Licensed EU Electronic Money Institution · Specialist High-Risk & Gaming Payment Processor
- Valters Gencs
- 28 minutes ago
- 2 min read
SECTOR
High-Risk Payment
Processing
REGULATION
EMI Licence — EU
Member State
GEOGRAPHY
EU — NATO Jurisdiction
VERTICALS
Gaming · iGaming ·
Affiliate
HEADCOUNT
~40 Employees
KEY FINANCIAL & OPERATING METRICS
EUR 3.6M 85–90% ~200 ~EUR 1.4M
LTM Revenue Recurring Revenue Active Corporate Clients Adj. EBITDA Run-Rate
WHAT IS BEING SOLD INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Licensed EMI — Core Assets ® Specialist high-risk gaming processor — one of very few EU-licensed EMIs with proven capacity to service
iGaming, gaming and affiliate sectors
® 100% equity in a fully licensed EU Electronic Money
Institution
® 85–90% recurring revenue — account fees, float income
and recurring transaction revenues from high-risk clients
® Active EMI licence issued by an EU central bank
regulator
® Significant competitive moat: EU EMI licence + direct
central bank access + established high-risk client base is
extremely difficult to replicate
® CENTROlink / central bank direct access — SEPA
Instant, SEPA CT & SWIFT
® Direct SEPA Instant access via CENTROlink — critical
infrastructure for high-volume gaming flows
® Proprietary payments platform and full technology stack ® Asset-light, scalable model — 40 employees servicing
~200 active corporate clients
® ~200 active corporate clients — diversified, recurring
revenue base
® Fully operational — no licence build-out or client ramp
required for buyer
® Multi-currency capability: EUR, USD, GBP and
additional currencies
® Correspondent banking network: 5 established PSP /
bank connections
Valuation Context
® Safeguarding infrastructure across 6 regulated EU
banking partners
At EUR 8,500,000 (approximately 6.0x Adjusted EBITDA),
the transaction is priced at a material discount to EU EMI /
fintech licence acquisition comparables. The primary value
driver is the active EU licence, central bank connectivity and
recurring client revenue base.
High-Risk Vertical Specialisation
® Established high-risk payment processor — primary
focus on gaming, iGaming and affiliate / marketing sectors
® Deep operational expertise in onboarding and servicing
high-risk corporate clients
® Rare EU-licensed infrastructure capable of supporting
high-risk merchant flows at scale