--- title: "Google Payment Ireland Limited · Payment institution (Central Bank of Ireland) · Ireland | Elucidate" description: "Google Payment Ireland Limited is authorised by Central Bank of Ireland as a payment institution in Ireland. Licence C178423. LEI 9845003AA4F14A013C44. Register status, licences, activities and ownership." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-ireland-limited-33f9286e7955 --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Ireland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ie) 3. Google Payment Ireland Limited Ireland · Payments & e-money # Google Payment Ireland Limited Trading as GPIL · Google Payment · Google Payments Google Payment Ireland Limited (GPIL) is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Ireland, with its head office in Dublin. Since 24 December 2018 the Central Bank of Ireland has authorised it as a payment institution under the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018, reference C178423. Its terms describe it as a subsidiary of Google International, LLC. Alphabet Inc. is the ultimate parent. Its published terms cover payment processing for sellers on Google marketplaces in the EEA. Google Ireland Limited, a separate company, provides the consumer Google Pay service in the EEA. Register status Licensed in Ireland Payment institution · Central Bank of Ireland Prudential licence [1 licence or registration ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-ireland-limited-33f9286e7955#licences) BIC **No BIC** LEI **[9845003AA4F14A013C44](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/9845003AA4F14A013C44)** [Licence no. **C178423**](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-ireland-limited-33f9286e7955#licences) [Group: Alphabet Inc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18) ## Licences and registrations Held by Google Payment Ireland Limited (LEI 9845003AA4F14A013C44). 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 Register](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/eba-psd2) Central Bank of Ireland | Payment institutionPayment Institution | C178423 | [Ireland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ie) | Active | 2018-12-24 | — | - Payment services - Card acquiring | [Search the register ↗](https://euclid.eba.europa.eu/register/pir/search) | Trading names on the register: GPIL (EBA-PSD2), Google Payment (EBA-PSD2), Google Payments (EBA-PSD2) - 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-ireland-limited-33f9286e7955#overview-sources) Customers Not published Employees Not published Ownership Group subsidiary Google International, LLC Firm type Merchant acquiring and processing Trades as Google Payments - **Ownership:** The firm's terms describe it as a subsidiary of Google International, LLC, and its LEI record names Alphabet Inc. as ultimate parent. - **Direct parent:** Google International, LLC, United States - **Ultimate owner:** Alphabet Inc., United States - **Head office:** Gordon House, Barrow Street, D04 E5W5 Dublin 2, Ireland (registered office: 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, D02 R296, Ireland) - **Company register:** Companies Registration Office (Ireland) 598776 ### Online - **Websites & references:** [payments.google.com ↗](https://payments.google.com/) [support.google.com ↗](https://support.google.com/paymentscenter) Google payments center help centre (complaints policy for GPIL) - **Official social accounts:** None found Sources · 8 pages consulted 1. [registers.centralbank.ie/FirmRegisterDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C178423®ister=61](http://registers.centralbank.ie/FirmRegisterDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C178423®ister=61) 2. [payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get\_legal\_document?ldo=0&ldt=sellertos&ldr=MT](https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=sellertos&ldr=MT) 3. [google.com/shopping/transactions/static/tos/fr/7\_00\_tos.html](https://www.google.com/shopping/transactions/static/tos/fr/7_00_tos.html) 4. [support.google.com/paymentscenter/answer/9034575?hl=en](https://support.google.com/paymentscenter/answer/9034575?hl=en) 5. [payments.google.com/legaldocument?family=0.privacynotice&hl=en](https://payments.google.com/legaldocument?family=0.privacynotice&hl=en) 6. [payments.google.com/legaldocument?family=0.buyertos&gl=IE](https://payments.google.com/legaldocument?family=0.buyertos&gl=IE) 7. [dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R161672](https://www.dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R161672) 8. [finextra.com/newsarticle/33167/google-gets-payments-licence-in-ireland](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/33167/google-gets-payments-licence-in-ireland) ## Authorisation Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-ireland-limited-33f9286e7955#overview-sources) - **Operates under:** Its own licences The Central Bank of Ireland authorises the firm as a payment institution, reference C178423, for issuing and acquiring payment transactions. The Central Bank register shows the authorisation passported on a freedom-of-services basis to 29 other EEA states. | Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Central Bank of Ireland Ireland | Payment Institution authorised under Regulation 18 of the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 | C178423 | In its own name | Active | [registers.centralbank.ie ↗](http://registers.centralbank.ie/FirmRegisterDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C178423®ister=61) | 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-ireland-limited-33f9286e7955#overview-sources) - Merchant acquiring Under its seller terms, the firm processes card and operator-billing payments for sellers on Google marketplaces and charitable donations, and settles funds to sellers' EEA bank accounts. It serves sellers in the EEA from Ireland, and its authorisation is notified to 29 other EEA states on a freedom-of-services basis. - **Sells to:** Small businesses · Enterprises - **Serves customers in 30 countries:** Ireland · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Italy · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden ## Recent events Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-ireland-limited-33f9286e7955#overview-sources) The research found no fines, investigations, security incidents, licence changes or corporate events from the last three years. 