Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments provider, has partnered with Spotify to enhance the streaming platform’s payments experience for its 700 million monthly active users, including 280 million paying subscribers across more than 180 countries.
A smoother global payments experience
The partnership positions Checkout.com as Spotify’s global acquiring partner, ensuring transactions are secure, reliable, and high-performing for users worldwide. By leveraging local presence and global expertise, Checkout.com aims to optimise payments performance in every market Spotify serves.
“Our aim is to deliver a seamless, simple, and safe payment experience so that our users can focus on enjoying the music, podcasts, and audiobooks they find on Spotify,” said Sandra Alzetta, Vice President and Global Head of Payments and Customer Service at Spotify. “Partnering with Checkout.com enables us to leverage their global reach, local expertise, and the ability to optimize payment performance at scale.”
Intelligent Acceptance and advanced security
Spotify will integrate Checkout.com’s Intelligent Acceptance, an AI-powered solution that uses real-time data to route transactions efficiently, reduce failures, and improve acceptance rates. The integration also includes Network Tokens and Authentication services, providing enhanced security and ensuring recurring payments are smooth and uninterrupted.
“This partnership with Spotify is a significant milestone in our mission to power the world’s leading digital enterprises with reliable, high-performance digital payments,” said Guillaume Pousaz, CEO and Founder of Checkout.com. “By combining our global acquiring network with Intelligent Acceptance — which performs 87 million real-time optimizations daily — we’re helping maximize acceptance rates, reduce costs, and deliver the best possible payment experience for Spotify’s global audience.”
Strategic significance
The collaboration reinforces Spotify’s commitment to user-centric digital experiences, ensuring payments — a critical part of the subscription ecosystem — are seamless, secure, and reliable. For Checkout.com, the partnership demonstrates its growing influence as a payments enabler for major global digital platforms.
With this integration, both companies aim to deliver frictionless payments at scale, supporting Spotify’s continued growth while setting new standards for global digital payments in the streaming industry.
