# Ingenico

> Ingenico is a French payment-acceptance company that supplies the devices, software and managed infrastructure behind in-store and mobile checkout. Its familiar card terminals remain the physical edge of the business, but its strategic center is shifting toward Android-based AXIUM devices, SoftPOS, remote fleet management, commerce applications and the Ingenico 360 cloud platform. Banks, acquirers, payment service providers, independent software vendors and merchants use that combined stack to deploy secure payment acceptance across large, geographically dispersed estates.

- **Founded:** 1980
- **Headquarters:** Suresnes, France
- **Founders:** Jean-Jacques Poutrel (Co-founder and former Chairman and CEO), Michel Malhouitre (Co-founder and former Technical Director)
- **Team size:** More than 3,000 employees across 32 countries as of 2026.
- **Products:** AXIUM, Ingenico 360, TETRA, Ingenico SoftPOS, Device and Estate Management
- **Notable:** Founded in France in 1980 with four employees and 500,000 French francs in starting capital., Deployed its first payment terminal with a chip reader in 1984., Expanded from France with its first international subsidiary in Australia in 1987.

## Products & services

- **AXIUM** — An Android-based family of smart payment devices spanning mobile, countertop, multilane, self-service, PIN-pad and SoftPOS form factors, with business-app support.
- **Ingenico 360** — A cloud-native platform connecting device management, transaction services, POS connectivity, applications, merchant tools, analytics, digital receipts and developer capabilities.
- **TETRA** — Ingenico's established secure terminal platform with a broad global payment-application portfolio and support for thousands of local payment methods.
- **Ingenico SoftPOS** — Software that enables contactless payment acceptance on compatible Android devices, with options for smartphones and purpose-built devices.
- **Device and Estate Management** — Remote deployment, configuration, monitoring, security updates, diagnostics, key management and lifecycle tools for distributed payment fleets.
- **Managed, Professional and Security Services** — Integration, rollout, support, compliance, repair, encryption and ongoing operations for payment estates.
- **Commerce Services** — Add-ons including alternative payment methods, BNPL, digital receipts, gift cards, dynamic currency conversion, loyalty and omnichannel services.

## Achievements

- Founded in France in 1980 with four employees and 500,000 French francs in starting capital.
- Deployed its first payment terminal with a chip reader in 1984.
- Expanded from France with its first international subsidiary in Australia in 1987.
- Built an installed base of tens of millions of payment devices in more than 120 countries.
- Supports more than 2,500 applications across its device ecosystem.
- Launched the Android-based AXIUM platform and Payments Platform as a Service offer in 2021.
- Acquired software-only point-of-sale provider Phos in 2023.
- Ingenico SoftPOS achieved PCI MPoC 1.1 certification in 2025.
- Launched a next-generation PCI PTS v7, Android 14 AXIUM family and Ingenico 360 in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Announced a partnership with Arrive for on-street parking and urban-transport payments worldwide.
- **2026-03** — Collaborated with Visa to combine AXIUM smart POS devices with Visa Acceptance Platform capabilities for unified commerce.
- **2026-02** — Launched the next-generation AXIUM device family and the Ingenico 360 unified cloud platform.
- **2026-01** — Introduced stablecoin acceptance at physical checkouts with WalletConnect Pay and announced North American mobile-commerce collaborations with Toshiba, Samsung and Talus.
- **2025-10** — Appointed Floris de Kort as CEO under a leadership transition plan and appointed Autumn Flora as Chief Marketing Officer.
- **2025-09** — Began the global rollout of a next-generation device-management solution.
- **2025-04** — Announced PCI MPoC 1.1 certification for Ingenico SoftPOS.

## Links

- Website: https://ingenico.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingenico
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ingenico
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ingenico-group
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ingenicobrand
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IngenicoBrand

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Last updated: 2026-08-16