Sweden · Payments & e-money
Brite AB
Brite AB is a Swedish limited liability company based in Stockholm. Finansinspektionen, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, has authorised it as a payment institution under the Payment Services Act (2010:751) since 24 October 2019. Trading as Brite Payments, it offers merchants instant account-to-account payments, payouts and account data services. It routes these through its own Brite Instant Payments Network. Dawn Capital led a USD 60 million Series A round in October 2023, with Headline and Incore Invest also taking part.
Licences and registrations
Held by Brite AB (LEI 8945007N5HWPQH56RV83). 2 entries on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| EBA PSD2 RegisterSwedish Financial Supervisory AuthorityLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 46649 | Sweden | Active | 2019-10-24 | — |
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| EBA PSD2 RegisterSwedish Financial Supervisory AuthorityLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Account information service providerAccount Information Service Provider | 46649 | Sweden | Withdrawn | 2019-07-05 | Ended 2019-10-23 |
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- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- 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.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BRTESESSXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BRTESESS directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · TIPS
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2020-06-06
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Venture-backed
Firm type
Open banking
Trades as Brite Payments
- Ownership
- The firm names Dawn Capital, Headline and Incore Invest as investors but does not publish its shareholding structure.
- Head office
- Linnégatan 5, 114 47 Stockholm, Sweden
- Company register
- Bolagsverket 559116-1632
- Founder
- Lena Hackelöer
Online
- Websites & references
- britepayments.com ↗
docs.britepayments.com ↗ developer documentation
careers.britepayments.com ↗ careers site - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- fi.se/en/our-registers/company-register/details?id=171243
- fi.se/en/our-registers/company-register/gransoverskridandehandel?id=171243
- britepayments.com/terms-conditions/
- britepayments.com/about/
- britepayments.com/resources/
- britepayments.com/en-gb/
- britepayments.com/resources/news/brite-payments-launches-pay-by-bank-in-the-uk/
- britepayments.com/resources/news/brite-raises-60-million/
- britepayments.com/brite-ipn/
- britepayments.com/resources/news/brite-payments-bolsters-leadership-team-with-appointment-of-coo-cfo/
- fintechfutures.com/instant-real-time-payments/brite-payments-appoints-new-cfo
- thepaypers.com/payments/news/brite-payments-launches-pay-by-bank-in-the-uk-after-fca-emi-licence
- techcrunch.com/2023/10/04/open-banking-led-to-a-fintech-boom-as-brite-raises-60m-account-to-account-paym
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
Finansinspektionen authorises the firm as a payment institution under the Swedish Payment Services Act (2010:751). The authorisation covers execution of payment transactions, payment initiation services and account information services. Finansinspektionen's register lists cross-border service notifications for 27 EEA states. Brite Payments Limited, a separate UK company in the Brite group, holds the FCA electronic money authorisation (FRN 1033237).
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) Sweden | Payment institution (execution of payment transactions, payment initiation services, account information services) | 46649 | In its own name | Active | fi.se ↗ |
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.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Brite offers online merchants instant Pay by Bank payments, instant payouts and refunds, and bank-data verification services. It says it takes full receipt of incoming funds and settles them to merchants in the currency they choose. Its sector pages cover financial services, gaming, e-commerce, travel, utilities and charities.
The firm says it operates in 27 European markets and connects to more than 3,800 banks. It serves customers across the EEA under its Swedish payment institution licence.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Consumers
- Serves customers in 26 countries
- Sweden · Denmark · Finland · Norway · Germany · Austria · Netherlands · Belgium · Luxembourg · France · Spain · Portugal · Italy · Ireland · Malta · Greece · Cyprus · Slovenia · Slovakia · Croatia · Romania · Hungary · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Switzerland
- Latest funding round
- Series A · USD 60m Oct 2023Led by Dawn Capital
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Lena Hackelöer Founder / CEO
- Chief financial officer
- Robin Paulsson Chief Financial Officer
- Compliance / MLRO
- Teresa Conde Karpe Head of Compliance and MLRO
- Compliance / MLRO
- Maja Chaińska Head of AML and Compliance Operations
- Executive
- Harald Walden Chief Technology Officer
- Executive
- George Parks Davie VP of Product
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Licence
The FCA authorised Brite Payments Limited, a UK group company, as an electronic money institution, and the group began a UK Pay by Bank launch.
britepayments.com ↗ -
Leadership
Brite appointed Robin Paulsson as chief financial officer after Fredrik Strömqvist stepped down.
fintechfutures.com ↗ -
Licence
Finansinspektionen's register recorded the firm's cross-border service notification for Slovenia, following Portugal in September 2025.
fi.se ↗ -
Funding
Brite raised USD 60 million in a Series A round led by Dawn Capital, with Headline and Incore Invest.
britepayments.com ↗ -
Leadership
Brite appointed Alexander Kassai as chief operating officer and Fredrik Strömqvist as chief financial officer.
britepayments.com ↗
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
Head-office record
- BIC
- BRTESESSXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BRTEBank
- SECountry · Sweden
- SSLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 8945007N5HWPQH56RV83
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- 46649
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entries: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry ID
- 0a51fbdaf64e
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.
- Register licences
- 2 entries on 1 register
- Activities
- Payment services
- Payment initiation
- Account information
- Licensed in
- Sweden
- Country · region
- Sweden · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
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
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- LINNEGATAN 5 STOCKHOLM 114 47 SWEDEN
- Operational address
- LINNEGATAN 5 STOCKHOLM 114 47 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BRTESESSXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>8945007N5HWPQH56RV83</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BRTESESSXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>8945007N5HWPQH56RV83</LEI>
<Nm>BRITE AB</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>STOCKHOLM</TwnNm>
<Ctry>SE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>LINNEGATAN 5 STOCKHOLM 114 47</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2020-12-07 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2020-12-07 | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.
Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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.
Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- 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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