European payment service providers

A payment service provider handles the money side of a web shop or an app: card payments, bank transfers, direct debits, wallets and local methods, plus refunds, payouts and reconciliation. The card details are usually entered on the provider's own hosted page or iframe, so they never touch your server, which keeps your PCI DSS obligations to a manageable size.

European shoppers expect the payment methods they already use locally, and that is often where European providers are strongest. mollie, adyen and Mangopay are run from Europe. Working with a European payment service provider means transaction data and settlement stay inside EU financial supervision, with contracts, invoices and support in your own market. Check which methods a provider covers for the countries you actually sell to.