Oceanpayment
{{Short description|Online payment service provider}}
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{{infobox company
| name = Oceanpayment
| type = Private
| logo = Oceanpayment logo.svg
| industry = Payment gateways
Mobile communications
Payments
| location = Hong Kong
| founder = Lanny Yang
| foundation = {{start date and age|2014}}
| products = Electronic payments
Mobile payments
| website = {{URL|https://www.oceanpayment.com/}}
}}
Oceanpayment is an online payment service provider with headquarters in Hong Kong.{{Cite web|url=https://www.investhk.gov.hk/en/client-profiles/oceanpayment-coltd|title=Oceanpayment Co., Ltd.|date=September 10, 2019|website=InvestHK - Government Department of Foreign Direct Investment}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardsinternational.com/news/jcb-joins-forces-with-oceanpayment-for-merchant-acquiring-operations/|title=JCB joins forces with Oceanpayment for merchant acquiring operations|date=February 3, 2020}} Lanny Yang is the incumbent chief executive officer of the company.{{Cite web |title=Lanny Yang – ITB China |url=https://www.itb-china.com/speaker/kevin-kang/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |language=en-US}}
The company was founded in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chamber.org.hk/en/membership/directory_detail.aspx?member_cate=HKM&id=HKO0230|title=HKGCC - Hong Kong Business Directory|website=www.chamber.org.hk}} As a payment service provider, Oceanpayment provides payment solutions to merchants globally in businesses such as online games, travel, and e-commerce. It accepts payments in more than five hundred payment methods from small to large-scale enterprises with availability in more than two hundred countries.{{Cite web|url=https://thepaypers.com/online-payments/oceanpayment-to-provide-cross-border-payment-services-for-jcbs-cardholders--1240476|title=Oceanpayment to provide cross-border payment services for JCB's cardholders|website=thepaypers.com}}
History
The company was established in May 2014 by Lanny Yang and has branches and offices in Shenzhen, Singapore, Australia, Americas, and Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://twgreatdaily.com/FnxgIXABjYh_GJGVGyZU.html|title=JCB與Oceanpayment全球發布|date=February 7, 2020|website=twgreatdaily.com}} It consists of a group of experts with the background in the payment industry with headquarters in Hong Kong.
In 2015, it was certified as a service provider for Visa and MasterCard.
In 2016, it received Hong Kong License for Operating Money Service.
In 2017, it became a certified acquirer for AMEX.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
In 2018, it became a principal acquiring member of Union Pay International (UPI).{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} In the same year, it also became the first partner of Shopify in China.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-30 |title=Best Shopify Payment Gateways in 2023 |url=https://www.oceanpayment.com/blog/21955/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Oceanpayment |language=en-US}}
In 2019, it became a member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, along with being the principal acquirer for JCB and Discover Global Network.
In 2020, the company received the IFTA Fintech Achievement Award and became a Google Pay and Apple Pay payment service provider.
In 2021, it received awards such as HKMOB Awards, The Most Trusted Global Payment Service Provider of the Year,{{Cite web|url=https://www.corphub.asia/awards/?route=events&id=1|title=CORPHUB Most Outstanding Awards|website=www.corphub.asia}} IFTA Fintech Achievement Award,{{Cite web | url=https://iftaawards.org/2020/en/pdf/IFTA_Onsite%20Press%20Release_EN_Final.pdf | title=IFTA Fintech Achievement Awards 2020 winners announced recognizing outstanding fintech enterprises and professionals | access-date=2024-05-20 | website=iftaawards.org}}