Emergent Payments

Emergent Payments is an online payments company focusing on offering local payment methods in global markets to digital companies. The company is based in Palo Alto, California.

Emergent Payments
Private
IndustryPayments
Founded2008(as Live Gamer)
Headquarters,
US
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mitch Davis (CEO), Joe Podulka (CFO), Abhishek Banerjee (CTO)
ProductsPay+
Websiteemergentpayments.net

Previously, the company was named Live Gamer,[1][2] but in June 2015 it changed its name to Emergent Payments to indicate its shift from gaming e-commerce to the broader market for digital payments. The company also sold its microtransactions engine "Elements" to focus fully on online payments.[3]

History

The firm originated in 2008 as Live Gamer in New York.[4]

Products

Pay+ is Emergent Payments' Saas-based payments platform. This service offers over 200 payment methods in over 180 countries.[5]

References

  1. Unknown, Unknown (2 June 2015). "Live Gamer Re-Launches as Emergent Payments". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. Unknown, Unknown (2 June 2015). "Live Gamer rebrands as global payments firm Emergent Payments". Venture Beat. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. Pullen, John Patrick (5 August 2010). "How Mafia Wars can fix the media". CNN Money. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. "Live Gamer Lands $2,789,672 New Funding". Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  5. unknown, unknown (22 February 2015). "Company Overview of Live Gamer,". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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