GoCardless

Overview

GoCardless is a London-based fintech company founded in 2011, specializing in bank payments with a focus on recurring payments and Direct Debit processing. The company offers a payment gateway platform that enables businesses to set up, manage, and automate payments, subscriptions, and invoices, simplifying the collection of recurring payments directly from customers' bank accounts.

Initially targeting small and medium-sized businesses, the company has expanded its services internationally, operating in the UK, EU, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. Its product suite includes Direct Debit payment processing, subscription management tools, invoice payment automation, and integration with Open Banking. GoCardless serves a wide range of customers, from entrepreneurs to large enterprises, processing approximately $30 billion in transactions annually and supporting around 100,000 merchants globally. The company has raised substantial funding and aims to create a global bank-to-bank payments network, connecting Direct Debit systems across countries into a unified platform.

Basic Information

Contact Details

• Phone: +44 20 8338 9539
• Website: gocardless.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/gocardless

Key Focus Areas & Initiatives

• Online payments
• BACS
• Open banking
• Bank pay
• Direct bank payments
• Direct Debit
• Financial services
• Finance technology
• Payments
• Consumer internet
• Information technology & services
• IT services & IT consulting
• Business software
• Bank payment network
• Global bank network
• Operational efficiency
• Payment schemes
• Multi-currency support
• Payment processing
• API integration
• B2B
• Bank account data
• E-commerce
• Cash flow management
• Regulatory compliance
• Payment failure recovery
• Cross-border payments
• Fraud detection
• Business payment solutions
• D2C
• International payments
• Payment success optimization
• Customer retention
• Financial transaction processing, reserve, and clearinghouse activities
• Payment automation
• Payment failure retry
• Fintech
• Automated reconciliation
• Recurring payments
• Payment security
• Online payment processing
• Bank payments
• Subscription payments
• One-off payments
• Invoice payments
• Automated payments
• Instant bank pay
• Payment reconciliation
• Fraud protection
• Payer authentication
• Payment plans
• Customer integrations
• Payment API
• Payment dashboards
• Customer notifications
• Payment customization
• Failure rate reduction
• Transaction fees
• Direct Debit mandates
• Payment compliance
• Charity donations
• Consumer financing
• E-commerce payments
• Payment recovery
• Reliable payments
• Payment flexibility
• Payment analytics
• Merchant services
• Payment optimization
• Digital payment solutions
• SaaS payment solutions
• Integration partnerships
• Accounting software integration
• Mobile payments
• Flexible payment options
• Worldwide payment solutions
• SaaS
• Consumers
• Computer & network security
• Mobile
• Computer software

Technologies Used

• AI
• AT Internet
• Adobe Media Optimizer
• Atlassian Cloud
• Bing Ads
• Cedexis Radar
• CloudFlare Hosting
• Cloudflare DNS
• Cloudinary
• Criteo
• Cvent
• DoubleClick
• DoubleClick Conversion
• Drift
• Eventbrite
• Facebook Custom Audiences
• Facebook Login (Connect)
• Facebook Widget
• FullStory
• Gmail
• Google Analytics
• Google Apps
• Google Dynamic Remarketing
• Google Font API
• Google Tag Manager
• Greenhouse.io
• Intercom
• Linkedin Marketing Solutions
• LiveRamp
• Microsoft Office 365
• Mobile Friendly
• Multilingual
• Pardot
• React Redux
• Remote
• Salesforce
• Salesforce Service Cloud
• Segment.io
• Sendgrid
• Stripe
• Taboola
• Thinkific
• Twitter Advertising
• Vimeo
• Webflow
• Wistia
• Xero
• Zendesk

Affiliated Organizations & Regional Branches

• Nuapay - a GoCardless company
• Nordigen