Payplug
French omnichannel card payments backed by BPCE
Payplug is a French payment specialist offering online checkout, payment links and in-store terminals for retailers and e-merchants, with plug-ins for PrestaShop, WooCommerce and Magento. It serves about 17,000 merchants and processes around €11bn per year. Founded in 2012 and acquired by Natixis (Groupe BPCE) in 2017, it was combined with Dalenys to form BPCE's payments fintech.
Our reading. Best for French independent retailers and e-merchants that want a bank-backed provider with published pricing and native PrestaShop or WooCommerce modules.
Strengths
- Bank-backed French provider with simple published pricing
- Online and in-store from one account
- Native PrestaShop and WooCommerce modules
Limits
- Focused on France
- Business-card fees noticeably higher
Founded 2012, part of Groupe BPCE since 2017, about 17,000 merchants and €11bn annual volume
Co-founded by Antoine Grimaud; part of BPCE AI, Digital & Payments; merged with Dalenys; about 300 employees
- https://www.payplug.com/fr/tarifs
- https://www.groupebpce.com/en/directory/payplug/
- https://www.frenchweb.fr/natixis-groupe-bpce-rachete-payplug-et-se-reorganise-autour-de-ses-fintech/265545