What is Adyen's role in open finance and open banking?
Adyen acts as an open banking gateway: it puts third-party providers behind one API rather than running its own data network. Its open banking gateway offers a single API for account information services and online payments and routes traffic to providers including Tink, Yapily and Plaid based on coverage, conversion, performance, cost and fraud rates, Adyen says. In North America, Adyen said on November 2, 2023 that Pay by Bank would launch in early 2024 with Plaid; its documentation says Pay by Bank (US) sends shoppers to Plaid and settles over the ACH Direct Debit network, so returns remain possible. In Germany, Recharge brought Pay by Bank to Guthaben.de with Tink and Adyen in January 2025. Account data is the second use: Adyen chose Yapily in February 2025 to streamline merchant onboarding and account verification in Europe and Fiskil in May 2025 for the same in Australia, with both partners naming credit-risk assessment as a possible next step. In Brazil, Adyen added Pix Open Finance, launched by the central bank in February 2025, to its Pix integration. On regulation, Adyen's October 2026 guide to the EU's PSD3 and Payment Services Regulation says more reliable bank interfaces "make pay by bank a viable, cheaper alternative to card payments". Adyen has published no position on the U.S. CFPB's Section 1033 rule and discloses no pay-by-bank volumes.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Data as of Oct 22, 2026 · Adyen profile updated Oct 22, 2026 · 14 sources cited on this page · 52 fintechs profiled on this site · Markdown
Which open banking products does Adyen offer, where, and with which partners?
The Adyen documentation page for U.S. Pay by Bank is undated; it is cited as retrieved on October 22, 2026.
| Market | What Adyen offers | Partner and rail | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Pay by Bank (US): the shopper connects a bank account through Plaid; Adyen recommends tokenizing the first payment so later ones need no redirect | Plaid; funds move over the ACH Direct Debit network | Announced November 2, 2023 for early 2024[2][3] |
| Germany | Recharge offers Pay by Bank on Guthaben.de; Tink said over 10,000 merchants had chosen Pay by Bank through its PSP partnerships | Tink and Adyen | January 27, 2025[4] |
| Europe (business accounts) | Business account information to streamline merchant onboarding and strengthen account verification, embedded in Adyen's Open Banking product and offered standalone | Yapily | February 3, 2025[5] |
| Australia | Faster merchant onboarding and account verification using real-time financial data | Fiskil Banking API | May 12, 2025[6] |
| Brazil | Pix Open Finance (Pix without redirect) and Pix Recurring added to Adyen's Pix integration; the shopper consents once in the bank app, with a transaction limit set by the user or the bank and a consent expiry date set by the user | Pix and Brazil's Open Finance system | 2025[7][8] |
| All markets | Open banking gateway: one API for account information and payments, routing to Tink, Yapily and Plaid on coverage, conversion, performance, cost and fraud rates | Multiple providers | June 2, 2026 (Adyen explainer)[1] |
What does Adyen say about open banking regulation and risk?
Adyen's October 2026 guide to the EU's PSD3 and Payment Services Regulation says final compromise texts were published by the Council of the EU on April 23, 2026, with general application expected 21 months after entry into force. It says banks must provide a dedicated, reliable interface for payment and account information providers, publish its performance every quarter, allow fallback to normal online banking if it fails, and offer consent dashboards, which together "make pay by bank a viable, cheaper alternative to card payments".[9]
The same guide says Verification of Payee will require every bank-to-bank credit transfer to be checked against the payee's name, most relevant to platforms and marketplaces running payouts, and that acquirers will face their own obligation to monitor transactions for fraud risk.[9]
In the U.S., pay by bank keeps ACH's returns mechanism. Adyen's documentation says Pay by Bank (US) adds strong account validation, balance checks and risk checks, so returns are significantly less likely than with ACH Direct Debit, but chargebacks cannot be defended and consumers can dispute direct debit payments up to two years after settlement.[3]
Adyen pitches pay by bank as cheaper and safer than cards for some merchants: it says removing card intermediaries cuts interchange-driven costs and that authentication inside the bank app reduces fraud, with particular benefit for high-ticket travel and e-commerce.[10]
Why does open banking matter to Adyen, and what does it not disclose?
