In celebration of Canada Day tomorrow, Nuvei, the Canadian Fintech,today announced that it is now live as a direct payment acquirer in Canada. This launch empowers Canadian businesses to process domestic transactions locally through Nuvei, eliminating the need for third-party processors and enabling significantly higher payment approval rates.

By processing transactions directly through Nuvei,merchants can now capture more sales, reduce lost transactions, and deliver a smoother experience to customers.

This milestone further advances Nuvei’s global strategy to establish direct acquiring capabilities in every major market, reinforcing its commitment to building local infrastructure that supports its vision of enabling payments everywhere.

With this announcement, Nuvei provides Canadian Businesses:

• Increased conversions and better overall payment performance

“Becoming a direct acquirer in Canada reflects our strategy to build direct acquiring capabilities in every major market,” said Phil Fayer, Chair and CEO of Nuvei. “There is no better place to showcase this than Canada, where our journey began. By combining local acquiring with our global platform, we help merchants achieve higher approval rates, better conversions, and more predictable interchange costs. Alongside powerful omnichannel capabilities and simplifiedreconciliation, we’re giving businesses around the world the infrastructurethey need to grow faster and compete globally.”

This announcement supports Nuvei’s broader global strategy to help businesses simplify and scale payments in any market through a single platform that unifies acceptance, optimization,risk, and payouts. Canadian merchants now benefit from the same infrastructure-first approach trusted by many of Nuvei’s largest global clients across retail, digital goods, gaming, financial services, and marketplaces.