Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Mobile Payments companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Mobile Payments Companies & Startups (London)
Rapyd
| Founders | Arik Shtilman, Arkady Karpman, Omer Priel |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Rapyd is a payments platform that inserts fintech services into any app and simplifies the complex offering of local payment methods.
Form3
| Founders | Michael Mueller |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Form3 is a cloud native payments-as-a-service platform that designs, builds, and runs the technology that powers the future of payments.
Zepz
| Founders | Catherine Wines, Ismail Ahmed, Richard Igoe |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Zepz is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.
Baanx Group
| Founders | Garth Howat, Mark Evans, Sean Salloux |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
BaaS (Banking as a Service), white label, mobile digital asset friendly: wallets, cards, payment gateways, IBANs, for communities
Flexion
| Founders | Jens Lauritzson, Per Lauritzson |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Flexion is a monetization and distribution platform for developers and publishers.
KodyPay
| Founders | Jack Howell, Joshua Roel, Morgan Hammans, Yoyo Chang |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Revolutionising in-person payments to grow your business with a trustworthy and innovative solution.
Onvi
| Founders | Jon Clarke, Prask Sutton, Richie Stote |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The mobile-first POS system for hospitality
Yumpingo
| Founders | Andy Walker, Gary Goodman, George Wetz |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Yumpingo is an internet company that specializes in customer engagement and analytics platforms designed for the Hospitality Industry.
Judopay
| Founders | George Karibian, Jan Farrarons |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Judopay is a mobile-first payments platform.
Taptap Send
| Founders | Michael Faye |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Taptap Send is an app that lets immigrants send money back home.
Rvvup
| Founders | David Nunn |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Bridging the 3 Generations of Payments
sync.
| Founders | Azahara Egea, Ricky Lee |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
We provide bank account aggregation and personal financial management service.
Cake Technologies
| Founders | Charlotte Dales, Michelle Songy |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
CAKE is revolutionizing the way restaurants and bars engage with their customers.
Rizq
| Founders | Dennis Nemerov, Peter Trebelev, Shahid Amin, Yerkebulan Razdykov |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Rizq is the first fully digital sharia-compliant, ethical account in the UK.
Trilo
| Founders | Hamish Blythe |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Building the simplest way for people to pay people
Upstream
| Founders | Alex Vratskides, Marco Veremis, Nikos Iatropoulos |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Upstream is leading the mobile internet revolution in high growth markets.
Primer
| Founders | Gabriel Le Roux, Paul Anthony |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The automation platform for payments. End-to-end payment flows with no code.
pepperhq
| Founders | Charles Hall, Matthew Scott, Simon Kelton, Stuart Hall |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The Pepper platform supports white label apps for mobile payment, discovery, digital loyalty, social media marketing, and actionable data.
XPO
| Founders | Franck Ndame, Lotanna Ezeike, Tomi Aiyeola |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
We pay creator invoices, crazy fast.
Pillar Project
| Founders | David Siegel, Michael Messele, Robert Gaskell, Tomer Sofinzon, Vitor Py |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Platform to contextually manage your identity and transact with the services of the emerging web3 digital economy.
acasa
| Founders | Nick Katz, Paddy Allen, Vasanth Subramanian |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
acasa is a household management tool and bill splitting package that helps students, sharers and couples.
PayQin
| Founders | Fabrice Amalaman, Pierre-Antoine Sesque |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Making online payment simple for Africa
fena
| Founders | Faiz Rasool, Gosia Furmanik, Stefan Binder |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Democratising Open Banking access
Cuvva
| Founders | Freddy Macnamara, James Billingham |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Radically better insurance, fit for the future.
Moneymailme
| Founders | Mihai Ivascu |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Moneymailme is a mobile application that enables its users to receive and transfer payments with others.
Paychant
| Founders | Gabriel Adeniji, Moses Adeniji |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Paychant enables businesses and individuals in Africa to accept digital currencies as payment in their day-to-day commerce.
Preoday
| Founders | Andrew White |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
B2B pre-ordering platform for integrated e-commerce solutions for businesses serving food and beverages
Fingopay
| Founders | Nicholas Dryden |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Identity authentication platform
Azimo
| Founders | Marek Wawro, Marta Krupinska, Michael Kent, Ricky Knox |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Azimo is an online money transfer company that provides a fast, secure, and low-cost alternative to legacy high street remittance services.
Yoyo Wallet
| Founders | Alain Falys, Daniel Maurice-Vallerey, Dave Nicholson, Michael Rolph |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Yoyo Wallet is a mobile payment, loyalty and marketing platform.
K Wearables | My K Ring
| Founders | Philip Campbell |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
K Wearables is an award winning fintech focussed on wearables, combining payments, mass transit, loyalty, access control and ticketing.
SETL
| Founders | Peter Randall |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
SETL is a technology company that focuses on blockchain settlements and payments.
Kashing
| Founders | Gert Horne, Karen Rossouw |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Kashing uses smart payment technology that enables independent businesses to accept card payments.
NOQ
| Founders | Param Kanabar |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
NOQ is making food & drinks transactions at events and venues efficient, secure and enjoyable.
