Global · Europe / US

Trustly: Europe / US's real-time bank transfer (a2a)

Pay-by-bank across Europe and North America.

Updated July 29, 2026Real-time bank transfer (A2A)By Ale Aznar
Country
Europe / US
Region
Global
Type
Real-time bank transfer (A2A)
This is a stub profile — a fuller Trustly write-up is on the roadmap. In the meantime the operational detail below is available to founding partners.

How the Trustly flow works

Trustly is a real-time bank transfer (a2a) available in Europe / US. Full public profile pending — contact us to prioritise this method.

Typical use cases

  • Merchants selling to consumers in Europe / US.

Consumer reach

Available to consumers in Europe / US.

Who should accept Trustly

  • Merchants targeting the Europe / US market.

Operational detail

The operational half of every method profile — settlement, refunds, disputes, PSP coverage and licensing — is reserved for Payment Methods List founding partners. It's the part vendor sites won't publish and the part that actually decides whether Trustly works for your stack.

Founding partner access

Settlement time

How fast Trustly funds land after the payer confirms, behaviour outside scheme hours, whether the rail settles gross or net, and the realistic T+n to sweep to USD/EUR — plus the PSPs where the advertised timeline actually holds in Europe / US.

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Refund mechanics

How Trustly refunds are executed end-to-end when the rail has no scheme-level reversal — payer-initiated pulls, credit transfers, or PSP-fronted refunds — plus partial-refund support, time limits, and the API surface each PSP exposes.

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Chargeback exposure

Whether Trustly has any dispute construct at all, which recall/return/indemnity vectors actually exist on the rail, how consumer-protection rules in Europe / US route claims back to merchants, and observed loss rates versus cards.

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PSP coverage matrix

Which acquirers and aggregators run direct rail connections to Trustly vs. reselling a partner, coverage depth and reliability, effective pricing bands, and who to pick when Europe / US volume is your primary use case.

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KYC & licensing notes

Requirements to accept Trustly — local entity vs. cross-border MoR, licensing regime governing the rail in Europe / US, KYC obligations at onboarding and per-transaction, and FX/reporting rules for foreign merchants.

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