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Payrails

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Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 2 companies across 1 category.

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CategoriesPSP
Rank#313 of 528 in PSP
Buyers2 companies
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Founded2022
FoundersOrkhan Abdullayev, Emre Talay, Nicolas (Nico)
Raised$52.8M+

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Founders & story · from Payrails’s own dossier

Founded in 2022 by former Delivery Hero fintech leaders who had built an in-house global payments platform serving 70+ countries, Payrails externalizes that thesis: a modular, provider-agnostic payments OS for enterprises. It has expanded from pure payment orchestration into a wider financial infrastructure suite — token vault, reconciliation, chargebacks, payouts, unified analytics, and fee monitoring — and in 2026 leaned hard into AI-native workflows with 'Ask Payrails' as its next positioning bet.

Latest round: Series A, 2025
Recent developments
  • 2025-06Raised $32M Series A led by HV Capital. source ↗
  • 2026-03Published AI strategy blog outlining agentic data intelligence roadmap. source ↗
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Who uses Payrails
2 companies disclose Payrails in their stack
InDriveEneba
Buyer mix · 2 of 2 classified
Marketplace / Gig economy · 1Marketplace / Two-sided · 1
US · 1EU · 1
What the disclosures say
InDrive
“Payrails case study on indrive hosted on payrails.com names inDrive explicitly, with +11% payment approval rate improvement using PSP integration layer and routing.”
Eneba
“Payrails case study explicitly names Eneba: 'Eneba improves global payment performance by 3.5% with Payrails' and mentions token vault and orchestration features used (https://www.payrails.com/customers/eneba). Trustly listed as payment method on Eneba's own support page (https://www.eneba.com/gb/support/article/paymen…”
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What Payrails runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers Payrails itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose Payrails.
PSP
AdyenStripeCheckout.comBraintreePayPalKlarnadLocalAmazon PayHiPayUnzerGetnetAmerican ExpressTabbyTamara2C2PPayPlugTransbankPagaLeveNMIPayablFawryFlutterwaveGaranti BBVAHyperPayLidioPayUPine LabsTapUnlimitNuveiWorldpayJPMorganMangopayVipps/MobilePayKueski
BaaS
mangopay
Card Network
VisaMastercardAmerican Express
Lending
KlarnaKueskiTabbyTamaraPagaLevePayflexPayJustNowAplazo
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Alternatives to Payrails

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

Stripe783 buyers →Adyen317 buyers →PayPal153 buyers →Checkout.com114 buyers →Worldpay89 buyers →Mollie63 buyers →Braintree57 buyers →Pix50 buyers →
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Payrails — frequently asked

Which companies use Payrails?

2 companies are linked to Payrails in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, through their own public disclosures or Payrails's published customer list, including InDrive and Eneba.

What does Payrails do?

Payrails is an embedded-finance provider in PSP. It ranks #313 of 528 PSP providers by linked companies.

What are the alternatives to Payrails?

The most-named PSP alternatives to Payrails are Stripe (783 buyers), Adyen (317 buyers), PayPal (153 buyers), Checkout.com (114 buyers), Worldpay (89 buyers) and Mollie (63 buyers).

Who founded Payrails?

Payrails was founded by Orkhan Abdullayev, Emre Talay and Nicolas (Nico) and is founded in 2022, headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

How much funding has Payrails raised?

Payrails has raised $52.8M+ in total.

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