Thumbzup
| Founders | Stafford Masie |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Thumbzup Offers your merchant customer base an affordable, secure and fully certified MPOS solution.
Rezolve
| Founders | Dan Wagner |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Rezolve allows any kind of product or media to instantly trigger a highly relevant, contextual engagement between consumer and retailer
Goodlord
| Founders | Philip Mundy, Richard White, Tom Mundy |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Goodlord offers a cloud-based software to help estate agents, landlords, and tenants manage the rental process.
KiKapay
| Founders | Chris Moore, Philip Godden |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Fair, Fast, Secure direct from bank payments that are convenient for merchants and their customers. Powered by Open Banking
Moni Technologies
| Founders | Fernando Saturno, Laurence Aderemi |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Moni is a mobile money transfer platform that enables its users to transfer funds from their bank account directly into that of a recipient.
Magnetto
| Founders | Denis Yedin, Roman Starikov |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Magnetto is a developer of checkout automation and mobile marketing platforms for retailers.
Hands In
| Founders | Raul Patel, Samuel Flynn |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Building the first payment method enabling groups to checkout online.
DusuPay.com
| Founders | Hillary Namanya, John Kigonya, Kenneth Ntende |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Global Payments with Africa. Dusupay powers how businesses accept and make payments from and to Africa
Pie People Ltd
| Founders | Abdul Kadir |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Fintech SaaS
Paysafe
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Paysafe is a global payments provider offering a range of payments solutions for businesses and consumers.
WoraPay
| Founders | Aurimas Bakas, Nerijus Celkonas, Vaidas Adomauskas |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
WoraPay helps retailers to significantly increase sales whilst saving time for their clients: they order and self-checkout on mobile.
WeOrder
| Founders | Federico Andrioli, Tobia Loschiavo |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
WeOrder is a mobile ordering platform for bars, pubs, cafes, diners, and restaurants.
MishiPay
| Founders | Mustafa Khanwala, Tanvi Bhardwaj |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Mishipay is an app allowing you to never have to stand in line to pay at a store again.
Sendit.Money
| Founders | Michael Lawal |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Sendit.Money is a mobile wallet platform that provides an intuitive, secure, and inexpensive way to send and receive money.
Paycado
| Founders | Nadya Miteva, Veselin Sidjimov |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Paycado is a new Fintech Neobank aiming to provide affordable and innovative banking services.
Coowry
| Founders | Carlos Heredia, Fernando García Muñoz |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Coowry is a mobile application that allows to using of mobile airtime to exchange stuff.
TRAMONEX
| Founders | Amine Berraoui, Marc Avedissian |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Tramonex offers competitive, fast and safe online international payment services to small and medium enterprises
VPD.money
| Founders | Michael Simeon, Michael Simeon |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
VPD.money is a financial services company that provides borderless mobile banking experience and other financial services for customers
Mobile Media Info Tech Global Limited
| Founders | Jide Akindele |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Mobile Media Info Tech (MMIT) is a mobile payment processing company.
Oula.la
| Founders | John Sullivan, Mikael Quilfen, Raphael Caruso |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
A Better Way Than Banking™ Paye™ Paid As You Earn + On Demand Insurance Solutions Bringing Payments to Life™
bizpay
| Founders | Suthagar McNamara-Rajeswaran |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
bizpay makes accepting payments or instalments easy.
Fondy
| Founders | Maxim Kozenko, Valeria Vahorovska, Valeriia Vahorovska |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
International smart payment platform. Online acquiring with global benefits.
Gust Pay
| Founders | Jan Pool, Joe Botha, Werner van Zyl |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Gust Pay is a Stellenbosch-based app that facilitates mobile commerce to provide a better mobile payment experience for its users.
Bar Pass
| Founders | Benjamin Floyd, Bertie Guard, Michael Slane |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Bar Pass is a mobile ordering platform that enables individuals to get digital loyalty and purchase drinks at venues, brands, and brewers.
Paylinko
| Founders | Gabriele Musella |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Paylinko is a platform that enables users to receive deposits, ask for payments, and sell digital goods with a link.
RedCloud Technologies
| Founders | Justin Floyd |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
RedCloud believe technology will universally change the way in which services are distributed & accessed by people in new digital economy.
AreOne.com
| Founders | Khaled Haddad |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Digital Only Mobile Payment Application
PayPoint
| Founders | Robert Farbrother, Tim D. Watkin-Rees |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
PayPoint is a leading specialist payments collection network used, primarily, for the cash payment of bills and services and prepayments
AppsPicket
| Founders | Kunal Sharma, Raghav Bhaskar |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Frictionless secure two factor authentication based on innovative cryptographic protocol.
myPOS
| Founders | Christo Georgiev, Javor Petrov |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
myPOS is a European payment service provider, offering mobile payment terminals and online payment solutions to small and medium businesses.
ApTap
| Founders | Isa Ibrahim, Nadal Sarkytbayev, William Billingsley |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
ApTap offer a simple bill management API for banks to cancel, compare and switch their service providers with just a tap.
