Payment Provider Blog
Guides, reviews, and industry analysis to help you navigate the world of payment processing.
Amazon quietly becomes a UK e-money institution — with two telling restrictions
Amazon Payments UK Limited is an FCA-authorised electronic money institution as of 15 July 2026 (FRN 1041721) — unannounced and unreported. The grant bars agents, distributors and AIS/PIS, and Amazon's Luxembourg EMI now shows as cancelled on the UK register. Spotted by License Watch.
BNY's MiCA licence made headlines — the register says Belgium-only, custody-only
BNY SA/NV was authorised as a MiCA CASP by the National Bank of Belgium on 20 July 2026. The coverage said EU-wide crypto services; ESMA's register lists one member state (Belgium) and two service codes (custody, transfer). What the register shows, and the TradFi pattern behind it.
Brite Payments quietly secures a UK EMI licence from the FCA
Brite Payments is now an FCA-authorised electronic money institution in the UK (FRN 1033237, effective 21 April 2026). No press release, no coverage — the entry surfaced in License Watch, our register-monitoring feed. Here's what the register shows and why it matters.
Cyprus as a Forex Hub: Payment Infrastructure for CySEC Brokers (2026)
Why the world's largest retail forex brokers cluster in Cyprus, what a CFD broker's payment stack actually needs to do, and which Cyprus-based and global providers — including Payabl, Payed, Gamingtec, SPAYZ.io, Skrill, NETELLER, and Currencycloud — serve the industry.
PSD3 & PSR: What Every Payment Provider Needs to Know (2026 Compliance Guide)
The complete guide to PSD3 and PSR for payment providers. Timeline, SCA changes, fraud liability shift, Verification of Payee, open banking APIs, and a practical readiness checklist — based on the November 2025 provisional agreement.