Ireland · Payments & e-money
Owl Payments Europe Limited
Owl Payments Europe Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Ireland in November 2021 and based in Dublin. The Central Bank of Ireland authorised it as a payment institution under the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 on 3 March 2025, reference C515616. It belongs to the Tripadvisor group, and Tripadvisor, Inc. is its ultimate parent. The group describes it as its payment services entity for EU-based operators on Viator, handling supplier onboarding and payments for its European marketplaces.
Licences and registrations
Held by Owl Payments Europe Limited (LEI 875500OWHA76EJVVNJ18). 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 | C515616 | Ireland | Active | 2025-03-03 | — |
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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 Owl Payments
- Ownership
- Tripadvisor, Inc. is the ultimate parent according to the LEI record, which does not disclose the direct parent.
- Ultimate owner
- Tripadvisor, Inc., United States
- Head office
- 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, D02 R296 Dublin 2, Ireland
- Company register
- Companies Registration Office (Ireland) 707866
- Incorporated
- 11 Nov 2021
- Former name
- OWL PAYMENTS IRELAND LIMITED
Sources · 5 pages consulted
- registers.centralbank.ie/FirmDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C515616
- lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/875500OWHA76EJVVNJ18
- lb.lt/en/sfi-financial-market-participants/owl-payments-europe-limited
- fi.ee/en/payment-services/payment-institutions/payment-services/providers-cross-border-payment-
- operatorresources.viator.com/updated-supplier-agreement-august-2026/
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. The EBA register lists its activities as payment services and card acquiring.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bank of Ireland Ireland | Payment Services Directive 2 - Institution (Payment Institution authorised under Regulation 18 of the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018) | C515616 | 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.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It provides regulated payment services for suppliers on the Tripadvisor group's marketplaces, including EU-based Viator operators, who must complete its identity checks to receive payouts.
It serves customers from Ireland and has passported its licence without a branch to other EEA states. The Bank of Lithuania register shows 28 of them.
- Sells to
- Small businesses
- Serves customers in 4 countries
- Ireland · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
Viator's updated supplier agreement took effect and named Owl Payments Europe as the regulated payment provider EU-based operators may need to onboard with.
operatorresources.viator.com ↗ -
Licence
The Central Bank of Ireland authorised the firm as a payment institution under reference C515616.
registers.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
- C515616
- 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
- 413d02c3037a
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
- 2025-03-03
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
- Tripadvisor, Inc. · United States549300XVG45PT5BART17 ↗
The Tripadvisor, Inc. group has 2 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: none holds a BIC.
Including Owl Payments Limited.
See the Tripadvisor, 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
- 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, D02R296
- 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
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>875500OWHA76EJVVNJ18</LEI>
<Nm>Owl Payments Europe Limited</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>D02R296</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Dublin 2</TwnNm>
<Ctry>IE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay</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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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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