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Paynode

Can a marketplace-native payments platform solve the cross-border settlement complexity unique to the private aviation industry?

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IndustryFintech / Cross-border payments
The story

Paynode emerged from Avinode Group — the world's largest private jet marketplace founded in 2002 — as a purpose-built payments platform to address the 'last mile' payment problem in business aviation transactions. The platform handles multi-currency, cross-border payments between brokers and operators globally, leveraging Currencycloud for e-money and FX services across the UK, EEA, and US, with Stripe as an additional payments layer. Paynode's strategy is to embed regulated payment infrastructure into the private aviation ecosystem rather than building a standalone bank charter.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2002
Parent company Avinode founded as the world's first online private jet marketplace, digitizing air charter sourcing and booking.· pivot
The stack
Payments / PSP
StripeCurrencycloud
Banking / BaaS
Currencycloud
FX & payouts
Currencycloud
Accounting gap: none