Adyen N.V. is an Amsterdam-based financial technology company founded in 2006 by Pieter van der Does and Arnout Schuijff. It provides payment processing, acquiring, risk tools, data products, and embedded financial services through one global platform. For fiscal 2025, Adyen reported ~$2.67 billion (€2.3642 billion) of net revenue and separately reported ~$1.58 trillion (€1.3943 trillion) of processed volume.
What Adyen does
Adyen supports online, in-app, and in-person payments. Its platform combines gateway services, risk management, processing, acquiring, settlement, and financial products. The company serves merchants across three commercial pillars: Digital, Unified Commerce, and Platforms.
Net revenue is not processed volume
Adyen uses net revenue as its primary top-line performance measure. Net revenue reflects revenue after specified costs from financial institutions are deducted. Processed volume measures the total value of payments handled and is much larger. In 2025, net revenue was ~$2.67 billion (€2.3642 billion), processed volume was ~$1.58 trillion (€1.3943 trillion), EBITDA was ~$1.41 billion (€1.2457 billion), and the EBITDA margin was 53%.
Founding and headquarters
Adyen was founded in Amsterdam in 2006 by a group of payments entrepreneurs including Pieter van der Does and Arnout Schuijff. The founders had worked in payments before Adyen and wanted to replace fragmented systems with technology built from the ground up. Adyen remains headquartered in Amsterdam.
Leadership
Adyen is led by co-CEOs Pieter van der Does and Ingo Uytdehaage. Uytdehaage, previously Adyen's CFO, became co-CEO in 2023. Van der Does was reappointed to the Management Board in 2026. Following Ethan Tandowsky's departure, Hwa Tsao became interim CFO effective September 1, 2026.
IPO and public listing
Adyen began trading on Euronext Amsterdam under the symbol ADYEN on June 13, 2018. The offer price was €240 per share, implying a ~$8.02 billion (€7.1 billion) market capitalization at listing.
Platform expansion
Adyen expanded from digital payments into in-person payments and Unified Commerce, then added issuing, accounts, and capital products for platforms. In 2025 it operated Adyen Uplift at scale, using platform intelligence to optimize conversion, fraud risk, and transaction costs.
Acquisitions
Adyen completed its acquisitions of Talon.One and Orb on July 1, 2026. Talon.One adds loyalty, promotions, and real-time incentive decisioning; its announced consideration was ~$847 million (€750 million). Orb adds enterprise usage-based billing and was acquired for $335 million. Earlier profile rows naming Posnet, Payvision, and an unknown startup as Adyen acquisitions were unsupported and have been removed.
Workforce and outlook
Adyen ended 2025 with 4,771 employees. At its August 2026 update, it reported 5,020 employees and guided to 21% to 23% constant-currency net revenue growth for 2026, including acquisition contributions. Guidance is forward-looking and not an achieved result.
