# Liquido

> Liquido builds payment infrastructure for businesses operating in Latin America, combining local payment acceptance, payouts, risk tools and merchant software through an API. Its Payment Plus products extend into WhatsApp storefronts and payment recovery. The company publicly launched in 2023 after two years of development and became part of Shift4 in 2025.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Mountain View, United States
- **Founders:** MengKe “MK” Li (Co-founder and CEO at public launch), Shanxiang Qi (Co-founder and CTO at public launch)
- **Products:** Payments API, Payouts, Payment Plus Platform, WhatsApp Liquido Store, Payment Success Booster
- **Notable:** Reported more than US$300 million processed in closed beta by May 2023., Reported more than US$1.5 billion processed cumulatively by November 2023., Announced a Brazilian Central Bank payment institution license on November 9, 2023.

## Products & services

- **Payments API** — Local payment acceptance, including cards, bank transfers, cash-based methods and wallets; availability differs by country.
- **Payouts** — Bank-transfer disbursement services for uses including suppliers and payroll, with country-specific rails such as Pix and SPEI.
- **Payment Plus Platform** — Commerce and growth services layered on the payment platform, including WhatsApp storefronts and recovery.
- **WhatsApp Liquido Store** — No-code storefront experience for browsing products and completing purchases through WhatsApp.
- **Payment Success Booster** — Fraud controls, transaction blocking, payment-method switching, smart routing, retries and WhatsApp payment recovery.
- **Liquido Dashboard** — Merchant payment operations and management interface.
- **Elements and Payment Links** — Checkout interface components and payment links for merchant integration.

## Achievements

- Reported more than US$300 million processed in closed beta by May 2023.
- Reported more than US$1.5 billion processed cumulatively by November 2023.
- Announced a Brazilian Central Bank payment institution license on November 9, 2023.
- Became part of Shift4 in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Brazilian reporting described Central Bank authorization for the acquisition involving Liquido’s Brazilian unit; distinguish this from earlier group-deal reporting.
- **2025-02** — Global Legal Chronicle reported Shift4’s acquisition of Liquido Group on February 12. The adviser’s H1 2025 report dates its Liquido sale mandate to January 2025.
- **2023-11** — Liquido announced its Brazilian payment institution license and cumulative processing above US$1.5 billion.

## Links

- Website: https://www.liquido.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liquido-inc/
- GitHub: https://github.com/getliquido
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@liquidowhatsappsolution5348

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Last updated: 2026-10-25