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Paysafe

NYSE-listed group behind Skrill, NETELLER and paysafecard that also provides card processing for merchants, with a strong focus on regulated iGaming.

Paysafe is a payments group headquartered in London, incorporated in Bermuda and listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PSFE. It traces its history to Netbanx, founded in 1996, and to Neteller and Optimal Payments; the Paysafe Group name followed the 2015 purchase of Skrill and paysafecard. Blackstone and CVC took it private in 2017, and a SPAC merger brought it back to public markets in 2021. Bruce Lowthers has been chief executive since 2022, and the company reports around 2,800 staff in 12 countries.

It runs two businesses. Merchant Solutions provides card acquiring and gateway services, from small US and Canadian firms signed through bank-sponsored ISO arrangements to large online merchants. The Digital Wallets side covers Skrill and NETELLER plus the eCash brands paysafecard and PaysafeCash, which let people pay online with cash; each has its own listing here. Through the Payments API, the hosted Paysafe Checkout or Paysafe.js, merchants can accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover alongside Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, ACH, Interac e-Transfer, Bacs and SEPA Direct Debit, iDEAL, BLIK and the group's own wallets and vouchers. Latin American coverage, built around the acquired SafetyPay and PagoEfectivo businesses, includes Pix, Boleto, Khipu, PSE, SPEI and over-the-counter cash.

The main regulated entities are Paysafe Financial Services Limited, an FCA-authorised e-money institution, and Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited, authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an e-money institution and, under MiCA, a crypto-asset service provider. Brazil's central bank granted Paysafe a payment institution licence in January 2025, as its regulated betting market opened.

Regulated iGaming is the core vertical. By mid-2023 Paysafe was working with operators in 27 US jurisdictions, and it has since added bank payments and crypto deposits aimed at US sportsbooks. Video gaming, forex, retail, travel and charities are also served. Prices are quoted per merchant rather than published, and card acquiring is concentrated in North America, the UK and Europe.

What Paysafe costs

Paysafe quotes per merchant. What you are offered depends on your volume, your industry, the countries you sell in, your card mix and your risk profile — so a published headline rate would not be your rate. Ask them for a quote against your own numbers.

Licences and regulation

Authorisations Paysafe holds, as published by the provider or regulator. Check the register entry before relying on it.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Authorised Electronic Money Institution under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (Paysafe Financial Services Limited) · United Kingdom · GB · 900015
Register
Central Bank of Ireland
E-money institution under PSD2 / EMRs 2011 (Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited, trading as Paysafe, Neteller, Skrill, Rapid Transfer) · Ireland · IE · C184986
Register
Central Bank of Ireland
Crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, Article 63 (Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited) · Ireland · IE · C184986
Register
Banco Central do Brasil
Payment institution (instituição de pagamento) licence, announced 7 January 2025 · Brazil · BR
Register
FINTRAC
Foreign money services business registration (Paysafe Financial Services Limited) · Canada · CA
Register
Revenu Québec
Money services business licence (Paysafe Financial Services Limited) · Canada · CA
Register

What it will not onboard

Paysafe publishes which kinds of business it will and will not take. A category below the line is not a maybe — it is a declined application, whatever the coverage says.

Will not take (12)

  • 9223Bail and bond payments — Bail and bond payments are on Paysafe's rejected list.
  • 5993Cigar stores and stands — Cigarette and tobacco sales are on Paysafe's rejected list.
  • 5966Direct marketing — outbound telemarketing — Outbound telemarketing is on the rejected list, and so is inbound.
  • 5962Direct marketing — travel — Travel-related arrangement services sold by direct marketing are on the rejected list.
  • 5963Door-to-door sales — Door-to-door sales are on Paysafe's rejected list.
  • 5122Drugs, drug proprietaries and druggist sundries — Rejected as non-prescription drugs — wonder drugs, steroids, diet pills and all internet drug stores.
  • 5933Pawn shops — Pawn shops are on Paysafe's rejected list.
  • 6211Security brokers and dealers — Rejected as investor services and investment clubs, and the sale of stocks, securities, options and other investments.
  • 5169Chemicals and allied products — Rejected as chemicals and allied products not elsewhere classified.
  • 8641Civic, social and fraternal associations — Civic, social and fraternal associations are on Paysafe's rejected list.
  • 7321Credit reporting agencies — Consumer credit reporting agencies are rejected, as is credit restoration.
  • 7393Detective agencies — Rejected as detective agencies, protective agencies and security, along with protection services and guard dogs.

Will look at, with more information (5)

  • 7012Timeshares — Timeshares are rejected except those sold by certain hotel chains, publicly quoted subsidiaries and reputable exchange organisations, and then only with Chief Risk Officer approval.
  • 7277Counselling services — Paysafe rejects non-licensed counselling centres. Licensed counselling is not named either way.
  • 8111Legal services and attorneys — Paysafe rejects bankruptcy attorneys specifically. Legal services generally are not named.
  • 8651Political organisations — Political organisations are rejected except nationally recognised political parties, and then only with Chief Risk Officer approval.
  • 8661Religious organisations — Religious organisations are rejected except nationally recognised organisations and faiths.

Checked 20 October 2026. Source Categories change, and an acquirer can refuse a business whose code is not on any list. Confirm with Paysafe before you build.

