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  <P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 4,
  2022</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 36pt"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 324pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>united
  states<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
  <BR>
  </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>FORM
  S-8</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>PAYA
  HOLDINGS INC.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>85-2199433</B></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.75pt">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>303 Perimeter Center North Suite 600</B></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30346</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>30346</B></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Glenn Renzulli<BR>
  Chief Financial Officer<BR>
  303 Perimeter Center North Suite 600<BR>
  Atlanta, Georgia 30346<BR>
  (800) 261-0240</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address and telephone number, including
  area code, of agent for service)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies to</I></B>:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Sophia Hudson, P.C.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ana Sempertegui<BR>
  Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP<BR>
  601 Lexington Avenue<BR>
  New York, NY 10022<BR>
  (212) 446-4800</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth
  company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 30%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer </TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 30%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer </TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer &#8239;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company </TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company </TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">Paya Holdings Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;)
  is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) to register an additional 10,000,000 shares
  of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, that may be issued and sold under the Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the
  &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;), following the amendment to the Plan that was approved by the Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders at its annual meeting
  on May 31, 2022. This Registration Statement is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding registration
  of additional securities, and pursuant to that instruction, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-251603)
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) on December 22, 2020 are incorporated herein by reference.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Item 8.</B> <B>Exhibits.</B></P>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit<BR>
      Number</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; vertical-align: top; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; width: 90%; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">4.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819881/000121390020032814/ea128692ex3-1_payaholdings.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Paya Holdings Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 16, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 22, 2020)</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">4.2</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819881/000121390020032814/ea128692ex3-2_payaholdings.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Paya Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 22, 2020)</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">5.1*</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea167936ex5-1_payahold.htm">Opinion of Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">10.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819881/000121390020044070/ea132076ex10-1_payaholdings.htm">Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-251603), filed with the Commission on December 12, 2020)</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">10.2</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819881/000121390022030568/ea160911ex10-1_payahold.htm">Amendment to Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 1, 2022)</A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">23.1*</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea167936ex23-1_payahold.htm">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">23.3*</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea167936ex5-1_payahold.htm">Consent of Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">24.1*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).</A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">107*</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea167936ex-fee_payahold.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
  of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
  of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on November 4, 2022.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt 6.25pt 0.25pt 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">PAYA HOLDINGS INC.</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt 6.25pt 0.25pt 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt 6.25pt 0.25pt 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">By:</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.75pt; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Glenn Renzulli</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="width: 60%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding: 0.25pt 6.25pt 0.25pt 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 31%; padding: 0.25pt 6.25pt 0.25pt 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Glenn Renzulli</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt 6.25pt 0.25pt 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Title:</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt 6.25pt 0.25pt 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
  whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey Hack, Glenn Renzulli and Melinda Doster and each or any one of them, his
  true and lawful attorney-in-fact&nbsp;and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
  stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with
  all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
  unto said attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
  requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
  ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
  of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 4, 2022.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 39%; font-size: 10pt"><B>Name</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 59%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Position</B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jeffrey Hack</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey Hack</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Glenn Renzulli</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Glenn Renzulli</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Eric Bell</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Chief Accounting Officer and Controller</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Eric Bell</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Aaron Cohen</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Chair of the Board of Directors</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Aaron Cohen</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Debora Boyda</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Debora Boyda</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Oni Chukwu</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Director</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Oni Chukwu</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Michael J. Gordon</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Director</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Michael J. Gordon</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ KJ McConnell</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Director</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Kalen James (KJ) McConnell</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Collin E. Roche</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Director</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Collin E. Roche</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Sid Singh</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Director</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Sid Singh</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Anna May Trala</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Director</TD></TR>
    <TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Director</TD></TR>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 4,
  2022
  Registration No. 333-
  united
  states
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  PAYA
  HOLDINGS INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  85-2199433
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  303 Perimeter Center North Suite 600
  Atlanta, Georgia 30346
  30346
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Glenn Renzulli
  Chief Financial Officer
  303 Perimeter Center North Suite 600
  Atlanta, Georgia 30346
  (800) 261-0240
  (Name, address and telephone number, including
  area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to
  :
  Sophia Hudson, P.C.
  Ana Sempertegui
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  601 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  (212) 446-4800
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth
  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
  ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  Paya Holdings Inc. (the "Registrant")
  is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") to register an additional 10,000,000 shares
  of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, that may be issued and sold under the Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the
  "Plan"), following the amendment to the Plan that was approved by the Registrant's stockholders at its annual meeting
  on May 31, 2022. This Registration Statement is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding registration
  of additional securities, and pursuant to that instruction, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-251603)
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on December 22, 2020 are incorporated herein by reference.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Paya Holdings Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 16, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 22, 2020)
  4.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Paya Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 22, 2020)
  5.1*
  Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  10.1
  Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-251603), filed with the Commission on December 12, 2020)
  10.2
  Amendment to Paya Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 1, 2022)
  23.1*
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
  23.3*
  Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
  107*
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith.
  1
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
  of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
  of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on November 4, 2022.
  PAYA HOLDINGS INC.
  By:
  /s/ Glenn Renzulli
  Name:
  Glenn Renzulli
  Title:
  Chief Financial Officer
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
  whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey Hack, Glenn Renzulli and Melinda Doster and each or any one of them, his
  true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
  stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with
  all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
  unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
  requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
  ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
  of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 4, 2022.
  Name
  Position
  /s/ Jeffrey Hack
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  Jeffrey Hack
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Glenn Renzulli
  Chief Financial Officer
  Glenn Renzulli
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ Eric Bell
  Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  Eric Bell
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Aaron Cohen
  Chair of the Board of Directors
  Aaron Cohen
  /s/ Debora Boyda
  Director
  Debora Boyda
  /s/ Oni Chukwu
  Director
  Oni Chukwu
  /s/ Michael J. Gordon
  Director
  Michael J. Gordon
  /s/ KJ McConnell
  Director
  Kalen James (KJ) McConnell
  /s/ Collin E. Roche
  Director
  Collin E. Roche
  /s/ Sid Singh
  Director
  Sid Singh
  /s/ Anna May Trala
  Director
  Anna May Trala
  /s/ Stuart Yarbrough
  Director
  Stuart Yarbrough
  2