Japanese Payment Firm Opn Expands to the U.S. with Acquisition of MerchantE

Opn, the one-stop payments solutions company from Japan and Southeast Asia, announced that it has acquired MerchantE, a leading end-to-end digital commerce platform that provides payment processing and solutions to businesses of all sizes in the United States. With the acquisition, Opn's global footprint now spans seven countries, including the U.S.

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Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, MerchantE helps medium-sized and enterprise businesses grow by providing them with comprehensive payment processing capabilities needed to facilitate transactions. MerchantE's backend technology complements Opn's one-stop online payment and digital transformation solutions.

"Our acquisition of MerchantE represents a transformative step in Opn's journey to becoming a truly global digital finance platform, underscoring our commitment to making payments seamless and borderless for both people and businesses," said Jun Hasegawa, Founder and CEO of Opn.

"MerchantE shares our commitment to relentlessly working to develop innovative solutions that not only empower businesses to grow, but also makes the payment process frictionless for our customers. Through this acquisition, we are doubling down on this commitment to the customers we serve and intend to continue expanding our global presence to better meet them where they need us. I am confident that MerchantE and Opn will create a strong partnership together, and I am pleased to welcome the MerchantE team to our combined company."

Ezra Don Harinsut, Opn's Co-founder and President, said: "Combining our leading position in payments across Southeast Asia and Japan with MerchantE's robust backend technology will allow us to immediately accelerate our growth by empowering businesses of all sizes with the tools they need to rapidly grow their customer bases. We are also extremely excited to work with the talented team at MerchantE to grow our combined business and accelerate Opn's next stage of international growth."

MerchantE CEO Sergi Herrero added: "We are equally excited to embark on this new journey with Opn and see tremendous opportunity to realize the meaningful benefits of this transaction as we increase our presence in the embedded payments market. MerchantE will continue to pursue its current product roadmap, and this combination with Opn will help bring our valuable technology to many new customers, positioning us for success in a fast-growing market."

Opn will remain headquartered in Tokyo, and MerchantE will retain its existing headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia, while continuing to operate under its own brand. Over time, the two organizations will identify and execute opportunities to share technology and best practices, as well as jointly develop new offerings.