Clearhaus, the Danish acquirer owned by Unzer, says it has become the first Danish acquirer to launch a Payment Facilitator (PayFac) solution. The move is strategically important: it lets regulated platforms embed card acquiring directly into their own products while Clearhaus stays in the background as the licensed acquirer. A short FinTelegram analysis.
In a special report published by Rachel Wolcott of Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, significant concerns have been raised regarding Payrnet Ltd, an FCA-regulated e-money institution (EMI) and a subsidiary of the embedded finance platform Railsr. The report highlights serious client money safeguarding and compliance failures tied to the bankrupt Lithuanian EMI, UAB Payrnet, then part of the bankrupt Railsbank Technology group.