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Decta

Can a self-developed, multi-scheme payment infrastructure platform capture the full acquiring, issuing, and digital banking stack for banks and fintechs across Europe and APAC?

HQLondon, United Kingdom
IndustryInfrastructure / Payments
The story

Decta operates as a full-stack B2B payment infrastructure provider, offering acquiring processing, issuer processing, white-label card issuing, and a white-label digital banking platform to banks, fintechs, and merchants. The company holds principal Mastercard and Visa memberships through its UK FCA-licensed entity and EMI licenses across multiple EU jurisdictions, positioning itself as a one-stop processor rather than a consumer-facing fintech. Its strategy has been to expand scheme coverage (adding UnionPay) and enrich gateway capabilities (adding Klarna BNPL, Volt open banking) to capture more of the payment value chain for its institutional clients.

Last 12 months
2025-02
2025-01
Product timeline
2022
DECTA Secure 3DS authentication application launched, providing 3D Secure authentication services for card issuers.· card
2024
DECTA announced partnership with UnionPay International as a certified Third Party Service Provider for card issuers and acquirers.· pivot
2025
DECTA integrated Klarna into its payment gateway, enabling Buy Now Pay Later for merchants using DECTA.· banking
2025
DECTA partnered with Volt for open banking services, enabling open banking payment initiation via its gateway.· banking
Regulated entities
EMI
UK FCA
DECTA LIMITED
EMI
EU (Latvia)
SIA DECTA
EMI
EU (Ireland)
DECTA Limited
EMI
EU (Cyprus)
DECTA Limited
The stack
Payments / PSP
Decta Acquirer Processing (self-operated)Decta White Label Payment Gateway (self-operated)
Banking / BaaS
Decta Digital Banking Platform (self-operated)
Card issuing
Decta White Label Card Issuing (self-operated)
Lending
Klarna BNPL (via gateway integration)
Open banking
Volt
Accounting gap: none