France · Payments & e-money
Checkout
Checkout SAS is a French simplified joint stock company (société par actions simplifiée) based in Paris. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) authorises it as an electronic money institution under number 17208. It is the Checkout.com group company that serves merchants in France and the EEA. GLEIF names Checkout Payments Group Limited of Jersey as its direct and ultimate parent. The firm provides card and alternative payment acquiring, processing, e-money wallets and payouts to businesses. Its EEA merchant terms describe it as a principal member of Visa Europe and Mastercard and an affiliate member of Cartes Bancaires. It received its ACPR licence on 12 July 2019.
Licences and registrations
Held by Checkout (LEI 969500GEZCN2KZZDZR85). 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 RegisterPrudential Supervisory and Resolution AuthorityLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Electronic money institutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | 841033970 | France | Active | 2019-07-12 | — |
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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.
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Other monetary financial institution
- Minimum reserves
- Not on the ECB reserve list
- Listed as
- CHECKOUT
- RIAD code
- FR17208
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- CHKCFRP2XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Reverse billingThe institution is connected to Swift. Messages sent to it are billed to the institution, not to the sender. The “2” in the eighth character of CHKCFRP2 marks reverse billing.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2019-12-07
- Last updated
- 2021-03-18
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Checkout Payments Group Limited
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as Checkout.com
- Ownership
- GLEIF records Checkout Payments Group Limited of Jersey as the firm's direct and ultimate accounting parent.
- Direct parent
- Checkout Payments Group Limited ↗, Jersey
- Head office
- 44-48 rue de Châteaudun, 75009 Paris, France
- Company register
- RCS Paris 841 033 970 (SIREN 841033970)
- Incorporated
- 28 Jun 2018
- Founder
- Guillaume Pousaz
Online
- Websites & references
- checkout.com ↗
trust.checkout.com ↗ trust centre (security and compliance)
support.checkout.com ↗ support centre
api-reference.checkout.com ↗ API reference
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- checkout.com/legal/certificates
- checkout.com/legal/claims-processing-fr
- checkout.com/legal/zmt-eng
- lb.lt/en/sfi-financial-market-participants/checkout-sas
- annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/checkout-checkout-841033970
- checkout.com
- checkout.com/leadership
- checkout.com/legal/service-terms
- checkout.com/newsroom/statement-regarding-a-legacy-system-incident
- checkout.com/newsroom/checkout-com-acquires-blue-emi-a-licensed-issuer-of-euro-stablecoins-and-establi
- checkout.com/newsroom
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkout.com
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The ACPR authorises the firm as an electronic money institution under number 17208, and the firm may also provide payment services. According to the firm, this licence is passported to 28 other EEA states.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) France | Electronic money institution (établissement de monnaie électronique) | 17208 | In its own name | Active | checkout.com ↗ |
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 accountsThe firm's EEA acquiring terms say that relevant funds are safeguarded, where applicable, with its banking partners. The terms also say it reconciles its records with those partners. The terms do not name the partners.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Direct checkout.com ↗
Mastercard Direct checkout.com ↗
Diners Club International/Discover Direct checkout.com ↗
Cartes Bancaires Access not stated checkout.com ↗
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
Under its EEA terms, the firm acquires card and alternative payment transactions for merchants and platforms. It converts settled funds into e-money held in merchant wallets. It then makes payouts, outward payments and currency conversions.
It serves merchants in France and in other EEA states under its passported French licence. UK merchants are served by the sister company Checkout Ltd.
- Payment volume
- USD 300bntotal volume of ecommerce payments processed for enterprise merchants worldwide
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Platforms and marketplaces
- Serves customers in 29 countries
- France · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
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Emilie Mathieu
General Counsel (Checkout.com group)
- Chief executive
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Guillaume Pousaz
Founder and CEO (Checkout.com group)
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
The Checkout.com group acquired Blue EMI, an electronic money institution in Lithuania, and announced a technology centre in Vilnius.
checkout.com ↗ -
Security incident
The Checkout.com group disclosed that ShinyHunters accessed a legacy third-party file storage system. It said merchant funds and card numbers were not affected.
checkout.com ↗ -
Funding
The Checkout.com group let employees sell some shares back to the firm at a USD 12 billion valuation.
checkout.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
- CHKCFRP2XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CHKCBank
- FRCountry · France
- P2Location · reverse billing
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 969500GEZCN2KZZDZR85
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- 841033970
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entry: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry ID
- c9b310927eb6
- National bank code
- Code interbancaire (CIB) 17208
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
- 1 entry on 1 register
- Activities
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- France
- Country · region
- France · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- 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
- Direct parent
- Checkout Payments Group Limited · Jersey213800VZSCTVSAZUJO06 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 52 BOULEVARD SEBASTOPOL PARIS 75003 FRANCE
- Operational address
- 52 BOULEVARD SEBASTOPOL PARIS 75003 PARIS FRANCE
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>CHKCFRP2XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>969500GEZCN2KZZDZR85</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>CHKCFRP2XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>969500GEZCN2KZZDZR85</LEI>
<Nm>CHECKOUT</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>PARIS</TwnNm>
<Ctry>FR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>52 BOULEVARD SEBASTOPOL PARIS 75003</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.
National bank codes
Code interbancaire (CIB) · France
1 code
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17208 | CHKCFRP2XXX | CHECKOUT | PARIS |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- National bank codes—France (Source: ACPR – REGAFI).
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · register ↗ 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.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: checkout.com (official website) · original; Emilie Mathieu: checkout.com (official website) · original; Guillaume Pousaz: checkout.com (official website) · original.
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