What you need to onboard

Bank Statement / Bank Account · Company Details · Personal Details

Licences a merchant needs

iGaming Licence (Local)

Features

3D Secure · Account Updater · Chargeback Management · Crypto Settlement · FX Conversion · Fraud Prevention · Multi-Currency · Network Tokenisation · Partial Refund · Payouts · Recurring Payments · Refunds · Reporting & Analytics · Sandbox / Testing Environment · Tokenisation · Webhook Notifications · White Label

What the last check found

Recheck against Paysafe's own developer documentation. The find here is not coverage — it is the onboarding criteria page, which spells out in Paysafe's own words which businesses it will not take. Almost no provider publishes this, and for a merchant it answers the question that matters before any country or currency does: will they have me at all.

Paysafe says it accepts merchants from any sector that does not pose a reputational, credit, legal or chargeback risk, then names about thirty it rejects outright and four it will consider only with Chief Risk Officer approval: auction houses outside publicly quoted or long-established ones, political organisations outside nationally recognised parties, religious organisations outside nationally recognised faiths, and timeshares outside certain hotel chains and exchange organisations. Those are recorded against the merchant category codes on this listing, with the four marked restricted rather than prohibited, because the difference is a conversation rather than a refusal.

The rejected list is worth reading rather than summarising: it covers categories a merchant would not expect to be contentious, among them civic and fraternal associations, consumer credit reporting, non-licensed counselling, detective and protective agencies, securities and investment sales, and travel-related direct marketing. It also rejects any service with no end date or more than twelve months between payments, life insurance excepted — a subscription-shape rule rather than an industry one, and one that catches businesses looking nothing like the list.

Methods are the ones Paysafe publishes an integration page for across the Payments API and Paysafe Checkout, including its own wallets and vouchers: Skrill, Skrill 1-Tap, Rapid Transfer, Neteller, paysafecard and Paysafecash. No countries or currencies are claimed: Paysafe publishes neither a supported-country list nor a supported-currency list, only a note that its JS library can present multiple currencies.

Checked against Paysafe’s own documentation on 20 October 2026. Coverage changes; confirm anything you are about to build on.

Pricing, in detail

Merchant pricing is not published; Paysafe quotes per merchant. Skrill and NETELLER publish their own consumer and merchant fee schedules on their sites, which belong to those listings.

Is Paysafe regulated?

Paysafe holds authorisations from Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Central Bank of Ireland, Banco Central do Brasil, FINTRAC and Revenu Québec. Always check the regulator’s public register before relying on it.

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Sources · 21

  1. Paysafe - Regulatory Disclosures · paysafe.comlicensingUsed for regulation, group entities, US/Canada ISO sponsor banks, trading names
  2. FCA Register - E-Money Firms (CSV) · register.fca.org.uklicensingUsed for regulation (FRN 900015, plus group entities 900001 and 900021)
  3. Central Bank of Ireland register - Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited · registers.centralbank.ielicensingUsed for regulation (EMI and MiCA CASP)
  4. Central Bank of Ireland register - Paysafe Prepaid Services Limited · registers.centralbank.ielicensingthe companyUsed for regulation (group eCash entity, noted only)
  5. Paysafe - Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.orgthe companyUsed for company history, founding, listings, ownership, acquisitions
  6. Paysafe Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results (13 August 2026) · ir.paysafe.comcountrieswho they onboardthe companyUsed for company (employees, countries, TPV, sectors)
  7. Paysafe Expands Payment Options Business to Brazil (7 January 2025) · ir.paysafe.comlicensingUsed for regulation (Brazil PI licence)
  8. Skrill and Neteller expand regulated crypto services to Germany (April 2026) · paysafe.comlicensingUsed for regulation (MiCA CASP)
  9. Paysafe Diversifies US iGaming Presence with Multi-State Betr Partnership (17 July 2023) · ir.paysafe.comcountriesUsed for US iGaming coverage (27 jurisdictions)
  10. Paysafe Announces Agreement to Sell Direct Marketing Payment Processing Business Line (11 February 2025) · ir.paysafe.comthe companyvolumesUsed for company (divestment), 2025 boilerplate figures
  11. Paysafe - Explore local payment methods · paysafe.comcountriesmethodsUsed for methods, countries per method
  12. Paysafe Developer - About Card Payments · developer.paysafe.comcurrenciesmethodsUsed for methods (card schemes), currencies, features
  13. Paysafe Developer documentation index · developer.paysafe.commethodspricingcapabilitiesintegrationsUsed for methods, integrations (SDKs, shopping carts), features (account updater, network tokenisation, payment scheduler, FX rates)
  14. Paysafe Developer - Paysafe Checkout supported payment methods · developer.paysafe.comcountriesmethodsUsed for methods, regions
  15. Paysafe Developer - SafetyPay Express Online Bank Transfer · developer.paysafe.comcountriescurrenciesUsed for countries and currencies (Latin America)
  16. Paysafe Developer - Applications API onboarding fields · developer.paysafe.comUsed for onboarding requirements
  17. Paysafe - Industries we serve · paysafe.comwho they onboardUsed for industries
  18. Paysafe - iGaming payments · paysafe.comcountriescurrenciesmethodswho they onboardUsed for industries, coverage claims (120+ countries, 250+ methods, 40+ currencies)
  19. Paysafe - Pay with Crypto · paysafe.commethodsUsed for methods, features (fiat or stablecoin settlement)
  20. Paysafe Checkout - WordPress plugin · wordpress.orgintegrationsUsed for integrations (WooCommerce/WordPress)
  21. Paysafe Developer — onboarding criteria · developer.paysafe.comwho they onboardUsed for every prohibited and restricted merchant category recorded against this listing, the four needing Chief Risk Officer approval, and the rule on services with no end date or more than twelve months between paymentsChecked 20 October 2026

21 sources · last checked 21 October 2026 — each one says which claim it supports.

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