Checkout.com has launched direct acquiring in Canada, marking a key step in its North American expansion. The company has also appointed Zack Levine as head of revenue for North America, with responsibility for commercial operations in both Canada and the US.
The move gives Canadian merchants access to Checkout.com’s full payments stack, including local processing, card and alternative payment methods, and enhanced control over transaction data. The company says this will help improve performance on key metrics like authorisation rates and checkout conversion.
Canada is the ninth-largest ecommerce market globally, with CA$52billion in annual online sales and more than 27 million digital shoppers. The launch builds on Checkout.com’s recent growth across the US, where it opened a new San Francisco office earlier this year and reported 80 per cent year-on-year revenue growth in 2024.
Levine’s new role
Levine, who joined Checkout.com in 2021 to lead US sales and later served as general manager for Israel, will now oversee commercial teams across North America. His remit includes sales, business development account management, as well as solutions engineering.
*“North America is seeing a major shift in how people spend, and we are ready to help enterprise merchants capitalise,” said Levine. “Through one integration point, merchants can access our full suite of online pay-in and payout capabilities across cards, bank rails, wallets, and popular methods like PayPal and Venmo, in addition to a variety of advanced solutions like Pinless Debit.
“But payment performance goes beyond access; it’s acceptance rates, conversion, latency, uptime, integration depth, geographic reach, and most of all, exceptional customer support. We are hyper-focused on bringing best-in-class engagement to the payments industry and ensuring that we continue to distance ourselves from the pack in terms of service and what it means to build long-term partnerships.”
Core region
Antoine Nougue, chief commercial officer, also added: “North America is one of the most competitive and complex payments markets, and under Zack’s leadership, I’m confident in our ability to help more merchants meet this growing demand for digital commerce.
“Canada is a core region for Checkout.com’s global expansion, so today’s announcement is a critical part of our strategy, enhancing how we show up for our customers and help them unlock greater value from their digital payments strategies.”
