Clearhaus key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Clearhaus A/S
- Headquarters
- Denmark (DK)
- Ownership
- Independent
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Low (no US parent)
- Replaces
- Stripe
About Clearhaus
Clearhaus is a pan‑European merchant acquirer and financial institution that enables online stores to accept card payments and receive fast, reliable payouts. It provides merchant accounts with a simple, transparent fee structure and onboards approved merchants in 1–3 days. Over 33,000 European webshops across 33 countries use Clearhaus for payment acquiring. The service offers a range of acquiring and technical features including support for all Visa and Mastercard transaction currencies, conditional 3‑D Secure, dynamic descriptors, recurring transactions, flexible settlement currencies and funding cycles, and API‑driven automation for chargeback handling and account reconciliation. Clearhaus is a principal member of Visa and Mastercard and is authorised as a pan‑European Payment Institution by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. It integrates with third‑party payment gateways and supports Apple Pay and MobilePay (via gateway support).
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