Where payment providers are licensed
950 payment providers in our directory hold licenses in 90 jurisdictions. Search a provider to see its license footprint, or pick a country to see who's licensed there.
Where is Equals licensed?
Licensed payment providers by jurisdiction
90 jurisdictions
| Jurisdiction | Licensed providers | Most common licenses |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 341 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| Netherlands | 78 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| United States | 77 | Money transmitter, Bank |
| Australia | 76 | Money transmitter, Payment institution |
| France | 49 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Ireland | 49 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| Malta | 43 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Sweden | 43 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Germany | 42 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Lithuania | 42 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| Luxembourg | 35 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Spain | 35 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Belgium | 29 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Canada | 28 | Money transmitter, Money services operator |
| Italy | 27 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Singapore | 27 | Money transmitter, Payment institution |
| Cyprus | 25 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| Poland | 24 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| India | 20 | Card acquirer, Money services operator |
| Denmark | 19 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Finland | 18 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | Bank, Payment institution |
| Czechia | 15 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Malaysia | 15 | Card acquirer, E-money institution |
| Philippines | 14 | Money transmitter, E-money institution |
| Indonesia | 13 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| Japan | 13 | Money transmitter, Card acquirer |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 12 | Money services operator, E-money institution |
| Norway | 12 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| Nigeria | 11 | Bank, Money transmitter |
| Brazil | 10 | Payment institution |
| Estonia | 10 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Greece | 9 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Latvia | 9 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Hungary | 8 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Bulgaria | 7 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| Croatia | 7 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | Payment institution, Card acquirer |
| Austria | 6 | Payment institution, E-money institution |
| Pakistan | 6 | E-money institution, Bank |
| Romania | 6 | Payment institution |
| Iceland | 5 | E-money institution, Card acquirer |
| Liechtenstein | 5 | E-money institution, Payment institution |
| Mexico | 5 | Money transmitter |
| Nepal | 5 | — |
| New Zealand | 4 | — |
| South Korea | 4 | — |
| Switzerland | 4 | — |
| Chile | 3 | — |
| China | 3 | Money transmitter |
| Colombia | 3 | Bank |
| Kuwait | 3 | — |
| Slovakia | 3 | Payment institution |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | Bank |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | Card acquirer, E-money institution |
| Bahrain | 2 | — |
| Bangladesh | 2 | — |
| Egypt | 2 | — |
| Ethiopia | 2 | — |
| Fiji | 2 | — |
| Georgia | 2 | Bank |
| Ghana | 2 | Money transmitter |
| Gibraltar | 2 | — |
| Israel | 2 | Payment institution |
| Portugal | 2 | E-money institution |
| Slovenia | 2 | E-money institution |
| South Africa | 2 | — |
| Taiwan | 2 | — |
| Türkiye | 2 | E-money institution |
| Uganda | 2 | — |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | — |
| Argentina | 1 | — |
| Cambodia | 1 | — |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 1 | — |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | — |
| Iraq | 1 | — |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | — |
| Kenya | 1 | Bank |
| Lebanon | 1 | — |
| Macao SAR China | 1 | Money transmitter |
| Morocco | 1 | — |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 1 | — |
| Oman | 1 | — |
| Qatar | 1 | — |
| Samoa | 1 | Money transmitter |
| Senegal | 1 | — |
| Thailand | 1 | — |
| Ukraine | 1 | — |
| Vietnam | 1 | — |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | — |
How the map is built
What counts. A jurisdiction lights up for a provider when one of its legal entities holds a payments license there — e-money, payment institution, money transmission, banking or card acquiring — as recorded on the regulator's public register or in the provider's own regulatory disclosures.
What doesn't. Registrations the register now lists as cancelled, revoked or surrendered are left out, and so are US FinCEN money-services registrations — a registration, not a license.
Passporting. A license granted in one EEA state can be passported to the others. When a provider holds an EEA license, the other EEA states it serves are shown as passported — lighter on its map — and don't count as licenses.
Crypto (MiCA). The crypto layer is ESMA's interim register of crypto-asset service providers authorised under MiCA, counted by home member state — register data rather than directory listings. Source: ESMA; reproduced with acknowledgement, no endorsement implied.
Read it with care. A license shows where a firm is authorised, not every market it serves. Coverage follows the registers we track, so markets with the most complete public registers — the UK above all — show the fullest counts.
Data updated November 2, 2026. License changes are tracked weekly on License Watch.