Overview
Mollie is an Amsterdam-based fintech payments company founded in 2012. Specializes in card acquiring, local payment methods, and merchant payment processing across Europe. Serves 150,000+ businesses (pre-acquisition) with €147M net revenue (2025).
GoCardless Acquisition (September 2026)
- Announcement: Completed September 1, 2026
- Valuation: €1.05-1.1 billion (90% shares, 10% cash)
- Strategic Rationale: Combines Mollie’s card/local payments with GoCardless’s bank payments and Pay by Bank across 38 countries
- Combined Entity: 350,000+ businesses across 30+ markets
Financial Health
- Mollie: EBITDA positive (2024); €147M revenue (2025)
- GoCardless: First EBITDA-positive quarter (summer 2025)
- Combined: Profitable acquirer entering scale phase
Leadership
- CEO: Koen Köppen (Mollie continues as combined entity CEO)
- GoCardless: Maintains brand independence; co-founder Hiroki Takeuchi continues leadership
Market Position
Post-acquisition creates:
- Geographic reach: 12 EEA cities (Mollie) + US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (GoCardless)
- Product breadth: Cards, local payments, bank payments, accounts, business financing
- Unified platform positioning vs. fragmented payment provider landscape