Paysafe

Who it's for

Paysafe is built for merchants and platforms accepting online payments with the local methods European customers expect. It holds its own e-money licence, so programmes can run under its umbrella with safeguarded client funds.

Sovereignty profile

• Data residency (EEA): Partial - partly in the EEA - check the rail
• Company origin: UK (UK / Ireland)
• Ownership / control: no change of control on record

What Paysafe does

Capabilities & rails

• Local-payments coverage: Regional / pan-European
• Local payment schemes: iDEAL, giropay, Bancontact, SOFORT, Klarna
• E-commerce integrations: WooCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop

Verified licence profile

Paysafe (UK; NYSE-listed) - payments group: Paysafe Payment Solutions (Skrill, Neteller, Rapid Transfer) and Paysafe Prepaid Services (paysafecard) regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (EEA), and Paysafe Financial Services (EMI, FCA FRN 900015, UK). MiCA CASP (CBI) for crypto across the EEA.

Verified 2026-06-26. How we verify → · Official website: paysafe.com · Spotted something out of date? Report a correction.

Official register entries

• MiCA CASP - Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) · LEI 213800QBQVHWRBHJTA89 · Active (ESMA MiCA register, as of 2026-09-18)
• Payment institution (PI) - Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority · Ref 21080900 · Active (EBA PSD2 register, as of 2026-09-18)
• E-money institution (EMI) - Central Bank of Ireland · Ref C184986 · Active (EBA PSD2 register, as of 2026-09-18)
• E-money institution (EMI) - Central Bank of Ireland · Ref C185005 · Active (EBA PSD2 register, as of 2026-09-18)
• E-money institution (EMI) - Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · Ref 900015 · Active (FCA Financial Services Register, as of 2026-09-18)

Register-sourced. See the full European Fintech Index. Registers have no legal significance - always confirm current status with the home regulator.