London’s 101 Fastest Growing Payments Startups

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 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 Payments Companies & Startups (London)

Weavr

Weavr is an online platform that creates, integrates, deploys, and runs digital payment flows.

Soldo

Soldo is a multi-user expense account helping companies manage their budgets.

Token

Token is an open banking payments platform driving the shift from traditional payment methods to bank payments.

Rapyd

Rapyd is a payments platform that inserts fintech services into any app and simplifies the complex offering of local payment methods.

Form3

Form3 is a cloud native payments-as-a-service platform that designs, builds, and runs the technology that powers the future of payments.

DNA Payments

DNA Payments is committed to build a transparent business model, so that customers can easily track their money at each stage.

Zepz

Zepz is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.

Nous

Nous is a software company that deals with household utilities.

Repay Solutions

Over The Top payment platform connecting businesses to the latest real-time payments innovations without changing bank.

Kwanji

Online FX Comparison Platform Bridging Emerging & Traditional Markets

Trussle

Trussle is a free online mortgage broker that works with much-needed transparency.

Cryptopay

Cryptopay is a digital currency firms, offering crypto-wallets, debit cards, B2B payments, & investments.

dopay

dopay provides a cloud-based payroll service that allows employers to calculate salaries and make payments electronically.

Percent

Percent is the API-first fintech powering purpose worldwide.

Vyne Technologies

Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform.

Baanx Group

BaaS (Banking as a Service), white label, mobile digital asset friendly: wallets, cards, payment gateways, IBANs, for communities

DigiDoe

DigiDoe is a UK-based fintech which has redesigned the world’s payments infrastructure for the 21st century.

APEXX Global

APEXX consolidates global payment providers into a single integration point, optimising the cost of complex payment ecosystems.

Glint

Glint is a FinTech with an app and debit card that enables clients to save, exchange, spend and send multi-currencies and physical gold.

Omnio

Omnio Group is a market leading provider of cloud-based banking and payment services.

Mode

Mode is building the next-gen financial ecosystem allowing consumers and businesses to connect in ways that have never before been achieved.

Flexion

Flexion is a monetization and distribution platform for developers and publishers.

inai

Inai allows vendors to set up their payment stack with a single integration.

Monitise

Monitise is a technology and services company that delivers mobile banking, payments, and commerce networks.

YayPay

YayPay is intelligent accounts receivables automation

Applied Blockchain

Applied Blockchain builds private and secure business applications

KodyPay

Revolutionising in-person payments to grow your business with a trustworthy and innovative solution.

Ben

Supercharge your benefits, save time and money

AEVI

AEVI provides a platform for merchant-facing businesses that enables them to upgrade to more agile, more data-driven propositions.

Onvi

The mobile-first POS system for hospitality

Adhara

Real time global liquidity management, FX and international payments on CBDCs and tokenized money for banks and central banks

Yumpingo

Yumpingo is an internet company that specializes in customer engagement and analytics platforms designed for the Hospitality Industry.

Judopay

Judopay is a mobile-first payments platform.

GoCardless

GoCardless is a payment company that makes collecting payments by direct debit easy for everyone.

Taptap Send

Taptap Send is an app that lets immigrants send money back home.

Lendable

Lendable is a peer-to-peer lending platform that provides instant paperless loans.

Fiat Republic

Fiat Republic provides banking API unlocking mainstream fiat services for crypto platforms.

Vitesse PSP

Vitesse is the smart way to make secure global money transfers.

Cashplus

Cashplus is a digital challenger to UK banks and has served more than 1.6m customers since launching in 2005

Rvvup

Bridging the 3 Generations of Payments

Comma

Comma is a platform that makes it easy for businesses to pay salaries, taxes, and invoices by revolutionizing the payments system.

TruRating

TruRating offers businesses with a POP rating system that analyses customer satisfaction.

Groupay

Groupay is an online platform for web design.

sync.

We provide bank account aggregation and personal financial management service.

Paycast

Paycast is a new type of payment engine for marketplaces, with a bold ambition to facilitate a new era of trust online.

FNA

FNA is a deep technology analytics company that offers financial system services.

trustshare

Escrow infrastructure as a service. We allow brands that consumers trust to go live with a fully branded escrow solution in 5 lines of code.

Cake Technologies

CAKE is revolutionizing the way restaurants and bars engage with their customers.

