Best Buy enlists Checkout.com to provide card acquiring, debit routing and support for Marketplace offering
Checkout.com is supporting Best Buy with the next phase of the retailer’s Marketplace payments infrastructure. The Marketplace offering allows third-party sellers to integrate their products into BestBuy.com and its mobile app.
Checkout.com will provide card acquiring and debit routing capabilities. The tie up will support future payment methods, geographies and commerce models.
Antoine Nougué, Chief Revenue Officer at Checkout.com, says: “Best Buy has built a trusted experience to help customers navigate increasingly complex technology purchases. We’re proud to support the next phase of that evolution with modular technology, AI powered payment optimisation, and a hands-on approach to continued innovation and growth.”
So hot right now
Payments innovation is a key part of RTIH’s first ever Retail Technology Hot 100 List. Launching in August, this sees us bringing you the hottest companies whose solutions and systems are helping drive the retail sector forward.
Our Founder and Editor, Scott Thompson, drew up a list of 150 companies that had consistently been on his radar over the past 12 months whilst bringing our community the latest retail tech news and views that matter. These companies operate across the omnichannel retail landscape (stores, online, mobile, supply chain, payments etc).
Our judging panel, including Vineta Bajaj, Group CFO, Holland & Barrett, Dan McGrath, JD Group Customer Operations, JD Sports, Dr. Astha Purohit, Director of Product Management, Customer Data and Identity, Walmart, and Paula Bobbett, Chief Data and Digital Officer, Boots, provided feedback on those who have the most innovative, forward thinking technology offerings and are also best addressing retailers' current challenges, painpoints, and opportunities.
The judges used the following framework when making their picks:
1. Retailer problem fit - how meaningful, strategic, and widely felt the retailer pain being addressed is.
2. Production traction in retail (2025–2026) - real named retailer deployments, pilots.
3. Innovation and defensibility - genuine technical novelty paired with a defensible competitive position.
And there was also a public vote, with thousands of members of our community of retail tech enthusiasts getting involved. Thanks to all those who took part! Based on the judging panel's feedback and the public vote, we then drew up our first ever RTIH Retail Technology Hot 100.
So, without further ado, here are the 100 hottest global retail technology ventures right now. Drum roll, please…
