France · Payments & e-money
Planet Merchant Services Sas
Planet Merchant Services SAS is a French simplified joint-stock company (SAS) based in Puteaux. The Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) authorises it as a payment institution for the execution of credit transfers and the acquiring of payment transactions. It belongs to the Planet group, which Advent International and Eurazeo have co-controlled since October 2021. Under the Planet brand, it provides card acquiring to merchants in France and, by passport, in other EEA states. The group focuses on retail, hospitality and travel businesses.
Licences and registrations
Held by Planet Merchant Services Sas (LEI 969500LG9L8CY772QT73). 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 Authority | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 878394949 | France | Active | 2020-05-28 | — |
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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
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as Planet
- Ownership
- The firm belongs to the Planet group, which Advent International and Eurazeo have co-controlled since 21 October 2021.
- Head office
- 1 Terrasse Bellini, 92800 Puteaux, France
- Company register
- RCS Nanterre 878 394 949 (SIREN 878394949)
- Incorporated
- 23 Sep 2019
Online
- Websites & references
- weareplanet.com ↗
- Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- weareplanet.com/legal/authorizations-licenses-and-registrations
- weareplanet.com/legal/complaints
- weareplanet.com/
- weareplanet.com/payments
- weareplanet.com/legal/legal-notice
- weareplanet.com/legal/products-terms-and-conditions
- annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/planet-merchant-services-sas-878394949
- bportugal.pt/en/entidadeautorizada/planet-merchant-services-sas
- uzraudziba.bank.lv/en/market/payment-service-providers/payment-institutions/service-providers-from-the-eea/f
- en.newsroom.eurazeo.com/assets/20211021-planet-closing-final-en-pdf-d2575-52e2c.html?dl=1
- ffnews.com/newsarticle/paytech/planet-appoints-eric-heurtaux-as-ceo
- parking.net/parking-news/planet/strengthens-its-executive-team-with-two-key-leadership-appointments
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The ACPR authorises the firm as a payment institution for the execution of credit transfers and the acquiring of payment transactions. According to Planet, the authorisation is passported to 29 other EEA states.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) France | Payment institution (execution of credit transfers; acquiring of payment transactions) | 878394949 | In its own name | Active | weareplanet.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.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Under its French licence the firm provides acquiring services to merchants in the EEA. The Planet group also sells dynamic currency conversion, Tax Free (VAT refund) processing and hospitality and retail software.
It serves merchants in France and, through passporting of its French licence, in 29 other EEA states.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Small businesses
- Serves customers in 30 countries
- France · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Denmark · Estonia · Spain · Finland · Greece · Croatia · Hungary · Ireland · Iceland · Italy · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Sweden · Slovenia · Slovakia
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The Planet group appointed Ulric Delamare as Chief Financial Officer and Morgan Hammersley as Chief Technology Officer, both reporting to the group CEO.
parking.net ↗ -
Leadership
Eric Heurtaux, formerly group CFO, became Chief Executive Officer of the Planet group on 1 January 2025.
ffnews.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
- 878394949
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- National bank code
- FR-CIB 17278
- Elucidate firm ID
- 505997854508
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
- France · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2020-05-28
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
- Address on the register
- 1 Terrasse Bellini, PUTEAUX, 92800
- Country
- France
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>969500LG9L8CY772QT73</LEI>
<Nm>PLANET MERCHANT SERVICES SAS</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>92800</PstCd>
<TwnNm>PUTEAUX</TwnNm>
<Ctry>FR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>1 Terrasse Bellini</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.
National bank codes
National bank-code directories, matched by LEI
| Code | Scheme | Name in the directory | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17278 | FR-CIB | PLANET MERCHANT SERVICES SAS | PUTEAUX |
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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- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
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