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Form3

Can a cloud-native, API-first payment infrastructure platform become the de facto payments processing backbone for banks and fintechs across the UK and Europe?

Founded2016
HQLondon, England, United Kingdom
Total raised$333.2M
IndustryInfrastructure / Payments
The story

Founded in 2016 as a cloud-native payments infrastructure provider, Form3 positioned itself as a Payments-as-a-Service platform for banks and fintechs, enabling access to multiple payment schemes via a single API. The company has progressively expanded from core account-to-account payment processing to include overlay services such as fraud prevention (in partnership with Feedzai) and regulatory compliance tools like Verification of Payee. In 2026, Form3 extended its deployment model with an Enterprise Edition for self-managed on-premise and private cloud deployments, signalling a move upmarket toward large institutions requiring full infrastructure control.

Last 12 months
2024-03
2026-01
2026-01
Product timeline
2016
Form3 founded as a cloud-native payments infrastructure provider for financial institutions.· pivot
2024
Launched APP Fraud Prevention solution powered by Feedzai for UK payment service providers.· banking
2026
Launched Verification of Payee (VoP) solution for Mollie to meet EU regulatory deadline.· banking
2026
Released Form3 Enterprise Edition, a self-managed on-premise/private cloud deployment model as an alternative to its SaaS offering.· banking
Regulated entities
GDPR Data Controller
UK / EU
Form3 Group Limited
The stack
Payments / PSP
Form3 Payments Platform (self-operated)Mollie
Banking / BaaS
ClearBank
Open banking
Gocardless
FX & payouts
Currencycloud
Accounting gap: none