Netherlands · Payments & e-money
Nuvei Global Services B.V.
Nuvei Global Services B.V. is a Dutch private limited company based in Amsterdam. De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) authorises it as a payment institution under the Financial Supervision Act (Wft), with relation number F0005. It belongs to the Nuvei group of Montreal, which acquired it as Smart2Pay Global Services B.V. in November 2020. Its authorised services are card acquiring, card payment execution, credit transfers, direct debits and issuing payment instruments for merchants.
Licences and registrations
Held by Nuvei Global Services B.V. (LEI 894500K2W46QD88AYE13). 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 RegisterThe Netherlands Bank | Payment institutionPayment Institution | F0005 | Netherlands | Active | 2019-02-19 | — |
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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
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as Nuvei
- Standing
- The firm traded as Smart2Pay Global Services B.V. until Nuvei Corporation completed its acquisition on 2 November 2020. DNB's register still lists the legacy website smart2pay.com for the entity.
- Ownership
- Nuvei Corporation of Canada is the ultimate accounting parent. Since November 2024 it has been owned by Advent International (46%), Philip Fayer (24%), Novacap (18%) and CDPQ (12%) through Neon Maple Purchaser Inc.
- Ultimate owner
- Nuvei Corporation, Canada
- Head office
- Westermarkt 2, Unit C, 1016DK Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Company register
- KvK (Netherlands Chamber of Commerce) 34206701
- Former name
- Smart2Pay Global Services B.V.
Online
- Websites & references
- nuvei.com ↗
smart2pay.com ↗ former domain (Smart2Pay), still listed on DNB's register entry
docs.nuvei.com ↗ group developer documentation
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=F0005
- dnb.nl/openbaar-register/registerdetailpagina/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=F0005
- nuvei.com/
- nuvei.com/posts/nuvei-completes-acquisition-of-smart2pay-strengthens-presence-in-high-growth-digita
- nuvei.com/posts/nuvei-announces-completion-of-going-private-transaction
- nuvei.com/posts/nuvei-to-acquire-payoneer-for-2-75-billion-creating-a-leading-global-platform-for-l
- nuvei.com/posts/nuvei-enters-into-agreement-to-be-taken-private-by-advent-international-alongside-e
- mccarthy.ca/en/experience/nuvei-corporation-completes-its-us-6-3b-definitive-arrangement-agreement-to
- nuvei.com/legal/licences-and-certifications
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuvei
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
DNB authorises the firm as a payment institution (betaalinstelling) under the Financial Supervision Act, effective 19 February 2019. DNB's register shows cross-border passports to 28 EEA states for the same five payment services.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) Netherlands | Authorisation to carry out the business of a payment service provider (PSD2 - Wft 2:3a), Betaalinstelling | F0005 | In its own name | Active | dnb.nl ↗ |
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 accountsDNB's register names Stichting Nuvei Escrow Services as the related third-party funds (derdengelden) entity of the firm. DNB includes this foundation in its supervision.
- Safeguarding bank
- Stichting Nuvei Escrow Services Netherlands
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
It holds DNB authorisation for card acquiring, direct debits, credit transfers and issuing payment instruments. Nuvei acquired it for its alternative payment method platform, which serves online merchants and marketplaces.
It is authorised in the Netherlands and passports its payment services on a cross-border basis to 28 other EEA states, according to DNB's register.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Platforms and marketplaces
- Serves customers in 29 countries
- Netherlands · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Denmark · Germany · Estonia · Finland · France · Greece · Hungary · Ireland · Iceland · Italy · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Norway · Austria · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovenia · Slovakia · Spain · Czechia · Sweden
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chair & chief executive
- Philip Fayer Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Nuvei (group level)
- Chief financial officer
- David McLaughlin Chief Financial Officer, Nuvei (group level, appointed July 2026)
- Executive
- Samir Zabaneh Chief Operating Officer, Nuvei (group level), responsible globally for compliance, risk and underwriting
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The Nuvei group appointed Samir Zabaneh as Chief Operating Officer and David McLaughlin as Chief Financial Officer.
nuvei.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The Nuvei group agreed to acquire Payoneer Global Inc. for about USD 2.75 billion, with closing expected in mid-2027.
nuvei.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Advent International completed the take-private of Nuvei Corporation, the firm's ultimate parent, at an enterprise value of about USD 6.3 billion.
nuvei.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
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- F0005
- 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
- 0599e4f6e828
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
- Netherlands · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2019-02-19
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
- Ultimate parent
- Nuvei Corporation · Canada894500ET22NO0AUZRG34 ↗
The Nuvei Corporation group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: 1 holds a BIC and 2 do not.
Including Nuvei Limited, Payaut B.V..
See the Nuvei Corporation group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Westermarkt 2, AMSTERDAM, 1016DK
- Country
- Netherlands
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
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>894500K2W46QD88AYE13</LEI>
<Nm>Nuvei Global Services B.V.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>1016DK</PstCd>
<TwnNm>AMSTERDAM</TwnNm>
<Ctry>NL</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Westermarkt 2</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.
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Read the methodology →Register for this page
- 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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