The EU’s 19th sanctions package (23 Oct 2025) imposes a transaction ban on Russian-linked payment platform Payeer, alongside several third-country financial operators aiding circumvention. EU operators must cease dealings; a brief wind-down for Payeer runs to 25 Nov 2025. Lithuania had already fined Payeer UAB in 2024 for sanctions/AML breaches .
The Russian-controlled high-risk payment processor Payeer has been on our radar since 2021. Since then, the operating companies behind the payment facilitator have changed several times. We have also discovered Payeer to be a facilitator of scams during this time. Currently, Payeer is one of the payment facilitators for the (interconnected) offshore broker schemes Pocket Option and PO Trade, alongside Advcash and Perfect Money. Here is our latest update.
FinTelegram has reported several times about crypto payment processor Payeer which is controlled by Russian nationals. We have already discovered Payeer as a payment processor in scams several times. The Estonian FIU announced that Payeer had lost its license. The Estonian FIU exposed deficiencies, and the license would have been invalidated. However, Payeer decided to renounce their license to avoid the revocation. Now, the scheme operates with a crypto license in Lithuania!