants digital tools and do more than just accept payments. Supporting a range of technology gives merchants a flexible, cost-effective way to handle payments and demonstrates MSP’s dedication to helping small businesses thrive by offering a solution that fits their unique needs.

Olaf Geurs, CEO of MultiSafepay, commented: “We expect to exceed our 2025 growth projections given current strong numbers and deepened partnership with Ant International. The data shows how SME partners are embracing our joint innovative solutions with Antom to accelerate their digital operations. MultiSafepay's momentum underscores the value of our collaboration in empowering businesses to succeed in today's fast-evolving world.”

“Accelerating the adoption of new technologies like AI in merchant payment services enable us to raise efficiency while maximizing our expertise in the SME sector,” said Gary Liu, General Manager of Antom, Ant International. “By building on MultiSafepay’s platform and Antom’s global expertise, we’re making simple, flexible payments accessible to every business - no matter their size or ambition.”

The company has recently moved to Ant International’s new office in Amsterdam’s vibrant City Centre, enabling collaborations with other Ant International business pillars to directly benefit SMEs.

About Antom

Ant International's Antom is the leading payment and digitisation services provider for merchants around the world. It offers unified merchant payment solutions to serve businesses of all sizes. Antom supports merchants in over 50 countries and regions, enabling them to connect with consumers in more than 200 markets, with the flexibility to accept payments in more than 100 currencies. Beyond payments, it provides digital marketing solutions and merchant digitisation services to help merchant streamline operations and enhance customer engagement.

To learn more, please visit https://www.antom.com/.

About MultiSafepay

MultiSafepay is a leading Amsterdam-based payment service provider, combining decades of expertise with powerful in-house technology to help every business grow faster and compete with confidence, no matter their size or ambition.

By leveling the playing field in payments, we offer European businesses a simple, flexible solution for online, in-person, and unified payments, all through a single platform and integration. With a personal approach to payments, we optimize success rates, reduce complexity, and help your business do more, and earn more.

https://www.multisafepay.com

Draisaitl scores in OT to give Oilers a 5-4 win over Golden Knights and a 2-0 series lead

2025-05-09 14:31 Last Updated At：14:51

LAS VEGAS (AP) — It's not often that Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid don't make it onto the scoresheet, but they were noticeably quiet for nearly the entire game Thursday night.

Nearly.

Draisaitl took a pass from McDavid and scored off the rush at 15:20 of overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night and a 2-0 lead in the second-round series.

After failing to capitalize on a five-minute power play when Vegas defenseman Nicolas Roy was assessed a major penalty for cross-checking 5:37 into overtime, the Oilers didn’t waste the opportunity later when the NHL’s most dynamic offensive duo combined for the winner.

Draisaitl said McDavid's pass was so spectacular that “it's tough to even celebrate my part of the goal.”

He said that tongue in cheek, but the game's ending was no laughing matter to the Golden Knights, who were critical that a penalty wasn't called on Viktor Arvidsson after defenseman Brayden McNabb went into the boards and then to the locker room. The Golden Knights went from a potential power play to watching Draisaitl and McDavid skate off in victory.

“(Referee) Gord's (Dwyer) looking at it,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “He's looking at it. I don't know what else to say. It's a can opener trip. It's a dangerous play.”

Vasily Podkolzin, Jake Walman, Darnell Nurse and Evander Kane also scored for the Oilers, and Arvidsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had two assists. Calvin Pickard, who appeared to be shaken up when Vegas’ Tomas Hertl fell on his left leg in the third period, made 28 saves.

Victor Olofsson scored two power-play goals and had an assist for the Golden Knights, Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assist, and William Karlsson also scored. Jack Eichel had three assists, and Mark Stone two assists to extend their points streaks to five games apiece. Adin Hill stopped 33 shots.

Game 3 is Saturday night in Edmonton.

Kane’s goal 1:52 into the third period made it 4-2 before Olofsson answered less than three minutes later off a cross-ice pass from Eichel. Pietrangelo, who missed Game 1 because of an illness, tied it with 8:02 left with a shot from the right point.

The Golden Knights scored the only goal in the first period on Olofsson's power-play shot from the right circle. Eichel set up the play by passing to Stone, who from below the goal found an open Olofsson for his first career playoff goal.

Edmonton rolled off three goals in a row in the second period — all from distance. The Golden Knights quickly responded with Karlsson's redirect of Eichel's shot with 1:50 left in the period cut it to to 3-2.

The Oilers, who trailed 1-0 after one period, have a record six consecutive comeback victories in a single postseason.

Vegas has never been swept in its eight-year history and even rallied from 2-0 down in 2021 to beat Colorado in six games, though that series began on the road. The Golden Knights also have been eliminated in five games just twice, including the 2018 Stanley Cup Final against Washington.

The Golden Knights’ 42-game playoff winning streak when scoring at least three goals ended. It was the second longest in NHL history to Montreal’s 52-game streak in 1945-57, according to Sportradar.

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