Why these payment-sector entities appear
This page exists because several names in the evidence trail are payment-sector, merchant-services, acquiring, payment-facilitation, VAT-refund, micro-billing or adjacent financial-services entities. The purpose is to separate brand names, trading names, company names, Companies House records, branch records, legacy names and source references.
Inclusion of Paymentplus, Verofy, PayFacLite, Elavon, U.S. Bank Europe DAC, Euronet, Planet or other third-party payment/VAT organisations does not allege wrongdoing by those organisations. They are included because they help explain the sector map and source context around Euronet, Shepherd Solutions, SkyBlue/GB TaxFree and related evidence lanes.
Verification rule: do not merge brands, branches, legal companies, overseas companies, trading names or product names unless the cited source itself makes the link. This page deliberately separates them so readers can reference the correct entity.
PAYMENT-ENT-001Paymentplus
Why this appears on the site: Paymentplus appears because it is part of the payment/merchant-services source lane. It is included to help readers understand adjacent payment-sector references and not because the site alleges wrongdoing by Paymentplus.
Public websitepaymentplus.co.uk
Website contact addressGeddes House, Kirkton North, Livingston, EH54 6GU, United Kingdom
Website sales phone0131 507 0705
Companies House source leadPAYMENTPLUS — overseas company, company number FC032217
Companies House statusConverted / Closed; closed on 11 March 2021
Verification noteDo not merge the current website with the historical overseas-company record unless a source document confirms the current trading legal entity.
Verofy / Verofy® Acquiring
Why this appears on the site: Verofy appears because it is directly relevant to the PayFacLite/payment-sector lane and helps distinguish legal entity, trading name, FCA wording and related group entities.
Public websiteverofy.com
Main legal entityVerofy Limited
Company number09627233
FCA reference in public wording785762 for Verofy® Acquiring according to Verofy’s public footer/privacy wording
Registered office shown on Companies House9 Bank Street, Whitefield, Manchester, England, M45 7JF
Related Verofy entities from privacy policyPayment Solution Services Limited 12925365; PayFacLite Limited 15388987; Verofy Supplier Services Limited 09627304
Trading/product wordingVerofy® Acquiring is presented as a trading name of Verofy Ltd; Verofy® Products are supplied by Payment Solution Services Ltd
PayFacLite / PayFac Lite Limited
Why this appears on the site: PayFacLite appears because it is a payment-facilitation source reference and is linked to Verofy public materials. It helps explain the micro-billing/payment-platform context.
Public websitespayfaclite.com and verofy.com/payfac-lite/
Legal entityPAYFAC LITE LIMITED
Company number15388987
Companies House statusActive
Registered office9 Bank Street, Whitefield, Manchester, United Kingdom, M45 7JF
Verofy page wordingPayFacLite is presented as payment-facilitation technology; contact details include PayFacLite Sales +44(0)161 549 8410 and hello@payfaclite.com
Related wordingVerofy public pages describe PayFacLite in the context of Verofy® Acquiring and Verofy® Products
Elavon / Elavon Merchant Services / Opayo
Why this appears on the site: Elavon appears as a merchant-services/payment-processing source reference and as a third-party payment-sector context entity. Inclusion is contextual only.
Current public website wordingU.S. Bank Europe DAC, trading as Elavon Merchant Services
Companies House overseas companyU.S. BANK EUROPE DAC — company number FC027535
Current UK branch number shown on Elavon websiteBR022122
Legacy Companies House recordELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES DAC, UK BRANCH — UK establishment BR009373, closed; UK establishment of U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC FC027535
BR009373 business descriptionProvision of Merchant And Other Payment Processing Services
Previous names on FC027535ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED; ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES DAC; U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC
Opayo wordingTreat Opayo as a related trading/product brand unless a cited document says otherwise.
Euronet / Euronet Merchant Services / Euronet Payment Services
Why this appears on the site: Euronet appears because it is a key employment/source reference point in the payment-sector evidence lane. The page separates Euronet Worldwide, Euronet Merchant Services wording and UK company records to avoid merging entities incorrectly.
Global parent/source nameEuronet Worldwide, Inc.
Business descriptionEuronet presents payments infrastructure across physical and digital channels, including ATM networks, payment processing services and merchant acquiring solutions
Euronet Merchant ServicesUse this as the source/employment reference name where documents specifically say Euronet Merchant Services
Euronet Payment Services LimitedCompany number 06975932; active; registered office Part 7th Floor, North Block, 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU; SIC 64999
Euronet 360 Finance LimitedCompany number 06928422; registered office 7th Floor North Block, 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU; FCA FRN 900009 according to Euronet ATM site footer
Euronet LimitedCompany number 07118551; active; registered office Innovation Centre Medway, Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 9FD
Verification noteDo not merge Euronet Worldwide, Euronet Merchant Services, Euronet Payment Services Limited, Euronet 360 Finance Limited and Euronet Limited unless the cited source makes that link.
Shepherd Solutions / DZ Ventures T/A Shepherd Solutions Limited
Why this appears on the site: Shepherd Solutions appears because it is the directly connected payments-company lane tied to Zara and David Shepherd in the wider evidence map. It is important when reviewing Euronet employment context, competitor/adjacent activity and payment-sector overlap.
Companies House source nameDZ VENTURES T/A SHEPHERD SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Company number15795463
Why it mattersUsed to distinguish the Shepherd-controlled payments/micro-billing lane from unrelated third-party payment companies
Related pagesCompany records / charges, relationship map, evidence bundle summary and payment-sector entities
Handling noteThis is the core connected payment-sector lane; do not infer wrongdoing by third-party payment companies simply because they operate in the same sector.
SkyBlue / GB TaxFree / Planet / Tax-Free VAT trail
Why this appears on the site: This appears because the wider evidence trail includes luxury/VAT/export-shopping, GB TaxFree, SkyBlue Exports, EuroRefund, Tax Free Worldwide, Premier Tax Free and Planet source leads. It is context only and should not be treated as an allegation against third-party VAT refund organisations.
Core laneTax-free shopping, VAT refund, export-shopping and luxury/HNW source context
Relevant pageTax-free / VAT refund source trail
Why it mattersHelps explain why VAT-refund, export-shopping and payment-sector names appear alongside Euronet/SkyBlue/GB TaxFree evidence
No-wrongdoing notePlanet, Premier Tax Free, Tax Free Worldwide, EuroRefund and GB TaxFree are included as source/context leads only.