MuchBetter
| Founders | Jens Bader, PRASANNAA MURALIDHARAN |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
MuchBetter is a payment wallet allowing customers and merchants to process and manage e-payments in a secure, fair and economical way.
Simpler
| Founders | Rania Lamprou |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Simpler is revolutionising online checkout for shoppers and sellers.
tibdit
| Founders | Justin Maxwell, Pauline Hunter |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
tibdit is pocket change for the internet — tips and tiny payments spent without a second thought.
FasterPay
| Founders | Honor Gunday |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
A cross-border payments platform for private individuals and businesses to pay online, send, and receive money in multiple currencies.
Payza
| Founders | Ali Nizameddine, Firoz Patel |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Payza is an online payment platform that enables users to send and receive money, make online payments and get paid from anywhere.
Wallet Factory
| Founders | Mikhail Miroshnichenko, Yuriy Chayka |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Wallet Factory is a FinTech software service provider that helps financial businesses with reliable mobile wallet and online payment tools.
DOCOMO Digital
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
International payments business of NTT DOCOMO, enabling mobile commerce for digital brands
Techwisely Ltd
| Founders | Uzair Ahmed Siddiqui |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Available on mobile and smartwatch platform, we offer world’s first hands-free counterless checkout solution eliminating the need of queuing
SmartTrade App
| Founders | Catherine Woolgar, Keld van Schreven |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Accept any card payment, organise your paperwork and run your business with a free application on your phone, SmartTrade App.
Bled Tech
| Founders | Abdoul Yansane |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Bled Tech is a UK based company with international presence.
VibePay
| Founders | Luke Massie |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
VibePay is an application enabling consumers to pay, and businesses to get paid, wherever they are – in the app, on social and at checkout.
Nobly POS – Point of Sale
| Founders | George Urdea, Royce Fullerton, Sebastiaan Bruinsma |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Nobly is the point-of-sale, inventory management and CRM app for the iPad. A system that is beautiful designed, quick and easy to use.
No More Filing
| Founders | Dan Jacobs, Simon Grice |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
No More Filing is a cloud-based service that allows its users to store, manage, and share all their personal paperwork and documents.
Wi-Q
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
wi-Q is a cloud-based service that can be accessed directly from your customers’ mobile device.
OrderPay
| Founders | Richard Carter |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
OrderPay offers mobile order & pay solutions for the hospitality industry.
Tally Money
| Founders | Cameron Parry |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Tally® is a NeoBank and Challenger Currency provider with a standalone digital banking platform and physical gold monetary system
FC Exchange
| Founders | Martin Steenkamp, Nicholas Fullerton |
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International payments and money transfer services for individuals and businesses at bank-beating rates.
Centili
| Founders | Izabel Jelenic, Roberto Kutic, Silvio Kutic |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Centili is a global digital monetisation company focused on innovative mobile payment solutions and frictionless customer experience.
STICPAY
| Founders | Unknown |
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STICPAY offers e-wallet service for money deposit, transfer, and withdrawal.
Payfriendz
| Founders | Howard Allen |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Payfriendz is the new free payment app that makes payments with friends simple and free.
Atmen
| Founders | Marvyn Smith |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Digital Bank or Financial Services
Clearsettle
| Founders | Anil Uzun, Ozan Ozerk |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Clearsettle’s white label payment platform enables PSPs to expand globally and offer numerous payment methods with a single integration.
Blink
| Founders | Ben Cohen |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Creators of the Everything Payments Platform, powering £bns of transactions annually.
SnapMe
| Founders | Alexander Straub, Robert Biehl |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
SnapMe App provides a personalised mobile payment platform and Computer Vision (AI, Machine Learning) Interface for retailers.
Sway Money
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Making account-to-account payments easy
Pedal
| Founders | Richard Eaton |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
SaaS Mobile App – Payments – Parking – Parts – Fuel – Location based services – Fleet Management – Lease Hire – Insurance
Yankee Group
| Founders | Gregory Wester |
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Yankee Group is an independent technology research firm founded in 1973 by Howard Anderson.
Basebone
| Founders | Unknown |
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Basebone is a digital content business focused on the mobile phone user. We are the creators and owners of baseplay streaming services.
EverZero
| Founders | Derrick Agyiri |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Mobile Prepaid Payment Solution
Fether
| Founders | Ade Omisore, Adesore Omisore |
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Mobile Travel App
Tyl by NatWest
| Founders | Unknown |
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Tyl by NatWest is payment dealer that collects card bills from the customer.
Slashpay
| Founders | Unknown |
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Slashpay is a financial service company.
Upaid Systems
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Upaid Systems provides a centralized mobile payment processing platform for banks, mobile operators, and merchants.
Five Islands Capital Limited
| Founders | Alexander Lubin, Nicholas Lubin |
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Regulated retail & enterprise financial services and technology solutions provider.
PagoFX
| Founders | Unknown |
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PagoFX is an international payment service application.
StormPay
| Founders | Aziz Makhmudov, Otabek Nuritdinov, Sanjar Mavlyanov |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
StormPay is a fintech company that allows customers to use both financial and non-financial services in one app
