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PayByPhone

PayByPhone is a Vancouver mobile parking-payments company whose app is used by drivers across North America, Europe and Australia. Volkswagen Financial Services bought it in December 2016 when it had 12.5 million registered users in about 300 cities, and sold it to FLEETCOR, now Corpay, in December 2023.

MobilityVancouverpaybyphone.com
12.5Mregistered users across about 300 cities at the 2016 Volkswagen acquisitionGeekWire
$400M+in payments processed annually as of April 2018GlobeNewswire
2023acquired from Volkswagen Financial Services by FLEETCOR (now Corpay)BC Technology

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About

PayByPhone lets drivers pay for street and lot parking from their phone instead of a meter. Volkswagen Financial Services acquired the Yaletown-headquartered company in December 2016; at the time it had roughly 100 employees worldwide, 65 of them in Vancouver. Under CEO Francis Dupuis it was processing more than $325M in payments annually in 2017, rising past $400M by 2018, and signed a five-year contract with the City of Vancouver. FLEETCOR, since renamed Corpay, acquired it from Volkswagen Financial Services in December 2023.

Backers

Owned by Corpay (formerly FLEETCOR) since December 2023; owned by Volkswagen Financial Services 2016-2023

Quick answers

What does PayByPhone do?

It runs a mobile app for paying street and lot parking, used by drivers in cities across North America, Europe and Australia.

Who owns PayByPhone?

Corpay, formerly FLEETCOR, which acquired it from Volkswagen Financial Services in December 2023. Volkswagen had bought the company in December 2016.

Where is PayByPhone based?

Yaletown, Vancouver. It had about 65 Vancouver staff out of roughly 100 worldwide at the time of the 2016 Volkswagen acquisition.

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