Tarabut Gateway Account Information vs TrueLayer Payments

Tarabut Gateway Account Information connects customer bank accounts through an Open Banking consent journey and provides account data after permission is granted. Its Connect service supplies an embeddable URL that guides customers through bank selection, permissions, bank authentication, and consent. Available information can include accounts, transactions, direct debits, and beneficiaries. Transaction responses may include category and merchant details through Insights. Documentation says one year of transaction history is fetched by default, although available history varies by bank. Consent can be one-time or long-term; long-term consent lasts up to 12 months and is required for categorisation. Refresh frequency depends on the bank, while APIs can request updated balances and transactions. Connect supports English and Arabic. Customers can withdraw access at any time, and Tarabut says credentials remain with the bank. A free Portal account provides an isolated development sandbox. Tarabut presents Connect for personal finance, spend management, and lending flows, with API and web access.

TrueLayer Payments lets businesses accept Pay by Bank payments from customers’ bank accounts. Customers authorize payments using their bank’s biometric security; the service says funds leave accounts in real time and arrive instantly. Businesses can view and manage transaction activity in a merchant account. Payment interfaces include hosted or embedded browser pages and mobile SDKs for iOS, Android, and React Native. The Payments API v3 supports payments and payouts in the UK and EU, including merchant-account pay-ins, payments to a beneficiary, refunds, and payouts. A sandbox is available for testing without moving real money. Integration options also include Shopify and Magento plugins, plus libraries for Java, PHP, C#, and JavaScript/Node. API use requires a Console account, and most API features require a merchant account. Ecommerce plugins are available in the UK only. TrueLayer says Pay by Bank can reduce fees and card-related fraud, and that returning customers convert at up to 90%. Pricing is available on request; there is no free plan. The company lists Android, iOS, web, and API platforms.