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:** C178423 - **BIC:** Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory - **LEI:** [9845003AA4F14A013C44 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/9845003AA4F14A013C44) - **How the LEI was matched:** Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name and country only - **Elucidate firm ID:** 33f9286e7955 ## Profile - **Type:** Payments & e-money - **Regulation:** Prudential licence - **Main licence class:** Payment Institution - **Activities:** - Payment services - Card acquiring - **Licensed in:** [Ireland](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ie) · Europe & Central Asia - **First registered:** 2018-12-24 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:** Alphabet Inc. · United States[5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18) The Alphabet Inc. group has 6 institutions in the directory, in 4 countries: 3 hold a BIC and 3 do not. Including [Google Payment Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-limited-3b13cf6bbc7e), [Google Payment Lithuania UAB](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-lithuania-uab-f52d8a72fbf0), [Google Asia Pacific Pte LTD](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-asia-pacific-pte-ltd-googsgs1), [Google Ireland Holdings Unlimited Company](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-ireland-holdings-unlimited-company-googie21), [Google Ireland Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-ireland-limited-googie31). [See the Alphabet Inc. group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18) Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control. ## Addresses - **Address on the register:** Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 2, D04E5W5 - **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 one address line ```xml 9845003AA4F14A013C44 Google Payment Ireland Limited D04E5W5 Dublin 2 IE Gordon House, Barrow Street ``` 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. ## Related institutions ### Same group - [Google Ireland Holdings Unlimited Company BIC GOOGIE21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · LEI 1FN51LDHILXJ06W1QN20](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-ireland-holdings-unlimited-company-googie21) - [Google Ireland Limited BIC GOOGIE31 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ireland · Not on a tracked register · LEI YYPPRNO5HB304LHFVG31](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-ireland-limited-googie31) - [Google Payment Limited No BIC Payments & e-money Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 900008 (FCA-EMI) · LEI 6488U5HN5HSK59195V82](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-limited-3b13cf6bbc7e) - [Google Payment Lithuania UAB No BIC Payments & e-money Prudential licence Lithuania · Licensed by Bank of Lithuania · LB000486 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 6488JJ7LW4MS85G57298](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-payment-lithuania-uab-f52d8a72fbf0) - [Google Asia Pacific Pte LTD BIC GOOGSGS1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Singapore · Not on a tracked register · LEI RXU43ANVI3MGLXA9UI89](https://elucidate.co/directory/google-asia-pacific-pte-ltd-googsgs1) [All 6 institutions in the Alphabet Inc. group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18) ### Other payments & e-money institutions in Ireland - [Stripe Technology Europe, Limited BIC STTOIE22 Payments & e-money Prudential licence Ireland · Licensed by Central Bank of Ireland · C187865 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 549300T7WU87LQYO0K16](https://elucidate.co/directory/stripe-technology-europe-limited-sttoie22) - [Confirmo Limited No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Ireland · Licensed by Central Bank of Ireland · C570624 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 984500F75CJ82D8B7D76](https://elucidate.co/directory/confirmo-limited-c2a76bc67a5c) - [Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited. · trading as Skrill, Skrill, NETELLER No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Ireland · Licensed by Central Bank of Ireland · C184986 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 213800QBQVHWRBHJTA89](https://elucidate.co/directory/paysafe-payment-solutions-limited-484fd6cb5229) - [Payward Europe Solutions Limited · trading as Kraken, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange (�Kraken�) No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Ireland · Licensed by Central Bank of Ireland · C468360 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 254900641D8KNHUZYX24](https://elucidate.co/directory/payward-europe-solutions-limited-5d256d2fa542) - [Pionew Ireland Limited · trading as Webot No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Ireland · Licensed by Central Bank of Ireland · C496936 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 984500FD0NZ8949F4363](https://elucidate.co/directory/pionew-ireland-limited-5faee6932ac9) - [ACE Money Transfer IE Limited · trading as ACE Money Transfer No BIC Payments & e-money Prudential licence Ireland · Licensed by Central Bank of Ireland · C500488 (EBA-PSD2) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/ace-money-transfer-ie-limited-a27bfe4b58f0) - [Associated Foreign Exchange Ireland Limited BIC AFEEIE2D Payments & e-money Prudential licence Ireland · Licensed by Central Bank of Ireland · C188323 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 254900PMVMUC5G2DRM93](https://elucidate.co/directory/associated-foreign-exchange-ireland-limited-afeeie2d) - [Barclaycard International Payments Limited No BIC Payments & e-money Prudential licence Ireland · Licensed by Central Bank of Ireland · C155145 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 984500BCB3D03EC42C40](https://elucidate.co/directory/barclaycard-international-payments-limited-c13fc4c645b1) [See all →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?type=payments&cc=IE) [Other entries on EBA-PSD2 →](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/eba-psd2) 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. [Read the methodology →](https://elucidate.co/directory/methodology) Register for this page - **EBA PSD2 Register**—European Banking Authority (EBA) · [source ↗](https://euclid.eba.europa.eu/register/pir/search) 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. ## Assess the financial crime risk behind a licence A licence records what an institution is authorised to do; it does not assess it. 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