Cayan - About the company
Cayan is an acquired company based in Boston (United States), founded in 1998 by Henry Helgeson. It operates as a Payment gateway and merchant acquirer. The company has 240 active competitors, including 21 funded and 57 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like FSS, Elavon and Monavate.
Company Details
Cayan, earlier known as Merchant Warehouse, is the leading provider of payment technologies. From offline payment tools (terminals, POS, mPOS) or online (gateways), Cayan offers multiple solutions to its clients. It provides merchants with a merchant account for transactions. Also provides retail equipment like POS terminals, mPOS terminals etc. Other value added services include check processing, e-commerce, working capital management etc. It is a white label issuer and manager of gift card programs. Its solutions are classified into three types: Genius (offline retail), Flex (online retail) and Enterprise (open source API).
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- cayan.com
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
1998
Location
Boston, United States
Stage
Acquired
Investors
Ranked
118th among 240 active competitors
Employee Count
103 as on Jul 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Exit Details
Acquired by TSYS (Dec 18, 2017)
Cayan's acquisition details
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Cayan's funding and investors
Cayan is a funded company. Cayan has 1 institutional investor.
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Cayan's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Cayan is Henry Helgeson.
Here are the details of Cayan's key team members:
- Henry Helgeson: CEO & Founder of Cayan. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.Contact Info: 1 email address
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Cayan's employee count trend
Cayan has 103 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Cayan's employee count trend over the years:
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Cayan's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Cayan include FSS, Elavon and Monavate. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Cayan, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Provider of payment technology solutions for card issuance and management | $127M | 64/100 | ||
2nd | Elavon 1991, Atlanta (United States), Acquired | Global payment processing solutions for businesses of all sizes and industries | - | - | 63/100 |
3rd |  Monavate 2019, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Acquired | Online payment and issuer processing solution for businesses | $6.89M | - | 63/100 |
4th | TSYS 1982, Columbus (United States), Acquired | Issuer processing solutions | - | - | 61/100 |
5th | _1587094927442.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} EVO Payments 1989, Atlanta (United States), Acquired | Merchant acquiring and payment processing solutions | - | 61/100 | |
6th | Banking channels and issuer processing solutions | $8.62M | - | 59/100 | |
7th | CPI Card Group 1995, Littleton (United States), Public | Payment card and issuer processing solutions | - | 59/100 | |
8th | Silverflow 2019, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series B | Issuer processor providing payment processing solution for businesses | $76.4M | 58/100 | |
9th | i2c 2001, Redwood City (United States), Unfunded | Provider of issuer processing, fraud risk management, and core banking services | - | - | 58/100 |
10th | Provider of open banking API solutions | $74.2M | 58/100 | ||
118th | Cayan 1998, Boston (United States), Acquired | Payment gateway and merchant acquirer | - | 27/100 |
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Cayan's Investments and acquisitions
Cayan has acquired Card Payment Services. Cayan has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to Cayan
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News related to Cayan
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Global Payment Management Software Market 2019 Industry expected CAGR xx.x %, analysis by Key players – Payzer, Cayanmarketnews.press•Feb 18, 2019•Payzer, Cayan
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Payment processor Total System Services to buy Cayan for $1.05 billion Reuters•Dec 18, 2017•Cayan, TSS, TSYS, TransFirst and 3 others
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Parthenon auction of Cayan begins; First Data takes a look - PE HubPE Hub•Oct 09, 2017•Parthenon, Cayan
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