Checkout.com, a London-based payments solutions provider, has expanded its operations into Canada, reinforcing its presence across North America.

The company has also appointed Zack Levine as Head of Revenue for North America.

The expansion includes the launch of direct acquiring services in Canada, which enables customers to gain improved control over transaction data, benefit from higher authorisation rates, and optimise payment performance.

The new service uses the same processing technology already employed by merchants globally.

Canada, the world’s ninth-largest ecommerce market, is valued at CA$52 billion and has over 27 million online shoppers, accounting for 11.5% of total retail sales.

With 62% of Canadian consumers shopping internationally and one in five digital businesses generating most of their revenue abroad, Canada remains a significant market in the global digital economy.

This development is part of Checkout.com’s broader North American growth strategy. The company experienced growth across all regions in 2024, with an over 80% increase in the US.

Earlier this year, a new office was opened in San Francisco to support growing merchant demand.

Checkout.com’s 2025 Digital Economy Report notes that 18% of Gen Z consumers in Canada shop online at least once daily, while nearly half of US consumers plan to increase their ecommerce activity in the coming year.

Levine, who joined Checkout.com in 2021 to lead US sales and later served as General Manager for Israel, will now oversee commercial strategy in North America and Israel, including sales, account management, business development, and solutions engineering.

“North America is seeing a major shift in how people spend, and we are ready to help enterprise merchants capitalise,”

said Zack Levine.

“Through one integration point, merchants can access our pay-in and payout services across cards, bank rails, wallets, and methods like PayPal and Venmo, as well as advanced features such as Pinless Debit.”

“But payment performance involves more than access,”

Levine added.

“It’s about acceptance rates, conversion, latency, uptime, integration, geographic reach, and service quality. We are focused on delivering strong engagement and building long-term partnerships.”

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