Corpay: Carving Out a Moat in Cross-Border B2B Payments

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Corpay: Carving Out a Moat in Cross-Border B2B Payments

Deutsche Bank

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Rating Company Date

Buy Corpay 13 May 2026

North America Reuters Bloomberg Rating Buy

United States CPAY.N CPAY US Price target (USD) 415.00 Price at 12 May 26 338.34

52-week range 356.38 – 255.00

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Carving Out a Moat in Cross-Border B2B

Payments NateResearchSvensson,AnalystCFA

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Deep-dive into a durable growth engine

Hersh Shintre, CFA CPAY hosted a deep-dive call on its Cross-Border Solutions (CBS) business Research Associate

where it provided an overview of the market opportunity, relative positioning, +1-917-459-1162

thoughts on emerging technologies (i.e., stablecoins), and the overall growth

opportunity. CPAY’s CBS business is its largest and fastest growing segment Paul Tomaszewski

Research Associate (~$1bn in FY25, expected to reach ~$1.5bn in FY26) and targets an underserved

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~$161bn annual revenue TAM in the mid-market capitalizing on a structural gap

left by traditional Tier 1 banks. CPAY’s competitive advantage stems from

comprehensive services spanning the entire cross-border workflow and a hard-

to-replicate moat built on global breadth, sales, and advanced technology

infrastructure. While stablecoins and other blockchain technologies have become

a big topic of debate, CPAY views these technologies as additive vs. disruptive

given they do not eliminate fundamental needs in cross-border transactions (e.g.,

FX conversion, regulatory/compliance, integrated workflows, etc.). Instead,

CPAY’s strategic advantage is enhanced by its ability to orchestrate the most

suitable payment rail for each transaction, even integrating advanced options like