Ireland · Payments & e-money
BlueSnap Payment Services Ireland Limited
BlueSnap Payment Services Ireland Limited is an Irish company based in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The Central Bank of Ireland authorised it as a payment institution on 23 December 2020 under the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018, reference C431532. It is a subsidiary of BlueSnap, Inc. of the United States, and Payroc completed its acquisition of the BlueSnap group in October 2025. It provides merchant acquiring and online payment processing under the BlueSnap brand to businesses in the EEA.
Licences and registrations
Held by BlueSnap Payment Services Ireland Limited (LEI 254900VTSR7MNHWG0O16). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBA PSD2 RegisterCentral Bank of Ireland | Payment institutionPayment Institution | C431532 | Ireland | Active | 2020-12-23 | — |
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- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
BlueSnap, Inc.
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as BlueSnap
- Standing
- Payroc completed its acquisition of the BlueSnap group on 9 October 2025. The firm continues to trade under the BlueSnap brand, which now describes itself as "Powered by Payroc".
- Ownership
- The firm is a subsidiary of BlueSnap, Inc., which Payroc acquired with the BlueSnap group in October 2025.
- Direct parent
- BlueSnap, Inc. ↗, United States
- Ultimate owner
- Payroc WorldAccess, LLC, United States
- Head office
- Block 1, Blanchardstown Corporate Park, D15 AKK1 Dublin 15, Ireland
- Company register
- CRO 643262
Online
- Websites & references
- bluesnap.com ↗
developers.bluesnap.com ↗ developer documentation (group)
status.bluesnap.com ↗ system status page (group)
support.bluesnap.com ↗ support guides (group) - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- registers.centralbank.ie/FirmDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C431532
- centralbank.ie/news/article/the-central-bank-takes-enforcement-action-against-bluesnap-payment-services-
- centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/news-and-media/legal-notices/settlement-agreements/settlement-notice-
- uzraudziba.bank.lv/en/market/payment-service-providers/payment-institutions/service-providers-from-the-eea/f
- bportugal.pt/en/entidadeautorizada/bluesnap-payment-services-ireland-limited
- bluesnap.com/legal/
- bluesnap.com/legal/privacy-policy/
- bluesnap.com/terms-and-conditions/
- bluesnap.com/about-bluesnap/
- bluesnap.com/press-media/payroc-completes-acquisition-of-bluesnap/
- bluesnap.com/press-media/payroc-definitive-agreement-bluesnap/
- irishtimes.com/business/2024/11/21/central-bank-fines-payments-company-bluesnap-more-than-300000-for-reg
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The Central Bank of Ireland authorises the firm as a payment institution under Regulation 18 of the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 for payment service 5, the issuing of payment instruments and acquiring of payment transactions. Host regulators in Latvia, Portugal, Estonia and Lithuania list it as providing services cross-border under this licence. Neither the firm nor the Central Bank publishes the total number of host states.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bank of Ireland Ireland | Payment Services Directive 2 - Institution (Payment Institution) | C431532 | In its own name | Active | registers.centralbank.ie ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsAccording to the Central Bank of Ireland, the firm safeguards users' funds in designated segregated accounts at a credit institution in Ireland, which the Central Bank does not name.
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
The Central Bank of Ireland describes the firm's service as merchant acquiring for businesses that sell products and services online. The BlueSnap group also sells payment orchestration, embedded payments and invoicing tools.
The firm is the BlueSnap contracting entity for merchants in the EEA and serves them under its Irish licence.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Small businesses · Platforms and marketplaces
- Serves customers in 30 countries
- Ireland · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Italy · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Iceland · Liechtenstein · Norway
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Brian Gaynor VP Product & European Chief Executive
- Executive
- Gavin Cicchinelli President, BlueSnap (group)
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
Payroc completed its acquisition of the BlueSnap group, including the firm, after signing a definitive agreement in July 2025.
bluesnap.com ↗ -
Enforcement
The High Court confirmed the Central Bank of Ireland's reprimand and EUR 324,240 fine on the firm on 2 April 2025.
centralbank.ie ↗ -
Enforcement
The Central Bank of Ireland reprimanded the firm and fined it EUR 324,240 for safeguarding and notification breaches between January 2021 and December 2022.
centralbank.ie ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- C431532
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- dfe06f1dc75e
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- Licensed in
- Ireland · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2020-12-23
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Bluesnap, Inc. · United States254900CJSNH59YLFIJ73 ↗
The Bluesnap, Inc. group has 2 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: none holds a BIC.
Including Bluesnap Payment Services LTD.
See the Bluesnap, Inc. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Block 1, Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Dublin, D15 AKK1
- Country
- Ireland
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in two address lines
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>254900VTSR7MNHWG0O16</LEI>
<Nm>BlueSnap Payment Services Ireland Limited</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>D15 AKK1</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Dublin</TwnNm>
<Ctry>IE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Block 1, Blanchardstown Corporate</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>Park</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.
An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
Register entries are not matched against the OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Where the legal entity also holds a BIC, the matches for that BIC are on its page. Always screen against the official lists.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
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- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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