Partnerships
Partner With Boldrails On New Rails And New Markets
Boldrails is a licensed principal provider of payments, banking and crypto settlement for emerging-market businesses. This page is for payment method providers, banks and acquirers, liquidity desks, technology platforms and introducers who want their capability connected to ours. Tell us what you operate and where, and our partnerships team replies by email.
- 20+ countries
- 10+ payment methods
- 5 regions
- Commercial and compliance review
Every enquiry is read by our partnerships and compliance teams.
Last updated: 4 August 2026
Partnership tracks
- Payment methods
- Banking and acquiring
- Liquidity and OTC
- Technology platforms
- Introducers
Who this page is for
Who Does Boldrails Partner With?
Boldrails runs its own payment, banking and settlement stack. A partnership adds something to that stack: a method our merchants ask for, a market we do not yet cover, liquidity in a corridor we settle, or a product that needs payments inside it. If you want to accept payments for your own business, the merchant path is at the bottom of this page.
Payment method providers
Mobile money operators, wallets, local card acquirers and bank-transfer schemes. Where merchant demand and compliance both support it, we integrate the method into our own platform and settle to merchants ourselves.
Banking and acquiring partners
Banks, electronic money institutions and acquirers that can hold balances, issue accounts or acquire card volume in a market we serve.
Liquidity and OTC counterparties
Desks and market makers that quote size in local-currency corridors, stablecoin settlement or the crypto-to-fiat leg of a payout.
Technology platforms
Platforms, marketplaces and software products whose own users need payments, payouts or accounts built into the product.
Introducers and referral partners
Consultants, agencies and industry advisers who introduce high-volume or high-risk merchants that fit the verticals we accept.
Something else
Corridor, licensing or infrastructure ideas that do not fit the five tracks above. Describe it in the form and it reaches the same team.
Recognise your business in one of these tracks? Tell us what you operate and where.
Send a partner enquiryWhat we assess
What Do We Look For In A Partner?
Every track is reviewed on the same two axes: what the partnership adds for merchants, and whether it survives compliance. The table below is what we ask for in a first conversation, so sending it up front saves a round trip.
| Partner track | What you bring | What we need to see |
|---|---|---|
| Payment method provider | A live method with real volume in one or more of the markets we serve | Authorisation or scheme status, API documentation, settlement currency and cycle, coverage |
| Banking or acquiring partner | Accounts, IBANs or card acquiring in a market we serve | Regulator and authorisation type, entity jurisdictions you can onboard, verticals you accept |
| Liquidity or OTC counterparty | Two-way pricing in the corridors and assets we settle | Venues, size, settlement assets, KYC and travel-rule process |
| Technology platform | A product whose users need payments, payouts or accounts | Integration model, expected volume, who holds the merchant relationship |
| Introducer | Merchants that fit the verticals and markets we accept | Markets, verticals, expected introductions per month, how you qualify them |
One thing to be clear about before you write: Boldrails is a licensed principal, not an intermediary. We contract with the merchant directly, we hold the necessary licences required in the markets we serve, and we settle funds ourselves. A partnership adds a method, a market or a counterparty to that stack rather than replacing any part of it.See the coverage a partnership plugs into
Have those details to hand? Send them over and we will take it from there.
Send a partner enquiryHow it works
How Does A Partner Review Work?
Five steps, in this order. Nothing goes live before compliance and technical review are both finished.
You send the form
Company, markets, what you operate and how you are authorised. Attach nothing at this stage; a clear paragraph is enough.
Commercial review
Our partnerships team checks the method, market or capability against merchant demand and the coverage we already run.
Compliance review
Authorisation, ownership, AML programme and accepted verticals. Any partner that touches settlement goes through this step.
Technical review
API documentation, settlement files, reconciliation and payout behaviour, tested against how we already operate rails.
Contract and integration
Commercial terms in writing, then integration and a controlled go-live in one market before we widen it.
We reply to every enquiry by email. Reviews move at the speed of the evidence you send, so a complete first message is the shortest route to a call.
Ready for step one? The form below is the whole application.
Send a partner enquirySend a partner enquiry
This form reaches our partnerships team, not merchant sales. Fields marked optional can be left blank.
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Last updated: 4 August 2026
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