Citizen Ticket Collaborate
“Can a premium event-ticketing and accreditation platform displace card rails and reduce organiser cost-of-payments by embedding open banking at checkout?”
Founded2013
HQEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Total raised$2.7M
IndustryVertical SaaS / Events & Ticketing
The story
Founded in 2013 as a ticketing platform for events in Scotland, Citizen Ticket has evolved into a premium software suite covering ticketing, accreditation, and access control for local and global brands including Glastonbury Festival and the Scottish Parliament. In 2021, the company moved beyond card-based payments by integrating TrueLayer's open banking rails to offer account-to-account payments, reducing interchange fees for organisers. By 2024 it had consolidated multiple event-tech brands (TicketSellers, Eventree) under the CT Group umbrella.
Product timeline
2013
Citizen Ticket Ltd founded in Edinburgh as a ticketing platform for events and experiences.· pivot
2021
Partnered with TrueLayer to integrate open banking / account-to-account payments into the checkout experience for event organisers.· banking
2024
CT Group expanded to include TicketSellers, Eventree, and Citizen Ticket, positioning as a premium technology group for events, festivals and visitor attractions.· acquisition
The stack
Open banking
Accounting gap: none