About Paymate

Internet Payments Made Easy!

Paymate provides secure, reliable and innovative Internet-based payment services to buyers in 57 countries around the world and sellers in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Our mission is to help you trade with the world. We pride ourselves on being trusted for the secure conduct of financial transactions, reliable in all our dealings and friendly in delivering services to our clients.

You can use Paymate to receive online payments via credit card. You do NOT need to have a merchant facility with a bank, a secure website or gateway processor service. Simply register online to start receiving payments!

You can also use Paymate to make secure payments to any registered Paymate client, without disclosing your personal or financial details. You can use a credit card to make a payment from any of 57 countries, in Australian Dollars, New Zealand Dollars, US Dollars or other currencies. You do NOT need to be registered with Paymate to make an Express Payment via credit card!

The Company

Paymate is a US company with offices in Silicon Valley, USA, Ottawa, Canada, and Sydney, Australia. We provide information, risk and financial management services tailored for global e-commerce.

The Team

Paymate is managed by a small but highly experienced team with a background in banking, payments and information technology.

Garrett Gafke is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paymate and has a deep background in leading payments companies such as CyberSource, Trintech and Verifone. He has been building successful technology companies for over 20 years in Silicon Valley.

Dilip Rao founded Paymate in 2000 and remains President of the companyl. He has over 30 years of experience working in Information Technology and Management Consulting with banks and corporates in Australia, Asia and the USA. Dilip holds degrees in Physics, Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

Sandra Parsons has been with Paymate since April 2001 as VP, Operations and has over 30 years of experience in banking and payments, working with the ANZ Bank.

Ted O’Malley has been with Paymate since May 2001 as VP, Client Services and has over 35 years of experience in merchant services and payments, workign with American Express.

Pete Cion is VP, Engineering and has been in the electronics payment industry since 1993. As a Software Engineer and Engineering Manager, he has worked with such well known payments companies as Princeton TeleCom, HP/VeriFone, Trintech, CyberSource and Citibank. Pete holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University in Providence, RI.

Peter Chen is Manager, Technology & Systems and has over 15 years experience in systems design and applications development.

Regulatory Compliance

Paymate holds an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) which means we are regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (the equivalent of the Securities & Exchange Commission in the USA) to protect the interests of our clients. This license requires Paymate to comply with strict financial and operational controls and be independently audited for both financial and license compliance on an annual basis.