Decentro vs Railsr

Decentro is a Banking-as-a-Service platform that provides financial modules through APIs and SDKs. Its global collection service lets businesses accept international payments in local currencies through a unified API, with payment options including cards, SWIFT, SEPA, domestic transfers, and virtual accounts. The collection page lists 9+ currencies, though available collection and settlement currencies depend on Decentro’s licenses and support as a payment service provider.

Other offerings include multi-currency accounts, escrow, and a ledger for transactions and balances. The multi-currency escrow service supports holding, splitting, and releasing funds, and lists USD, GBP, EUR, AED, AUD, and JPY. Incoming payments can be matched to invoices. A web dashboard shows transaction data and balances, supports payment initiation, and provides reconciliation reports.

Railsr is an embedded finance platform for companies adding financial services to digital products. Its capabilities include wallets and accounts, debit, prepaid, credit and virtual cards, money transfers and reward programmes. Railsr says its APIs place these services within a brand’s digital journey, with the platform operating behind the scenes. It packages close to 100 integrations under a single API and commercial agreement. Developers can use the Play Sandbox API, a functional coding environment that uses fake money. The platform is offered through API and web and lists fintechs, sports clubs, retailers and brands among its intended customers. A free plan and trial are listed, while other pricing is available on request. For regulated services, customers contract with PayrNet, Railsr’s wholly owned subsidiary; Railsr provides technology services. Railsr says new agents or distributors cannot be onboarded without prior written FCA consent.