A gateway that doesn't compete with the people selling it.
The team behind Fluid Pay came up through the ISO and processing world. We watched too many partners hand merchants to a gateway, only to lose those same merchants to that gateway's PayFac eighteen months later.
So we built something different. A pure technology platform with no BIN, no underwriting team, and no path to direct merchant relationships. Our upside is your upside — the more your portfolio grows, the more we do too. That's the entire alignment.
Today the platform supports 20+ cloud-native products spanning card-present, ecommerce, recurring, batch, fraud, and partner operations — all behind your brand, all on a single API.
Tired of your old gateway? So were we. Complexity. Simplified.
Four principles that haven't changed since day one.
Partner-only distribution
We do not sell direct, board direct, or underwrite. Every merchant on our platform is owned by a partner.
Cloud-native by default
Built on Google Cloud with multi-region failover. No on-prem boxes. No weekend maintenance windows.
API-first product surface
Every feature in the dashboard ships with a documented API and webhook. What you can do in the UI, you can automate.
Brand-true tooling
Your logo, your domain, your support emails. The platform is invisible to your merchants.
Nine years of building — the same way, for the same people.
2017
Fluid Pay founded with a partner-only commitment
2019
Level 1 PCI DSS Service Provider certification
2021
WatchDog fraud engine launched
2023
Multi-region failover live across GCP
2025
20+ products, 99.99% rolling uptime
2026
VP3350 support added to Processa and Virtual Terminal
Leadership
Operators and builders who've shipped payments infrastructure at scale — now focused entirely on partner growth, not competing for your merchants.

Ted Cucci
President & Chief Executive Officer

Nick Cucci
Chief Operating Officer

Jeff Rooney
Chief Technology Officer

Kevin Calabrese
Chief Strategy Officer
Awards and recognition
Payment Gateway Company of the Year (2026)
CIOReview — recognized for our channel-first platform and ID TECH VP3350 EMV certification.
Read announcementTop API Solutions Provider (2023)
CIO Magazine — CIO Outlook cover feature, March 2023.
Read announcementTop 10 Payment Processing Companies (2022)
Banking CIO Magazine — November 2022 issue.
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