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
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
POS/In store
No
Omnichannel
Payments capabilities
Payment methods supported
Card schemes and alternative payment methods
Settlement currencies
25
Instant settlement
Pay-out/Disbursements
Payments orchestration
Reconciliation and reporting
B2B payments
Reporting/dashboards
Consolidated data and reporting dashboard
Financial and Compliance Capabilities
FX - number of currencies available
Yes, 25 currencies
Virtual IBAN
Multi currencies Virtual IBAN
Current account/settlement account
Lending
Client onboarding (KYC/KYB)
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