Best Payments Companies in Hong Kong, China
The 58 best Payments companies in Hong Kong, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Lakala.
Our analysis of 150 Payments companies
$44.9b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Payments companies in Hong Kong
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakala 🦄 POS payment acceptance solution for businesses | $350M | 132 mo ago | Public | Sun Taoran Founder & CEO | 2005 | EChartsAnimate.cssBootstrap+5 | — | — |
| 2 | TNG Wallet NFC-enabled and card-linked wallet for consumers | $115M | 106 mo ago | Series A | Alex Kong Chariman & CEO | 2013 | PHPNginxAmazon Web Services+6 | — | — |
| 3 | Reap Financial platform for payment, collection, invoice, and card solutions | $46M | 44 mo ago | Acquired | Daren Guo Co-Founder | 2018 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceMUI+25 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 4 | Obita Provider of payment infrastructure for business collections, payouts, and fund management 53Talent top 28%Funding top 37%Market bottom 49%Global bottom 48% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 37% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $10.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $10M | 6 mo ago | Seed | Vincent Yang Co-Founder & CBO | 2025 | — | — | 2 job openings |
| 5 | Currenxie Payment gateway solutions for international B2B payments | $10M | 59 mo ago | Series A | Riccardo Capelvenere Founder & CEO | 2014 | ContentfulNode.jsTailwind CSS+26 | — | 1 expansion |
| 6 | BBPOS End-to-end mPoS solutions | $8M | 82 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2008 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26 | 20 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 2 job openings |
| 7 | Ibox Provides mPoS hardware and software solution. | $5M | 127 mo ago | Seed | Pavel Sadovnikov Founder & CEO | 2012 | Animate.cssMicrosoft ASP.NETRequireJS+9 | — | — |
| 8 | JiPay Prepaid expense management card for domestic workers | $1M | 51 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 9 | PAX Technology Limited Payment terminals and software | $850K | 190 mo ago | Public | Jack Lu CEO | 2000 | Node.jsThree.jsElement UI+14 | 2 patents Electronic vaporizer hardware and automated digital file signature technology | — |
Top 12 Payments companies in Hong Kong
#1
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2025$10Mraised▾
Provider of payment infrastructure for business collections, payouts, and fund management. The company offers global payment management and operations solutions. These solutions include connecting businesses for global trade, unified global accounts, smart receivables, and batch payment processing. The infrastructure aims to understand business needs.
- Jan 2026Seed—
- Aug 2025Angel$10M
#2
Lakala 🦄Public · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2005 · 2315 employees$350Mraised▾
POS payment acceptance solution for businesses. Provides hardware-based POS terminals for merchants. It facilitates payments through credit or debit cards. It also provides tools for sales and inventory management. Provides solutions for convenience stores, supermarkets, shopping malls, and community groceries.
- Jun 2015Series D$245M
- Sep 2012Series C—
- Mar 2009Series C$25M
- Jun 2007Series B$80M
#3
Acquired · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2018 · 11 employees$46Mraised▾
Financial platform for payment, collection, invoice, and card solutions. It offers products like ReapPay for payment solutions, ReapCollect for collection solutions, ReapCard for corporate card solutions, ReapInvoice for invoice generation solutions, and more.
#4
Series A · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2013$115Mraised▾
NFC-enabled and card-linked wallet for consumers. Users can purchase multiple foreign currencies on the wallet and transfer funds. Users can make online and offline payments at public transport, vending machines, physical /online stores, and mobile apps. Offers membership packs based on transaction limit, store value, and additional features. App is available on iOS and Android devices.
- Sep 2017Series A$115M
#5
Series A · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2014 · 44 employees$10Mraised▾
Payment gateway solutions for international B2B payments. It offers a P2P marketplace in USD/HKD enabling clients to transact with each other in real-time and anonymously. It provides solutions to importers, exporters, manufacturers, retailers, and financial services firms.
