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For European crowdfunding platforms

Payment infrastructure for ECSP platforms

If you operate under the European crowdfunding licence, the regulator does not only audit your platform: it audits how your investors' money moves. UrbanPay solves the payments layer without you needing your own payment institution licence.

For European crowdfunding platforms

Payment infrastructure for ECSP platforms

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  • Investor KYC from €2.50 per verification

  • SPV and developer KYB from €9.99 per company

  • Investor contributions via A2A from 0.25%, irrevocable

  • Investment contract signing (eIDAS) from €1

Built on enterprise-grade compliance
GDPR
ISO 27001
PSD2 · Open Banking
SCA Ready
AML / KYC

How it works

Editable template

Each vertical ships with preconfigured flows. Tailor them to your operations: add steps, change conditions, or connect your systems.

Trigger

Flow start

Investor KYC & AML

ECSP onboarding

Funds in segregated account

Per campaign

Issuer drawdown

Conditional release

Investor communications

Statements & tax

End

Flow completed

Why Choose This Solution

  • Your platform needs no payments licence

    Payment initiation is provided by an entity authorized by the FCA (UK) and BaFin (Germany), passported across the EEA. You do not need your own payments authorization.

  • Capital never passes through UrbanPay

    It goes straight from the investor's bank to the project's destination account, reconciled per investor and per project.

  • Your compliance stays scoped to your part

    Investor communication, suitability, and reporting to the supervisor. Payment authorization and settlement stay with the regulated entity.

Built for real scenarios

ECSP licensing

Regulatory bar is high and rising

Infrastructure built around ECSP from day one
Custody risk

Mixing investor and platform funds

Segregated accounts with bank-grade protection
Investor reporting

Manual exports break at scale

API-driven statements, ready for any portal

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. Payment initiation is provided by an entity authorized by the FCA (UK) and BaFin (Germany), passported across the EEA. Your platform runs its ECSP licence; the payments layer is covered by the regulated entity.

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