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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Worldpay.

Originally UK, sold by FIS (US) to GTCR (US PE) in 2024. Material US exposure.

ALTERNATIVES
9
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
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WITH BSI C5
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FREE TIER
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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Worldpay alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

Adyen
Netherlands · Founded 2006
EU-BASED
★ #1 PICK

Dutch publicly-listed payments giant (Euronext Amsterdam), DNB-licensed credit institution + EU/UK/US banking licences; €1.4T processed/yr.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
Worldline
France · Founded 2014
EU-BASED
★ #2 PICK

French payment giant (Worldline SA, Paris-listed WLN), #4 PSP worldwide, 18k employees, free-float >90% with no controlling shareholder.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
Trustly
Sweden · Founded 2008
EU-HOSTED
★ #3 PICK

Swedish open-banking A2A payment innovator (Trustly Group AB, 2008), $10B annual volume, 33+ markets; Nordic Capital + BlackRock PE owned.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 9 European alternatives to Worldpay compare?

All 9 alternatives, benchmarked against Worldpay.

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Feature Adyen Worldline Trustly Lemonway Volt SumUp Dintero Mollie GoCardless
Card payments Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
SEPA Direct Debit Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes
Buy now, pay later Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Open banking (A2A) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Recurring / subscriptions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Payment links Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
In-person / POS Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No
Marketplace / split Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Worldpay?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Worldpay US-incorporated

Originally UK, sold by FIS (US) to GTCR (US PE) in 2024. Material US exposure.

US-based
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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