Canonical URL: https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/buyatab-wins-best-choice-retail-card-category-at-2016-pay-awards-fd658cfd40c7/ --- description: Buyatab has been selected as the winner of the Best Choice Retail Card category at the 2016 Pay Awards. title: Buyatab Wins Best Choice Retail Card Category at 2016 Pay Awards image: https://giftcard.news/images/social/v1/buyatab-wins-best-choice-retail-card-category-2016-pay-awards-82576ec0b0a2148d0861968fc4815fc2.jpg --- 1. [Home](https://giftcard.news/) 2. [Gift Cards](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/) # Buyatab Wins Best Choice Retail Card Category at 2016 Pay Awards Buyatab has been selected as the winner of the Best Choice Retail Card category at the 2016 Pay Awards. By [Oliver Reed](https://giftcard.news/author/oliver-reed/) June 2, 2016 3 min read Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fbuyatab-wins-best-choice-retail-card-category-at-2016-pay-awards-fd658cfd40c7%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Buyatab%20Wins%20Best%20Choice%20Retail%20Card%20Category%20at%202016%20Pay%20Awards "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fbuyatab-wins-best-choice-retail-card-category-at-2016-pay-awards-fd658cfd40c7%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Buyatab%20Wins%20Best%20Choice%20Retail%20Card%20Category%20at%202016%20Pay%20Awards%20https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fbuyatab-wins-best-choice-retail-card-category-at-2016-pay-awards-fd658cfd40c7%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "WhatsApp") On June 2, 2016, [Buyatab Online Inc](https://giftcard.news/company/buyatab/) announced that it had been selected as the winner of the Best Choice Retail Card category at the 2016 Pay Awards, according to a post on the company's website at https://web.buyatab.com. The award was given by [Paybefore](https://giftcard.news/company/paybefore/), a leading information provider for the prepaid, mobile, and emerging payments industry. The 2016 Pay Awards were held at the All Payments Expo in New Orleans. The Pay Awards have been recognizing excellence in the worldwide prepaid, mobile, and emerging payments industry for 10 years. [Loraine DeBonis](https://giftcard.news/person/loraine-debonis/), Paybefore editor-in-chief and chair of the judging panel, stated that the winners of the awards reflect a dynamic industry with no sign of slowing its pace of expansion and change. Buyatab was recognized for its contributions to advancing electronic payments, particularly in the area of online gifting. [Matias Marquez](https://giftcard.news/person/matias-marquez/), COO and founder of Buyatab, expressed his pleasure at being recognized by Paybefore as a 2016 Pay Awards winner. He added that the company strives to provide its merchant partners with leading-edge solutions for their online gifting needs, and that it is gratifying to be recognized among industry peers for innovation and accomplishments. In addition to the Pay Award, Buyatab has also been selected as a finalist for a British Columbia Technology Impact Award for Excellence in Product Innovation. The winners of this award will be announced in June 2016. Buyatab is a leading provider of advanced Your free reader account ## Continue reading for free. Create your account or sign in to get unlimited access. 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