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The on-ramp we send people to first. Card, bank, and local rails covered.
6.8 /10
FCA Authorised § 01 · TOP 10 PAYMENTS IN EUROPE
The best payments for Europe,
ranked on what matters.
MiCA-passported across 27 member states · 14 issuers Q1. Updated weekly. Two-thirds of the rows below are field-tested. Affiliate links are tagged where they exist.
EDITOR'S TOP 3 HOW WE SCORE →
# Platform Licence APY Fees Card Score Action
WEIGHTING · Regulation 2× · Card/IBAN 1.5× · Yield 1× · See methodology → See full ratings matrix →
§ 02 · WHAT ARE YOU HERE TO DO?
Pick a scenario. The ranking re-weights itself.
The same eight axes, weighted differently for every job. A platform that wins for borrowing rarely wins for travel. Click a scenario, the leaderboard updates.
RE-RANK PLATFORM LICENCE FIT · Merchant SCORE
01 P PayPal FCA Authorised ●●●●● 6.8
§ 03 · HEAD TO HEAD
Two payment rails, your axes.
Pick any two from the EU top 10. Toggle the dimensions you care about. Winners are highlighted in amber.
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PayPal
FCA Authorised · US · EU · UK
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PayPal
FCA Authorised · US · EU · UK
COMPARE ON
6.8 / 10
Overall score
6.8 / 10
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Countries
200
Yes
Crypto native
Yes
Yes
Withdraw to wallet
Yes
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Field-tested · FCA Authorised
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Field-tested · FCA Authorised
02 · COVERAGE
Five verticals. 60 platforms.
§ 04 · LATEST NEWS & RESEARCH
What changed this week.
Field tests, regulatory shifts, and rate moves that affect the rankings above.
Yields fell 140bps across the top ten this week
BTC, ETH, and USDC rates at every platform we track, with spread to Treasuries. Nexo holds the line at 16% top APY; Ledn drops to 9%.
Safer alternatives after Juno's September closure
Three of Juno’s "alternatives" use the same sweep-to-partner-bank structure. We read the fine print and ranked what we’d open instead.