Andrew Riabchuk

Founder

Andrew is the Founder of Akurateco Payments Orchestration Company, established in 2019. With over 15 years of hands-on experience in online payments, Andrew has a solid understanding of how to build a product that helps to increase revenue and save on processing costs. Since 2019 Andrew has been leading the development and architecture of Akurateco, which delivers easily customizable PCI DSS-certified white-label payment software to payment service providers and international merchants.

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Open Source Payment Gateway: Benefits and Drawbacks

On the verge of starting your own payment processing business, you are faced with the choice: either develop payment software or look for another path. There are several factors to consider, namely financial resources, time, developers' team, and experience in fintech software development.

Andrew Riabchuk

Jun 28, 2025

7 min

What Is a Payment Gateway and How Does It Work?

Capture, encryption, fraud checks and routing: what a gateway does in an online payment, how merchants connect to one, and how it differs from a processor.

Andrew Riabchuk

Dec 24, 2024

5 min