Rizq

Rizq is the first fully digital sharia-compliant, ethical account in the UK.

Kapaga(by Finadvant)

Banking Ecosystem for SMEs trading internationally

Nomod

Nomod creates a financial operating system for forward-thinking companies in emerging countries.

PawaPay

PawaPay is a payments company that provides mobile payment solutions to African consumers or businesses.

Crezco

Crezco provides instant, innovative payment solutions.

Hammock

Hammock is a technology platform that helps landlords reconcile transactions on the go.

Uncapped

Uncapped is a provider of revenue-based financing that enables founders to raise growth capital without interest or equity.

Freemarket

Freemarket accelerate’s businesses growth by giving them access to cross-border payments and currency exchange optimized for their needs.

Payosu

Osu provides businesses and consumers with a fast, simple, and safe push-payment solution.

Trilo

Building the simplest way for people to pay people

Paddle

We’re the only complete payments infrastructure provider for SaaS companies.

Wise

Wise is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges.

Upstream

Upstream is leading the mobile internet revolution in high growth markets.

Ebury

Ebury is a financial services company designed to empower small and medium-sized businesses that want to trade internationally.

Ixaris

Ixaris is a payment optimization company that helps businesses make smarter payment choices.

Citizen

Citizen uses open banking to simplify payments for businesses and consumers.

Primer

The automation platform for payments. End-to-end payment flows with no code.

pepperhq

The Pepper platform supports white label apps for mobile payment, discovery, digital loyalty, social media marketing, and actionable data.

PayDo

Merchant provider for online merchants with 300+ payment methods to make global business.

Everything

Everything is a UK-based Fintech firm focused on reinventing premium bonds with a social spin.

XPO

We pay creator invoices, crazy fast.

SatoshiPay

Connecting the world through instant payments

Pillar Project

Platform to contextually manage your identity and transact with the services of the emerging web3 digital economy.

TRASTRA

Easy and fast banking for cashing out crypto

Lumio Technologies

Lumio is you Intelligent wealth mentor. With the simple aim to maximize your money around your lifestyle

Tipjar

Tipjar is a cashless and contactless tipping platform.

MONI

MONI – a micro-banking platform for the Millennials

Nook

Nook offering is geared towards delivering simplified SME payments and invoicing solutions.

Corefy

Payment Platform & Payments Hub

Cybertonica

Cybertonica uses Machine Learning and AI to manage risk and fraud, increasing trust and growing frictionless banking and m/e-payments.

acasa

acasa is a household management tool and bill splitting package that helps students, sharers and couples.

Loot Financial Services

Loot Financial Services is a banking and money management app for students.

Transak

Web2-to-web3 conversion funnels for the next generation of apps.

Ravelin

Ravelin is a smart fraud detection and prevention platform that helps companies stop online payment fraud.

PayQin

Making online payment simple for Africa

Yordex

Smart Spend Management Software, SaaS, B2B Payment Service

Easy Payment Gateway

Easy Payment Gateway is quite possibly the worlds best online payment gateway.

InPlayer

InPlayer is a video and digital asset monetization platform.

Manigo

Manigo is a full stack Banking as a Service (BaaS) provider

fena

Democratising Open Banking access

Bukit

Bukit is an aggregator that connects service providers to people, offers a SaaS to businesses.

Telleroo

Telleroo is one unified way for accountants & bookkeepers to make payments on behalf of clients

Propoly

Propoly is a digital platform that enables letting agents to use the latest technologies to reduce on admin. (Acquired in 2021 by LFL)

Tab

We’re revolutionising the way travellers discover, plan and book a trip.

Kantox

Kantox is a leader in Currency Management Automation software that enables businesses to automate their end-to-end FX workflow

Cuvva

Radically better insurance, fit for the future.

Verto

We power cross‑border payments for the world’s fastest‑growing startups and enterprises.

Curve

Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.

Sonovate

Sonovate solves cash flow and admin headaches for users and suppliers of global contingent workforce solutions

VitraCash

Tired of carrying all your debit and credit cards without even knowing which one to use for which kind of payment? Try VitraCard!

AstroPay

AstroPay is a Latin America-based payment solutions provider for online transactions.

LoyalT®

LoyalT® is a reward points distribution network on blockchain, making it profitable for businesses and rewarding for customers

Paymob Smart Payments

Paymob is a payment rail for mobile business apps