Meridian Pay

ActiveFree sampleVerified Jun 20, 2026formerly Meridian FinServ

Site downDomain registered 2016as of Jul 13, 2026

EU-focused acquirer with appetite for regulated iGaming and betting. Reserve terms in the fine print run tighter than the sales deck suggests.

Claimed terms vs. merchant reports

What Meridian Pay claims versus what merchants report.
	They say	Merchants report
Settlement	T+3	4–6 daysDiffers from the vendor claim.Merchant-reported· May 10, 2026 -Aggregated from merchant reports, not vendor-confirmed.
Reserve	10% for 180d	12% for 210d · late releasesDiffers from the vendor claim.Merchant-reported· May 10, 2026 -Aggregated from merchant reports, not vendor-confirmed.

Fees are vendor-stated unless noted.
Monthly fee	49 EUR	Vendor-stated -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.
Gateway fee	0.1 EUR	Vendor-stated -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.
Per-transaction fixed fee	0.25 EUR	Vendor-stated -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.
Chargeback fee	25 EUR	Vendor-stated -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.
Payout fee	0 EUR	Vendor-stated -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.
FX markup	1.5%	Vendor-stated -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.
Setup fee	1,500 EUR	Vendor-stated -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.
Min. monthly volume	50,000 EUR	Vendor-stated -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.

Per-vertical MDR quotes.
Vertical	MDR	Source
iGaming	2.9%–4.5%	Vendor-stated· Jan 15, 2026 -Figure supplied by the vendor and not independently checked.
iGaming	3.4%–4.9%	Merchant-reported· Apr 2, 2026 -Aggregated from merchant reports, not vendor-confirmed.
Betting	3.1%–4.2%	Verified· Mar 20, 2026 -Independently confirmed against a public source.

Chargeback threshold enforced at 1%.

License claims verified against public registries.
Claim	Registry	Result
EMI (Cyprus)Central Bank of Cyprus	Register	ConfirmedActive EMI authorisation confirmed.

Legal entity Meridian Pay Services Ltd, Cyprus, incorporated Mar 11, 2016 · HE-234981 · registry

InfoPositiveMar 1, 2026Verified -Independently confirmed against a public source.
Consistently praised for support responsiveness.
Source
WarningFund holdNov 2, 2025Merchant-reported -Aggregated from merchant reports, not vendor-confirmed.
30-day hold on one operator during a license transition.
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1 report: 1 positive, 0 negative, 0 mixed

“Support answered within the hour every time.”

Anonymized merchant report · Apr 18, 2026

No public mentions found across our monitored sources as of Jul 13, 2026.