By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 1 July 2024

Ria is an international payment network that comprises of over 316,000 different locations across 150 nations. Ria is driven by an ethos to lessen the time and distance associated with transferring funds by providing a top rate financial transfer system.

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Ria is an international payment network that comprises of over 316,000 different locations across 150 nations. Ria is driven by an ethos to lessen the time and distance associated with transferring funds by providing a top rate financial transfer system.

Ria’s mission

Ria provides a transfer payment method that is simple and efficient, designed to ensure its customers’ money reaches their friends and families no matter where they are located around the world.

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Ria was launched as far back as 1987 and has since developed into the world’s third biggest financial transfer system. As well as providing financial transfer solutions, Ria offers its clients the chance to pay their bills, top up their mobile phones, make payments onto debit cards that are prepaid, as well as making financial orders and the cashing of cheques.

The Ria Payment Method insists it never fails to strive to deliver payment solution system that’s simple, clear, friendly and effective. 

Ria’s mission

Ria provides a transfer payment method that is simple and efficient, designed to ensure its customers’ money reaches their friends and families no matter where they are located around the world.

Ria Payment Method background

Ria was launched as far back as 1987 and has since developed into the world’s third biggest financial transfer system. As well as providing financial transfer solutions, Ria offers its clients the chance to pay their bills, top up their mobile phones, make payments onto debit cards that are prepaid, as well as making financial orders and the cashing of cheques.

The Ria Payment Method insists it never fails to strive to deliver payment solution system that’s simple, clear, friendly and effective. 

Matthew Kennedy

Co-founder & Technical Director at Play Cash Games

Matthew Kennedy co-founded Take Marketing Limited in 2008 alongside Becky Mosley and has worked in the UK online gambling industry ever since. He runs the technical side of the operation, building and maintaining the platforms that power Play Cash Games and the wider Take Marketing portfolio.

Matt's role is hands-on. He writes the code behind the offer feeds, the comparison tools readers use, and the back-office systems that keep every casino listing accurate and current. If you have used a feature on this site, the chances are he built it. He is also responsible for site performance, mobile usability, and the technical SEO that lets a small independent comparison site compete with much larger publishers.

Over 17 years in the industry, Matt has worked directly with affiliate platforms, casino operators, and software providers. He has seen the market move from desktop Flash slots to mobile-first HTML5, lived through every iteration of UK Gambling Commission rules, and built the systems that keep our coverage compliant as regulation evolves. He has a particular interest in responsible gambling tooling and player-fund safety — the parts of the industry most people do not see but that matter most.

Matt is a Companies House registered director (Take Marketing Limited, company no. 07619813) and is based in Lincolnshire, England.

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