Rapyd review
Updated September 28, 2026 · VaultCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
Rapyd is a payout platform for businesses that send money out to many markets at once, built for volume rather than personal transfers. It holds an e money licence, covers from 120 currencies and settles card payouts in minutes, so it suits firms paying sellers, workers or creators abroad.
Key facts
- Best for
- Paying out to sellers, workers or creators across many currencies.
- Delivery time
- Minutes via card payouts and real-time payment networks, 24/7/365↗
- Licence type
- E money↗
- Payout methods
- Bank, Card, Cash-pickup, Wallet↗
- Currencies
- from 120↗
- Legal entity
- Rapyd Europe hf.↗
- Headquarters
- Iceland↗
- Founded
- 2016↗
- Support channels
- Help-centre, Community↗
- Official website
- rapyd.net
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 5 sources
Apps and profiles
Pros and cons
Pros
- Card payouts can land in minutes over real-time payment networks, running every day of the week and all year
- Payouts cover bank, card and cash pickup, so a recipient can take a bank account, card, wallet or cash pickup
- A reach of from 120 currencies fits teams paying out in many markets at the same time
- Its e money licence is listed in the European Banking Authority's electronic money register
Cons
- The listed payout methods are bank, card and cash pickup, with no everyday current account or savings product among them
- Support runs on help centre and community, so a stuck payout has no direct phone line listed
- Customer money sits under an e money licence, a different arrangement from the deposit cover a bank licence brings
Who it suits
- Marketplaces and platforms paying out to sellers across many markets, helped by a reach of from 120 currencies
- Payroll teams sending money to workers and contractors, with bank, card and cash pickup ways for it to arrive
- Product teams that need card payouts in minutes at any hour of the day
Who should look elsewhere
- People sending money to family and friends, who would find Skrill's transfers landing in 24 - 72 hours a closer fit
- Anyone after a transfer between two people that lands in Seconds, which is what PayPal Colombia delivers
- Euro flows to a single market that should settle straight away, where Paysera covers its own network and SEPA immediately
Deposit protection
Rapyd holds an e money licence, recorded in the European Banking Authority's electronic money register for Iceland as PSD_EMI 2549001SVRZEPAPWRI80. The register entry is where the licence details are set out, and the licence type is the starting point for judging how customer funds are held. Read the register entry alongside any account terms before sending money.
The company behind it
The licensed company is Rapyd Europe hf., headquartered in Iceland, and the business was founded in 2016. It appears in the European Banking Authority's electronic money register for Iceland under PSD_EMI 2549001SVRZEPAPWRI80. Support runs on help centre and community, so a payout question is handled through a help centre and community answers.
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Where Rapyd is available
- Available
- Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
- Licence in Iceland
- European Banking Authority (electronic money register), checked September 26, 2026
- Licence in Iceland
- IS_CBI (PSD_EMI 2549001SVRZEPAPWRI80), checked September 26, 2026, also valid in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
Countries from the brand (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
What licence does Rapyd hold, and who supervises it?+
Rapyd holds an e money licence. The entry sits in the European Banking Authority's electronic money register for Iceland and is listed as PSD_EMI 2549001SVRZEPAPWRI80, with Rapyd Europe hf. as the licensed company. The register entry is the place to confirm the licence details and the entity behind them.
How fast does Rapyd pay out money?+
Card payouts can arrive in minutes through real-time payment networks, and the service runs every day of the week and all year. The ways money can arrive are bank, card and cash pickup, and a bank or wallet transfer takes as long as the destination rail allows.
How many currencies can Rapyd reach?+
Rapyd covers from 120 currencies, which is the practical reason businesses pick it for cross-border payouts. The company is based in Iceland and was founded in 2016, an operation built around payout volume. Check the supported list for the currency and country you need.
How do recipients get paid?+
Recipients are paid through bank, card and cash pickup. The choice matters at the last mile, since a cash pickup option reaches someone with no bank account while a card payout lands in minutes. What is available in a given country depends on the local network Rapyd serves there.
How do I get help from Rapyd?+
Support runs on help centre and community, so a payout question is answered through a help centre and a community space rather than a direct call. For a transaction that has not landed, the help centre is the first place to check its status.
Who is Rapyd built for?+
Rapyd is aimed at businesses and platforms that pay out repeatedly, such as marketplaces and payroll teams. A reach of from 120 currencies and payout methods of bank, card and cash pickup are the features that matter for that work. It is built for repeated business payouts rather than a personal account for sending money to family.
How does Rapyd compare with Skrill and PayPal Colombia on speed?+
Rapyd focuses on card payouts in minutes, Skrill sends international transfers in 24 - 72 hours, and PayPal Colombia delivers in Seconds. That makes Rapyd the pick for volume payouts and the other two the pick for transfers between people on a known schedule.
Sources
- euclid.eba.europa.eu/register/downloads/PSDMD/20260926/do... checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Headquarters, Legal entity, Licence type, Licences
“EntityCode=54930082MGSGPZGYYI39; EntityType=PSD_EMI; ENT_NAM=Rapyd Europe hf.”
- rapyd.net checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Support channels
“Support Center (support.rapyd.net) and Community (community.rapyd.net)”
- rapyd.net/company/about-rapyd checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Founded
“In 2016, we set out to build an eWallet that would allow users to access global payment methods without relying on traditional banking”
- rapyd.net/network checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Payout methods
“Bangladesh payout methods: Bank, Cards, Cash, E-Wallet, Stablecoins”
- rapyd.net/products/disburse checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Currencies, Delivery time
“Send payouts to 190+ countries in 120+ currencies”
Compiled from 5 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Transfer fee, Exchange rate markup.