ImportaPay Crosses $700K in Payment Volume After Rebuilding Its Outbound Payments Product

The UK-registered startup recorded 300% growth in September and expanded from 14 to 20 payment routes, adding support for four new routes.

In March 2026, ImportaPay made an unusual decision for a growing payments startup: it paused transactions.

The UK-registered company had been operating its existing payments product, but decided to step back and rebuild its infrastructure rather than continue working around its limitations.

The focus of the rebuild was outbound payments, giving businesses a way to make payments to suppliers, partners and other businesses across different markets.

After several months of development and testing, ImportaPay launched the new system in July.

Since then, the company has processed more than $700,000 in cumulative payment volume.

September marked the strongest month so far, with ImportaPay recording 300% growth during the month. Over the same period, the number of payment routes available through the service increased from 14 in August to 20 in September.

The company also added four new routes covering:

• JPY — Japanese Yen
• AUD — Australian Dollar
• VND — Vietnamese Dong
• PHP via GCash — Philippine Peso

The additions give businesses using ImportaPay more options for making outbound payments across different markets.
Moving beyond its own product

As the new system developed, ImportaPay began looking beyond its own customer base.

The company has now opened API access to fintech businesses that want to connect their products to ImportaPay’s payment service.
This allows other fintechs to use ImportaPay’s payment connections within their own products, rather than having to establish each connection independently.

It also gives ImportaPay a second route for expanding the use of the infrastructure it has spent the past several months building.

Founder’s Take
We asked ImportaPay’s CEO how the journey has been so far.
“It has been a journey of building, learning and constantly improving. What started with a pause in March has grown into a stronger payments product, and we’re looking forward to what comes next.”

For ImportaPay, the decision to pause in March has now led to a different stage of the business.

The company has gone from rebuilding its outbound payments product to processing more than $700,000 in cumulative volume, expanding its payment routes and making its technology available to other fintech businesses.

The next phase will be focused on adding more payment routes and continuing to expand access to the service.