About Us

Swipen Founded
Swipen, a visionary payment service company, was founded by two friends, Fraser Mitchell and Lorne McConnachie, in Edinburgh. Having spent many years working with some of the world’s leading payment service providers, they wanted to build a company that could offer a more honest, innovative and personal service.
Swipen began with this dedicated team of two, offering fully tailored solutions to its merchants, including integrated payments, next day funds, pay by phone and e-commerce.

Brand Development
To give Swipen a strong and professional brand image, Graphic Designer, Sara Holloway, designed Swipen’s logo and brand identity. Adam Holt also joined the team as a Commercial Operations Manager.

Adapting to the times
As the Covid pandemic began affecting the country, it soon became apparent that being a small company was key to Swipen’s success. We began partnering with other industry professionals to proactively improve and develop our software, and create an e-commerce system that is so adaptable and advanced that we could move faster than the big industry leaders.

Helping Businesses Survive Lockdown
Swipen started to quickly and efficiently assist hundreds of customers survive lockdowns and restrictions with adapted payment solutions.
Will Hammond also joined the team as Corporate Sales Director.

A slice of innovation
Swipen, along with its partner, Adactus, launched Pizza Hut’s new ordernow.pizza site, allowing customers to order and pay for their meals at their table using their mobile phone.

Updating the Brand
Sara Holloway began working with Swipen permanently to manage their growing graphic design needs and re-design the website, as well as head up a marketing campaign for 2020/2021 and manage social media accounts and content.

Embracing Innovative Solutions
Swipen added the ‘Tip Per Tap’ Contactless Tipping System to their services.

Expanding Consumer Choice
Swipen, along with its technology Partner, Cardstream, began offering Apple Pay for e-commerce, and Apple Pay online was added to Pizza Hut’s Order at Table system.

Successful FCA Registration
Swipen chose to become one of the few payment service providers (PSPs) to successfully register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Bringing payment innovation to hospitality
Swipen, along with partner, Menu Connect, began offering customisable URL-based Order and Pay at Table systems to the hospitality sector.

Bringing apple pay online to everyone
Swipen started providing Apple Pay online to all customers, including GOALS, the largest operator of dedicated 5-a-side football clubs in the UK.

the swipen team gets bigger
Two new Business Development Managers joined the team.

Swipen becomes a multi-award winning company
Swipen became a multi-award winning company, winning both Payments Start Up of the Year and Marketing Campaign of the Year in London at the Payments Awards. Swipen was also announced as a finalist for Best Industry Newcomer at the Card & Payments Awards, taking place in May 2022.

Over three thousand happy customers
Swipen has grown to have over 3,000 happy customers.

Swipen logo is officially trademarked
Swipen’s logo has often been admired and praised by our customers, partners, and competitors, and we know that our strong brand deserves protection. In February 2022, we received our registration certificate from the Intellectual Property Office confirming that our logo is trademarked across the UK.

SWIPEN’S WINNING STREAK CONTINUES!
The team attended the Card & Payments Awards in London, winning a Highly Commended trophy for the Best Industry Newcomer. We then discovered the news that our illustrious MD, Fraser Mitchell, has been awarded SME News’ ePayments Managing Director of the Year!

Watch this space!
Swipen is looking to expand the sales team further and is opening a second location in Glasgow. We’re also working on a new project to revolutionise the payments industry – watch this space!
The Key Team at Swipen

Fraser Mitchell
Managing Director
0131 2024107

Lorne McConnachie
Sales Director
0131 2024107

Will Hammond
Corporate Sales Director
0131 2024107

Sara Holloway
Graphic Designer & Marketing Manager
0131 2024107

Linkon Axon
ISV Partner Manager
07340 338770

Simon Graham
Support Manager
07787 481348