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Adyen's Banking License
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In 2017, we received our first banking license in the EU. As of 2023, Adyen holds banking licenses in the EU, UK, and the US. Before this, we did what many other payment service providers do: we used sponsor banks to facilitate money movement and provide compliance oversight.
So why did Adyen acquire banking licenses?
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