Verifone
Verifone is a US - contrast fintech-infrastructure provider (Payment terminals & SoftPOS). Verified at source - licence, regulator and registry reference. Active
Who it's for
Verifone is built for merchants accepting in-person payments - terminals or phone-as-POS. As an unlicensed vendor, regulatory obligations stay on the client's side.
Sovereignty profile
- Data residency (EEA): Partial - partly in the EEA - check the rail
- Company origin: US (US)
What Verifone does
Verified licence profile
Verifone (San Jose, US) - one of the largest global providers of payment terminals and point-of-sale electronic payment systems. Contrast / US.
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Official register entries
- Payment institution (PI) - The Netherlands Bank · Ref R135035 · Active (EBA PSD2 register, as of 2026-07-18)
Register-sourced. See the full European Fintech Index. Registers have no legal significance - always confirm current status with the home regulator.
European alternatives to Verifone
CCV (Arnhem, Netherlands; roots to 1958) - Dutch payment-terminals and PSP group serving retailers across NL/BE/DE/CH, with a SoftPOS solution built with Rubean. NB: acquired by Fiserv (US, 2025) to expand the Clover platform in Europe - ownership flag.
Comgate (Czech Republic) - Czech PSP for e-shops and physical stores: payment gateway plus payment terminals, with direct Visa/Mastercard acquirer status since 2023; 21,000+ merchants and over CZK 53bn processed annually. Payment institution (Czech National Bank).
Ingenico (Suresnes, France) - the global leader in payment terminals: AXIUM Android terminals, Terminal-as-a-Service and the PPaaS payments platform. Sold by Worldline to Apollo Funds (closed Oct 2022), operating as an independent company since - ownership flag (US PE). Acquired SoftPOS provider phos (2023).
phos (Sofia, Bulgaria) - software-only point-of-sale (SoftPOS): turns Android phones into contactless payment terminals, white-labelled for banks and acquirers. Acquired by Ingenico (Mar 2023) - Bulgarian engineering inside the global terminals leader.
Polskie ePłatności - PeP (Rzeszow/Warsaw, Poland) - one of Poland's largest merchant acquirers with 125,000+ POS terminals, in-store and online acceptance. National Payment Institution (KNF). NB: acquired by Nets (Oct 2020, EV EUR 405m), now part of the Nexi Group - ownership flag (EU). Register-sourced: Payment institution (PI), Polish Financial Supervision Authority, ref 5862141089; passported to 30 EEA states.
Rubean (Munich, Germany; listed) - software-only POS (SoftPOS) for banks, acquirers and merchants: PhonePOS with PCI MPoC-certified software deployed across Europe and Latin America since 2020; SoftPOS partner of CCV.
FAQ
Is Verifone European / EEA-based?
Partly. Verifone is US origin (US); part of its rail or data sits outside the EEA - check the licence profile.
What does Verifone do?
Verifone covers: Payment terminals & SoftPOS. Verified at source by Fintechnologica.