Draft:Cloud (company)

Cloud is a Russian group of companies that provides internet acquiring services, fiscalization of online payments, management of payments worldwide, and acceptance of non-cash tips.

The company's business geography includes Russia, Europe and the CIS countries.

As of 2021, the company entered the top-20 fintech startups in Russia according to Visa, in the nomination for "Subscription Services and Products".. .

In 2022, the company ranked 65th in the CNews100 rating: the largest IT companies in Russia, and 5th in the CNewsFast rating: The Fastest Growing IT Companies of 2021.

History
The company was founded as a startup on April 13, 2014, by Dmitry Spiridonov and Konstantin Yan.

In September 2014, the company became self-sufficient. The company's revenue grows by 100% annually.

The Cloud Group of Companies
On February 17, 2022, the company CloudPayments underwent a rebranding and consolidated all its business lines under the single brand Cloud. .

On May 17, 2022, Dmitry Spiridonov, co-founder of CloudPayments, stepped down from his position as the Managing Director of Cloud. Pavel Vlasov became the company's General Director.

As of July 1, 2022, the CEO of CloudPayments became Tatyana Glazacheva, former General Director of Robokassa.

Services

 * CloudPayments — a service that provides internet acquiring services for businesses.
 * CloudKassir — a subsidiary company that offers cloud-based online cash registers for servicing internet businesses.
 * CloudTips — a service for sending and receiving non-cash tips and donations..
 * CloudSoft — a SaaS product that allows the creation of a flexible solution for accepting payments and making payouts through fast integration with the necessary acquirer banks for the merchant.

Branches
In 2014, the European office of CloudPayments was opened in Riga, Latvia. This allowed the company to work with clients from the European Union countries.

In the spring of 2016, a division of CloudPayments was established in Kazakhstan. In 2018, CloudPayments Kazakhstan was the first in Kazakhstan to connect its clients to the Google Pay payment acceptance system. And in 2019, they were among the first to connect the Apple Pay payment acceptance system.

In 2022, the launch of divisions in Uzbekistan and the Republic of Belarus is planned.

Awards and Prizes

 * "Startup of the Year" (2014).
 * "Best Payment Solution of the Year for E-com" by E-COMSPACE (2016).
 * "Big Turnover Award - 2018" in the "Payments" category (2018).
 * "Runet Prize-2018" (2018).
 * "Best Service for Online Trading" by E-COMSPACE (2018).
 * "Golden Site-2018" in the category "Vendor, Platform, Service Site".
 * "Big Turnover Award - 2020" in the "Payments" category (2020).
 * Co-founder and CEO Dmitry Spiridonov was included in the "Top-1000 Russian Managers" list (2020).
 * "Time of Innovations-2020" in the "Product of the Year" category (product - CloudTips)..
 * HR Brand Award 2020: Small Business category (2021).
 * CNews100: Largest IT Companies in Russia 2020: 89th place (2021).
 * CNewsFast: Fastest Growing IT Companies 2020: 2nd place (2021).
 * Top-20 fintech startups in Russia according to Visa (2021).
 * Ranking of the largest and fastest-growing fintech companies in Russia according to the Atlanty business club and Smart Ranking: 7th place in revenue and 2nd place in growth (2021).
 * "Quality of Service and Consumer Rights-2021" Award (2021).
 * CNews100: Largest IT Companies in Russia 2021: 65th place (2022).
 * CNewsFast: Fastest Growing IT Companies 2021: 5th place (2022)