“Can a marketplace-native payments platform solve the cross-border settlement complexity unique to the private aviation industry?”
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.
Paynode discloses Currencycloud as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Paynode does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Currencycloud.
Paynode processes payments through Stripe and Currencycloud.
Paynode uses Currencycloud for FX and cross-border payouts.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 4 layers in Paynode's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe and Currencycloud); Banking / BaaS (Currencycloud); Unified APIs (Currencycloud); FX & payouts (Currencycloud).
Paynode is headquartered in Unknown.
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