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Open BankingPSP

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 44 companies across 2 categories.

truelayer.com ↗Also analysed as a company — its own stack →Open Banking Tracker profile ↗
CategoriesOpen Banking, PSP
Rank#6 of 89 in Open Banking
Buyers44 companies
HeadquartersLondon, England, UK
Founded2016
FoundersFrancesco Simoneschi, Luca Martinetti
Raised$321.4M

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Founders & story · from TrueLayer’s own dossier

Founded in 2016 as a bank API aggregator enabling developers to access financial data, TrueLayer pivoted from pure data/AIS infrastructure toward becoming a payments network. The acquisition of Zimpler accelerated its European footprint and Pay by Bank transaction volume. By 2024–2025, TrueLayer had repositioned as 'Europe's leading Pay by Bank network', handling ~47% of all UK Pay by Bank transactions and $116B in annualised payment volume, with its embedded finance angle being the provision of open banking payments infrastructure (PIS/AIS/VRP) to merchants, fintechs, and enterprise clients including Amazon and Stripe.

Latest round: Series E
Recent developments
  • 2025-09TrueLayer launches in Poland, adding Zloty as its third supported currency. source ↗
  • 2024TrueLayer selected by Stripe as its Pay by Bank open banking partner in the UK. source ↗
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Who uses TrueLayer
44 companies disclose TrueLayer in their stack
FreetradeCodatMoonriseAtlarMogoplusSumupHammockCurveOakNorthTesco BankPapa JohnsTymit+32 more
Buyer mix · 44 of 44 classified
Fintech / Investment · 6Fintech / Lending · 4Infrastructure / Payments · 4Bank / National · 3Fintech / Neobank · 3E-commerce / Platform · 2Fintech / Consumer banking · 2Fintech / Cross-border payments · 2
UK · 26EU · 10US · 4APAC · 2Canada · 2
What the disclosures say
Freetrade
“freetrade.io/blog/building-out-the-payments-platform describes a Google Cloud Run–based payments platform; truelayer.com/customers/freetrade/ confirms TrueLayer used for deposits replacing manual bank transfer and card.”
Codat
“Banking overview page states 'Our integrations with Plaid and TrueLayer enable you to retrieve up-to-date account and transaction data.' Stripe integration docs confirm Stripe Connect is used for commerce data.”
Atlar
“Atlar IS the treasury management product; customers (TrueLayer, Banxware, Mangopay, Tide, Trustly, Zilch) use it for real-time cash management, multi-bank connectivity, payment runs, and reconciliation across SEPA, Faster Payments, Bacs, ACH.”
Sumup
“Added 2026-10-05: SumUp integrated TrueLayer's Pay by Bank into its app — users top up their SumUp account straight from their bank (no card details), and SumUp uses TrueLayer's data capabilities to let users connect bank accounts and view balances/transactions in one place.”
Hammock
“Pricing page FAQ: 'We connect your bank feeds using Truelayer.”
Curve
“Curve privacy policy: 'We partner with TrueLayer to allow you to view Account information from certain other payment providers on the Curve Wallet...”
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What TrueLayer runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers TrueLayer itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose TrueLayer.
BaaS
ClearBank
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Alternatives to TrueLayer

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.

Plaid296 buyers →Salt Edge60 buyers →GoCardless56 buyers →MX56 buyers →Tink43 buyers →Yapily40 buyers →Powens19 buyers →Yodlee19 buyers →
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TrueLayer — frequently asked

Which companies use TrueLayer?

44 companies disclose TrueLayer in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Freetrade, Codat, Moonrise, Atlar, Mogoplus, Sumup, Hammock, Curve, OakNorth, Tesco Bank and 2 others.

What does TrueLayer do?

TrueLayer is an embedded-finance provider in Open Banking and PSP. It ranks #6 of 89 Open Banking providers by disclosed buyers.

What are the alternatives to TrueLayer?

The most-disclosed Open Banking alternatives to TrueLayer are Plaid (296 buyers), Salt Edge (60 buyers), GoCardless (56 buyers), MX (56 buyers), Tink (43 buyers) and Yapily (40 buyers).

Who founded TrueLayer?

TrueLayer was founded by Francesco Simoneschi and Luca Martinetti and is founded in 2016, headquartered in London, England, UK.

How much funding has TrueLayer raised?

TrueLayer has raised $321.4M in total.

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