Skrill
Skrill, part of the Paysafe Group, is a global digital wallet and online payment platform designed for fast, secure, and low-friction transactions.
Skrill, part of the Paysafe Group, is a global digital wallet and online payment platform designed for fast, secure, and low-friction transactions. Supporting 40+ currencies and operating in 100+ countries, Skrill enables instant deposits, withdrawals, cross-border transfers, crypto trading, prepaid cards, and merchant payments. Its infrastructure includes A2A payments, high-risk industry support, PCI-DSS compliance, tokenization, and advanced fraud prevention powered by machine learning. Skrill delivers high authorization rates, seamless checkout, chargeback protection, and flexible integration via API and hosted payment pages—ideal for iGaming, forex, marketplaces, e-commerce, and global digital platforms.
What Skrill costs
Skrill 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 Skrill holds, as published by the provider or regulator. Check the register entry before relying on it.
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)What you need to onboard
Company Details · Company Documents · Enhanced KYB & Due Diligence
Licences a merchant needs
Crypto Licence (Local) · Forex Licence (Local) · Forex Licence (Offshore) · Forex Licence (Remote) · License · iGaming Licence (Local) · iGaming Licence (Remote)
What the last check found
Skrill is a brand, not a licence-holder: three separate e-money institutions stand behind it.
UK and rest-of-world wallet business sits with Skrill Limited (England, no. 04260907, incorporated 27 July 2001 as Moneybookers Limited), an FCA-authorised Electronic Money Institution, FRN 900001 — confirmed on the FCA's firm checker as Skrill Limited, skrill.com, EC2V 7AD, currently holding permission.
EEA business sits with Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited (Ireland, no. 626665, 15 George's Quay, Dublin), authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an EMI on 5 March 2019, reference C184986, which the Irish register carries with the registered trading name Skrill. The EBA register records its commercial name as, literally, "Skrill", and shows e-money issuance (ES_010) plus the full PSD2 service set passported into 30 EEA states.
The Skrill Prepaid Mastercard is issued by a third entity, Paysafe Financial Services Limited, FRN 900015 — which is the Neteller issuer and is recorded on that listing. The specific claim that this entity issues the Skrill card could not be established from any page that could be read, so it is not recorded as an authorisation here.
For merchants this is the part that matters. The Paysafe Digital Wallet Merchant Terms define the Merchant Account as an electronic money account "held with Skrill and/or PFSL and/or PPSL", so which of three EMIs holds a balance depends on the contracting region, and the brand alone does not tell you. All three are e-money licences, not banking licences: funds are safeguarded rather than deposit-guaranteed, and Skrill's own terms state that the UK FSCS does not apply.
Two loose ends. An FCA page also lists "Moneybookers Ltd" at FRN 214225 — same telephone number, old Charterhouse Square address — which could not be reconciled against 900001 and is left out rather than guessed. And the US registration 935195 is not recorded, because NMLS Consumer Access is CAPTCHA-gated and the number could not be resolved.
Checked against Skrill’s own documentation on 21 October 2026. Coverage changes; confirm anything you are about to build on.
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Sources · 14
- Skrill site page index · skrill.comUsed for establishing that Skrill publishes no supported-country or supported-currency page, and the consumer cryptocurrency terms and risk statementChecked 20 October 2026
- Paysafe developer documentation index · developer.paysafe.comUsed for Skrill, Skrill 1-Tap and Rapid Transfer as documented payment methods, confirming that merchant integration runs through PaysafeChecked 20 October 2026
- FCA warning notice naming Skrill Limited as the genuine authorised firm · fca.org.ukUsed for Regulator-published confirmation of Skrill Limited, FRN 900001, registered address and website; also the unreconciled Moneybookers Ltd FRN 214225 entry
- FCA warning notice naming Paysafe Financial Services Limited as a genuine authorised firm · fca.org.ukUsed for Regulator-published confirmation of Paysafe Financial Services Limited, FRN 900015
- EBA Payment Institutions Register (PSD golden copy download-PSDMD-202610200800) · euclid.eba.europa.euUsed for Central Bank of Ireland record IE_CBI!C184986 — Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited, entity type PSD_EMI, commercial name "Skrill", authorised 2019-03-05, Dublin address, 30-country EEA passport and service codes; also Paysafe Prepaid Services Limited C185005
- Paysafe Digital Wallet Merchant Terms and Conditions · skrill.comUsed for Which entity holds merchant funds: Merchant Account defined as e-money account held with Skrill Limited and/or PFSL (reg. 4478861) and/or PPSL (reg. 626665); Skrill Services provided by Skrill and/or PPSL
- Skrill website footer and Skrill Account Terms of Use · skrill.comUsed for Skrill Limited company number 04260907, FCA EMI authorisation FRN 900001, FCA cryptoasset registration, PFSL FRN 900015 as card issuer, and the statement that the FSCS does not apply
- Companies House — SKRILL LIMITED (04260907) · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.ukUsed for Founded year: incorporated 27 July 2001; previous name MONEYBOOKERS LIMITED until 19 July 2013; registered office and active status
- Paysafe Limited FY2025 Form 20-F, Exhibit 8.1 — List of Subsidiaries · sec.govUsed for Parent company: Skrill Limited and Paysafe Payment(s) Solutions Limited each 100% owned by Paysafe Limited; Dublin address D02 VR98 matching the CBI register entry
- Paysafe Limited FY2025 Form 20-F · sec.govUsed for Confirms FCA authorisation to issue e-money plus AIS/PIS and UK VASP registration; two Irish entities authorised by the CBI as e-money issuers and passporting into the EEA; Skrill USA registered with FinCEN as an MSB and treated as a money transmitter; NYSE listing (PSFE) still current, the 2025 25-NSE being a warrant delisting
- Skrill USA website footer · skrill.comUsed for US entity Skrill USA, Inc., Jacksonville FL, NMLS ID 935195, FinCEN registration and state money transmitter licences
- Neteller website footer · neteller.comUsed for Independent corroboration of Paysafe Financial Services Limited, registered number 4478861, FCA EMI FRN 900015
- FCA Firm Checker — search for "Skrill" · fca.org.ukUsed for Register read confirming FRN 900001 belongs to Skrill Limited (also known as Skrill), skrill.com, EC2V 7AD, and that it currently holds FCA permission.Checked 21 October 2026
- Central Bank of Ireland — firm data page, reference C184986 · registers.centralbank.ieUsed for Register read confirming C184986 is Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited with the registered trading name Skrill, on the E-Money Institutions PSD2 register.Checked 21 October 2026
14 sources · last checked 21 October 2026 — each one says which claim it supports.
Compiled from public sources — verify with Skrill before you sign anything. How we compile this · Suggest a correction ·