Company Database - Banking Circle

The Payments Bank for the new economy

Banking Circle is a fully licenced next generation payments bank, designed to meet the global banking and payments needs of payments businesses, banks and online marketplaces.
Banking Circle solutions power the payments propositions of more than 200 regulated businesses.

Target market

  • PSPs
  • FinTechs
  • Banks
  • Marketplaces

Contact details

info@bankingcircle.com

Geographical presence

Global

Year founded

2013

Investors

EQT VIII and EQT Ventures

License type

Credit institution - Registration number LUB00000408

Member of industry association and/or initiatives

The Payments Association, Financial Services Forum, European Association of Payment Service Providers (EPSM), UK Finance, Innovate Finance, Payments Innovation Forum (PIF), AFEP, Verband der Auslandsbanken in Deutschland (Association of Foreign Banks in Germany), P27 Nordic payment initiative, Holland FinTech, Copenhagen FinTech,
Luxembourg for Finance Association, FinTech Ireland.

Company's motto

The Payments Bank for the new economy

Service Provider Type

Payments and Financial Infrastructure

Yes - local payouts in 12 currencies and cross border payments via the SWIFT network in 25 currencies

Cryptocurrency payments solution

Yes

Channels - context

Online 

Yes

POS/In store 

No

Omnichannel 

No

Payments capabilities

Payment methods supported

Card schemes and alternative payment methods

Settlement currencies 

25

Instant settlement 

Yes

Pay-out/Disbursements 

Yes

Payments orchestration 

Yes

Reconciliation and reporting 

Yes

B2B payments 

Yes

Reporting/dashboards

Consolidated data and reporting dashboard

Yes

Financial and Compliance Capabilities

FX -  number of currencies available

Yes, 25 currencies

Virtual IBAN

Yes, 25 currencies

Multi currencies Virtual IBAN

Yes, 25 currencies

Current account/settlement account

Yes

Lending

Yes

Instant settlement 

Yes

Client onboarding (KYC/KYB)

Yes

Clients

Main clients/references

Stripe, Alibaba, Paysafe, PPRO, Nuvei, Paymentsense, Novalnet

Case Studies

Nuvei, Paysafe, Ixaris

Awards

9 awards received in 2021, including: European Business Magazine Awards ‘Best bank 2020/21’, Payments Awards ‘Best Cross-Border Payments Infrastructure’ and Banking Tech Awards ‘Best use of AI’

Transactions

Transaction volume

120 million payments per year

Transaction value

More than EUR 250 billion