- Aug 2021Series A$10M
- 2015Seed—
#6
Acquired · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2008 · 112 employees$8Mraised▾
BBPOS is a Hong Kong based provider of end-to-end mPoS solutions. Its key products are: 1. Hardware and terminal management: Audio jack devices, bluetooth and USB devices, PIN pads, terminal and key management tools to upgrade the security of terminal devices; 2. SDKs and Apps: To integrate PoS hardware with gateways and own software solutions; 3. Gateways and switching: Provides an omni-channel gateway and switching to rout transaction to another gateway or processor. It provides PoS solutions to all sectors including mobile merchant, retail, hospitality, delivery, transport and government.
- Aug 2019Series B$8M
#7
Deadpooled · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2021 · 2 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Prepaid expense management card for domestic workers. It features a cloud-based expense management solution by providing expense cards to helpers for making online/offline payments in all major stores. It acts as a bookkeeping solution for household expenses that allows users to manage budgets, track spending and transaction history. The pricing is available on a monthly subscription plan.
- Mar 2022Seed$1.3M
- Nov 2021Seed—
#8
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2012 · 18 employees$4.8Mraised▾
ibox is a provider of mPoS solutions. It allows merchants to accept credit and debit cards, using a card reader which can be connected to mobile device their smartphones or tablets, and is built on proprietary end-to-end EMV payment gateway technology, terminal hardware and mobile applications. The company also provides a mobile app to provide analytics to the businesses. The company is certified by MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) and PCI-DSS. It has offices in Vietnam, Thailand, Russia and is head quartered in Hong Kong.
- Nov 2015Seed$1.3M
- 2012Seed$3.5M
#9
Public · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2000$850Kraised▾
PAX Technology Limited is an international supplier of electronic payment terminal hardware and transactional software services. Its products include traditional counter-top and mobile terminals, NFC terminals, mPoS hardware etc. Also provides software support for all the models.
- Aug 2010Grant (prize money)$850K
#10
Deadpooled · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2012 · 4 employees$40Kraised▾
Provider of domain name sales and website development services. This entity facilitates the buying and selling of domain names. They also offer website building services, creating and maintaining online presences for clients. The company's services encompass the entire process, from domain acquisition to website creation and ongoing maintenance. Their expertise lies in providing a complete solution for establishing a strong online identity.
- Mar 2013Seed$40K
#11
Deadpooled · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2014$12.5Kraised▾
Cashyou is a Hong Kong based free and instant P2P mobile wallet. Cashyou aims to provide a secure and easy way for people to send and receive small but frequent local peer to peer payments in Hong Kong.
- Jul 2014Seed$12.5K
#12
Series A · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2023—raised▾
Global digital payment service provider offering cross-border payment solutions for businesses. It holds significant licenses in payment services and digital payment tokens, enabling seamless on/off-ramp solutions. It leverages its expertise in payment licenses and crypto regulatory compliance to deliver innovative digital payment services.
- Jul 2025Series A—
- Feb 2025Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Payments coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Digital Payments is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Digital Payments — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,464 China-affiliated papers.
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications42
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology36
- Peking University31
- Wuhan University25
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China24
- Currency1→4
- Scheme (mathematics)3→4
- Digital currency1→16
- Financial services2→15
- Currency2→14
- Context (archaeology)2→12
- Financial inclusion4→13
- Financial inclusion2→10
- Digital currency1→8
- Currency1→8
- Health care1→6
- Context (archaeology)2→7
Where digital payments is researched across China
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing digital payments patents in China
China digital payments patent filing is cooling — 303 filings from 275 assignees (2016–2025), led by China Unionpay, Huawei TECH, Shenzhen Cifpay Network BANK TEC; annual filings 75→8.
- China Unionpay85
- Huawei TECH35
- Shenzhen Cifpay Network BANK TEC31
- ZTE27
- Tencent TECH Shenzhen25
- Alibaba Group Holding16
- Xiaomi14
- Yulong Computer Telecommunicatio11
Common questions
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