Adyen treats open banking as an add-on to its platform rather than a business line. Blanca Ferrero, its global head of open banking and settlement, said in February 2025 that "Open Banking serves as a strategic enhancement to our core value proposition" across shoppers, businesses, payments and data, and that global reach for open banking services is "of paramount importance".[5]
Account data also points toward lending. Yapily said it and Adyen would explore creditworthiness assessments for loan decisions, and Fiskil named credit risk assessment and transaction intelligence as possible uses, alongside onboarding.[5][6]
When it announced the Plaid partnership, Davi Strazza, then Adyen's President of North America, said pay by bank "significantly reduces costs across the payment chain" and joined more than 150 payment methods on Adyen's platform.[2]
What is not disclosed: pay-by-bank or open banking payment volumes, the number of merchants using them, the share of traffic each provider carries, revenue from account information services, and any Adyen position on the CFPB's Section 1033 personal financial data rights rule.[7][1]
What does the Adyen profile record on this topic?
The rows below are the entries of the Adyen AI strategy profile that bear on this page, as of Oct 22, 2026; the profile holds the full record of 15 dated moves, 8 use cases and 16 sources.
| Date | Move | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | Acquisitions close; new Chief Product Officer and interim CFO | Adyen closed the Talon.One and Orb acquisitions, named Gayathri Rajan Chief Product Officer, and said Hwa Tsao would become interim CFO on September 1 after CFO Ethan Tandowsky's departure on August 31. | [11] |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Adyen agrees to buy Talon.One for €750 million | Adyen agreed to acquire Talon.One, a loyalty and incentives platform, to act on shopper insight in real time across channels; the deal, financed from cash, closed on July 1, 2026. | [12][11] |
| Sep 7, 2023 | UK branch authorised as a bank | Adyen's UK branch was granted authorisation by the PRA and FCA under Part 4A of FSMA 2000, continuing operations previously run under the Temporary Permissions Regime. | [13] |
| Jun 14, 2021 | Adyen receives a US federal branch licence | The OCC approved Adyen's application for a Federal Foreign Branch in San Francisco, following Federal Reserve approval on May 24, 2021, extending the banking set-up Adyen runs in Europe under its 2017 European banking licence. | [14] |
Does Adyen offer pay by bank in the United States?
Yes. Adyen said in November 2023 that Pay by Bank would launch in North America in early 2024 with Plaid. Its documentation says shoppers connect their bank through Plaid and payments run over the ACH Direct Debit network, with risk and balance checks that make returns less likely than ordinary ACH debits.
Which open banking providers does Adyen use?
Adyen names Plaid for U.S. Pay by Bank, Tink for Pay by Bank in Germany (with Recharge, January 2025), Yapily for European business account data (February 2025) and Fiskil for Australian account verification (May 2025). Its open banking gateway routes traffic among Tink, Yapily and Plaid on coverage, conversion, cost and fraud rates.
What is Pix Open Finance and does Adyen support it?
Pix Open Finance, launched by Brazil's central bank in February 2025, lets a shopper consent once in the bank app and then pay with Pix without being redirected again, within a transaction limit and until the consent expires. Adyen's 2025 annual report says it added Pix Open Finance and Pix Recurring to its Pix integration.
What does Adyen say about PSD3?
Adyen's October 2026 guide says PSD3 and the Payment Services Regulation will require banks to run reliable, monitored open banking interfaces with fallback and consent dashboards, which it says make pay by bank a viable, cheaper alternative to cards, and will add Verification of Payee and acquirer fraud-monitoring duties.
How much pay-by-bank volume does Adyen process?
Adyen does not disclose it. Its results report processed volume, take rate and point-of-sale figures, but neither the annual report nor its open banking pages give pay-by-bank volumes, merchant counts or the split of traffic among Plaid, Tink and Yapily.
- Open banking explained
- Adyen teams with Plaid for Pay-by-Bank roll out in North America
- Pay by Bank (US) (undated page, retrieved 2026-10-22)
- Tink, Adyen and Recharge bring Pay by Bank to Germany
- Yapily selected by Adyen for open banking payments
- Adyen taps Fiskil for onboarding and account verification in Australia
- Adyen 2025 Annual Report
- O que você precisa saber sobre o Pix via Open Finance (Pix Sem Redirecionamento)
- PSD3 and PSR: what businesses need to know
- Pay by Bank: What is it and how does it work?
- Adyen Closes Talon.One and Orb Acquisitions; Announces Leadership Updates Across Product and Finance
- Adyen to acquire Talon.One to enable real-time decisioning across commerce channels
- Adyen granted UK banking authorization
- Adyen granted US branch license
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