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GoCardless

Provider
PSPOpen BankingFX / PayoutsAccounts Receivable

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 71 companies across 4 categories.

gocardless.com ↗Also analysed as a company — its own stack →Open Banking Tracker profile ↗
CategoriesPSP, Open Banking, FX / Payouts, Accounts Receivable
Rank#4 of 87 in Open Banking
Buyers71 companies
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Founded2011
Raised$1.8B

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Founders & story · from GoCardless’s own dossier

Founded in 2011 as a UK Direct Debit automation company for subscription businesses, GoCardless expanded into a global bank payment network supporting ACH, SEPA, BACS, and other local debit schemes across 30+ countries. The 2022 acquisition of Nordigen moved the company beyond pure payment collection into open banking data (AIS), positioning it as an all-in-one bank payment and account information provider. In 2025, GoCardless added an embedded capital product powered by Pipe, signalling a broader move toward embedded financial services for its 75,000+ merchant base.

Latest round: Series G, February 2022
Recent developments
  • 2025-02GoCardless launched 'Capital powered by Pipe', an embedded revenue-based capital financing product for UK SMB merchants, accessible directly from the GoCardless dashboard. source ↗
  • 2026-07Pay by Bank embedded directly in Sage Business Cloud Accounting (UK and Ireland): instant one-off account-to-account invoice payments alongside the existing Direct Debit integration, in an expansion of the multi-year Sage partnership. source ↗
  • 2026-09Processed the UK's first live agentic account-to-account payment: an AI-guided checkout collected a monthly Direct Debit donation to the charity Trussell inside a conversation, without the donor leaving the chat or filling in a form. Built under the FCA's AI Live Testing programme. source ↗
Full dossier: GoCardless’s own stack, layer by layer →
In the press
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Coverage of GoCardless sourced from Rebank — an independent publication. All articles are © their original authors; click any card to open the source.
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Luke Voiles · CEO, Pipe
“When we expanded to the UK, we launched with GoCardless. They had 80,000 SMB customers and were our first local partner. It only took us six weeks to go live.”
Source · Rebank ↗
Who uses GoCardless
71 companies disclose GoCardless in their stack
TeamUpCrowdzForm3CoadjuteAntomEcommpayCredentiallyPerfect GymKBCCeligoIntuitAnyfin+59 more
Buyer mix · 71 of 71 classified
Horizontal SaaS / Accounting · 10Vertical SaaS / Real Estate · 6Bank / National · 5Infrastructure / Payments · 5Vertical SaaS / Accounting · 5Vertical SaaS / Fitness · 5Fintech / Lending · 3Fintech / Insurtech · 2
UK · 31EU · 19US · 11APAC · 7MENA · 1Canada · 1
What the disclosures say
TeamUp
“TeamUp help center and resources pages name Stripe and GoCardless as the two integrated payment processors; 'GoCardless and Stripe: How to choose a payment processor in TeamUp'.”
Crowdz
“GoCardless is evidenced as an open banking/bank payments provider (see open_banking block).”
Coadjute
“Coadjute's public sub-processor list on the Privacy Statement page names GoCardless Ltd for 'Direct debit payment'.”
Credentially
“Subprocessors page lists both Stripe and GoCardless under 'payments'.”
Perfect Gym
“kb.perfectgym.com/article/payment-providers-list lists Stripe, Adyen, GoCardless, Straal as integrated payment providers. perfectgym.com/en/solutions/gym-payments describes credit card and bank transfer acceptance.”
Intuit
“Adyen NV is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (FRN: 779800).' The QuickBooks UK page also features a GoCardless integration for direct-debit invoice collection.”
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What GoCardless runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers GoCardless itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose GoCardless.
Sponsor Bank
Community Federal Savings Bank
Lending
Pipe
FX / Payouts
Wise Platform
Open Banking
Nordigen
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Alternatives to GoCardless

Other Open Banking providers in the index, by the number of companies that disclose them. A count of public disclosures, not a ranking of the products.

Plaid293 buyers →Salt Edge60 buyers →MX56 buyers →TrueLayer43 buyers →Tink41 buyers →Yapily40 buyers →Powens19 buyers →Yodlee19 buyers →
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GoCardless — frequently asked

Which companies use GoCardless?

71 companies disclose GoCardless in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including TeamUp, Crowdz, Form3, Coadjute, Antom, Ecommpay, Credentially, Perfect Gym, KBC, Celigo and 2 others.

What does GoCardless do?

GoCardless is an embedded-finance provider in PSP, Open Banking, FX / Payouts and Accounts Receivable. It ranks #4 of 87 Open Banking providers by disclosed buyers.

What are the alternatives to GoCardless?

The most-disclosed Open Banking alternatives to GoCardless are Plaid (293 buyers), Salt Edge (60 buyers), MX (56 buyers), TrueLayer (43 buyers), Tink (41 buyers) and Yapily (40 buyers).

Where is GoCardless headquartered?

GoCardless is founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

How much funding has GoCardless raised?

GoCardless has raised $1.8B in total.

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