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Blue Zinc

“Can a vertical clinic-management SaaS become the financial OS for UK rehabilitation and mental health practices by embedding payments via its ClearCourse parent?”

HQBelfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Latest roundAcquired by ClearCourse (2022)
IndustryVertical SaaS / Healthcare

The story

Blue Zinc IT is a Belfast-based healthtech software company serving the UK physiotherapy, MSK rehabilitation, and mental health clinic markets with products TM3, Caseflow, Pronto, and Click. Acquired by ClearCourse in 2022, it now leverages the group's in-house payment capability (ClearAccept/BluezincPay) to embed card acceptance into its clinic management software — shifting from pure SaaS to a software-plus-payments vertical model.

Last 12 months

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Product timeline

2022

Acquired by ClearCourse Partnership LLP· acquisition

2023

Achieved ISO 27001 data security certification· compliance

Regulated entities

regulatory licence held by Blue Zinc

Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

The stack

2 layers disclosed in Blue Zinc’s embedded-finance stack

Payments / PSP

BluezincPay (self-operated via ClearCourse/ClearAccept)ClearAccept (sister company)

Unified APIs

in the full report

Accounting gap: minor

1 more provider across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

Blue Zinc — frequently asked

Who is Blue Zinc's payment processor?

Blue Zinc processes payments through BluezincPay (self-operated via ClearCourse/ClearAccept) and ClearAccept (sister company).

What is Blue Zinc's embedded finance stack?

The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Blue Zinc's stack: Payments / PSP (BluezincPay (self-operated via ClearCourse/ClearAccept) and ClearAccept (sister company)); Unified APIs (Apideck).

Where is Blue Zinc headquartered?

Blue Zinc is headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

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