Solaris alternatives - verified European options
101 verified providers share Solaris's ground. The closest matches are below, European-origin first - facts, not verdicts, each checked at source.
Who you would be replacing: Solaris is built for teams that want accounts, payments and cards behind one contract and one API. It operates with a full banking licence - deposit-guaranteed accounts and credit products are on the table. Verified stand-outs: local IBANs in DE; credit-card capable.
An alternative has to cover the same ground - BaaS, Card issuing software, BIN sponsor, IBAN sponsor, Lending module - and fit your licence model, markets and data-residency requirements. The cards below rank by verified capability overlap; every claim traces to the provider's profile and register entry. The full category list lives in the BaaS hub.
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Verified facts in one table - licence, residency, rails. No verdict.
Closest verified alternatives
🏦 Local IBANs: LT GB
DiPocket (Lithuania; + UK) - card issuing and IBAN accounts; Visa & Mastercard Principal Member. EMI, Bank of Lithuania (EEA) + FCA (UK). SEPA + SWIFT, LT IBANs and UK Faster Payments.
🏦 Local IBANs: BG GB
Paynetics (Bulgaria; + UK) - card issuing, BIN sponsorship and accounts; dedicated IBANs (SEPA + SWIFT) plus UK sort-code accounts. Dual EMI: BNB (No. 44) + FCA (942777; formerly TPR 900785).
🏦 Local IBANs: ES
Pecunpay (Pecunia Cards EDE SL, Spain; est. 2015) - card issuing and BIN sponsorship; Visa/Mastercard and the first Spanish issuer of UnionPay cards. Spanish EMI (Banco de Espana). First EMI with direct access to the Spanish payment system (Iberpay) and its own IBAN codes.
🏦 Local IBANs: FR DE ES IT NL BE
Swan (France) - embedded banking, accounts and card issuing; Mastercard Principal Member sponsoring embedded card programmes. EMI, ACPR (ref 86245).
🏦 Local IBANs: NL
Adyen (Netherlands) - global acquiring, card issuing and banking; Adyen Issuing offers BIN sponsorship for platforms plus business accounts with NL IBANs. Credit institution (bank), DNB; passported across the EEA (CRD IV). A rare EU-HQ global processor. Agentic-ready - named partner in Mastercard Agent Pay (AI-agent commerce).
🏦 Local IBANs: LT
Bankera (Lithuania) - business and personal banking (LT IBANs, SEPA/SWIFT, cards) operated via UAB Pervesk (EMI, Bank of Lithuania). Earlier 2017-18 ICO-funded history.
🏦 Local IBANs: LT
ConnectPay (Lithuania) - BaaS and embedded finance for platforms (accounts, payments, cards). EMI No. 24 (Bank of Lithuania); PIS/AIS extension 2024.
Edenred Payment Solutions (ex-PrePay Solutions / PPS; UK + Belgium) - card issuing, BIN sponsorship and in-house processing; Mastercard + Visa primary issuer. FCA EMI (UK, FRN 900010) + PPS EU SA (NBB Belgium, passported to 7 EU countries). Part of Edenred SE (FR, listed); founding member of Mastercard BIN Sponsor Plus.
🏦 Local IBANs: IE
Fire (Ireland) - EUR and GBP accounts, Irish IBANs and an API; a Payment Institution under the Central Bank of Ireland (Ref C58301), with a UK entity. NB: PI, not EMI.
FAQ
What are the best Solaris alternatives?
Fintechnologica lists 101 verified European providers sharing Solaris's categories (BaaS, Card issuing software, BIN sponsor, IBAN sponsor, Lending module); the closest matches by verified capability overlap are on this page, European-origin first. Which one fits depends on your markets, licence model and volumes - exactly the comparison a match request answers with three named providers.
How do I compare Solaris with an alternative side by side?
Start from the verified fields every profile carries - licence type and regulator, EEA data residency, local IBANs and rails, published pricing. Curated side-by-side tables exist for selected pairs, and the catalogue's Compare checkbox puts any three providers in one table. For a like-for-like brief across three named providers, request a match.