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Thredd
Issuer processing platform for fintechs and digital banks, formerly Global Processing Services
As of 1 September 2026, Thredd's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A card issuer processing platform used by fintechs, digital banks and embedded finance providers to run payment programmes across more than 48 countries. Softwr lists it under APIs. Thredd is available on Web, API.
Overview
What Thredd does
Thredd provides issuer processing for debit, credit and prepaid card programmes, handling authorisation, clearing and settlement behind fintechs, digital banks and embedded finance products in expense management, B2B payments, crypto, lending, buy now pay later, FX and remittance. It is certified by Visa and Mastercard and claims 99.99 percent platform availability. The fact worth recording is the rename: the company operated for years as Global Processing Services (GPS), a name still widely referenced in older case studies and partner materials, before rebranding to Thredd in 2023. It is the same underlying company and platform, not a successor product, so due diligence that only searches "GPS" will find outdated material and due diligence that only searches "Thredd" may miss older case studies and reviews. Buyers are fintechs and digital banks needing card issuer processing behind their own branded programme, typically working alongside a separate BIN sponsor or bank partner for the actual issuing licence. The trade-off is that, like its processing peers, Thredd does not publish pricing, and outsourcing issuer processing means an outage or capacity limit at Thredd surfaces as a direct problem for every fintech built on top of it.
What people use it for
- A digital bank or fintech needing issuer processing across many countries under one contract
- A BNPL, lending or crypto product needing certified card processing behind its own brand
- A company that finds outdated Global Processing Services (GPS) material and needs to confirm it is now Thredd
- An embedded finance platform wanting a processor already integrated with core banking systems such as Mambu
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Thredd.
- Pricing is entirely unpublished, so cost comparison against competing processors requires a sales process.
- The 2023 rebrand from GPS to Thredd means research under either name alone can miss relevant material, and partner or press references before 2023 will still say GPS.
- Issuer processing does not include the banking licence itself, so a fintech still needs a separate BIN sponsor or bank partner, adding a second relationship to manage.
- As shared infrastructure behind many fintech brands, an outage or processing delay at Thredd becomes a simultaneous incident for every programme running on it, with limited visibility for any single customer into root cause.
- Its verticals span crypto, BNPL and remittance broadly, so depth of specialist support in any one vertical may be thinner than a processor focused narrowly on that niche.
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Pricing
What Thredd costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Thredd
On request
- Volume and programme-based pricing, not published
- Custom quote required via sales
Capabilities
Features
Issuer processing
Authorisation, clearing and settlement for debit, credit and prepaid programmes
Multi-country reach
Processing across more than 48 countries for global fintech programmes
Scheme certification
Direct Visa and Mastercard certification for issuer processing
Programme support across verticals
Used behind expense management, B2B payments, crypto, lending, BNPL and remittance products
High platform availability
Advertised 99.99% platform uptime
Global office footprint
Branded offices in London, Newcastle, Singapore and Sydney with distributed staff
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Is Thredd the same company as Global Processing Services?
Yes, GPS rebranded as Thredd in 2023; it is the same company and platform.
Does it hold the banking licence for programmes it processes?
No, Thredd is the issuer processor; a separate bank or BIN sponsor holds the actual issuing licence.
Is pricing published?
No, it requires a sales conversation.
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