Zimpler

Nordic and Brazilian account-to-account payments for regulated high-risk sectors

As of 1 September 2026, Zimpler's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A Swedish pay-by-bank provider with unusually deep Nordic bank coverage and a business concentrated in iGaming. Softwr lists it under APIs. Zimpler is made by Zimpler AB, available on Web, REST API.

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Overview

What Zimpler does

Zimpler initiates bank transfers for deposits and payouts, wrapping open banking and local bank rails behind one API with identity verification attached. In Sweden it works with BankID, so a payment and a verified identity arrive together, which is why it became standard for Swedish gambling operators that must confirm who is depositing. It has since extended into Finland, Norway, Denmark, the wider EU and Brazil. The distinguishing capability is the combination of bank payment and strong national identity in one flow. For a regulated operator, that removes a separate know-your-customer step and shortens onboarding materially. It is also why the provider is choosy: Zimpler acts as a payment facilitator, so it carries risk on the merchants it accepts, and its pricing reflects industry, risk profile and volume rather than a rate card. Merchants outside its target sectors often find the answer is no rather than expensive. Buyers are iGaming operators, trading platforms and other regulated merchants in the Nordics and Brazil. The trade-off is concentration: coverage and quality outside its home markets is thinner than a pan-European specialist, and being a facilitator means it can offboard you on risk grounds.

What people use it for

A Swedish gambling operator needing deposit and verified identity in a single customer flow
A Nordic merchant wanting instant bank payouts rather than card refunds
A trading platform where confirming account ownership before funding is a regulatory requirement
A European operator expanding into Brazil and wanting one provider across both markets

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 Zimpler.

Pricing is not published and is set by industry and risk profile, so smaller merchants cannot benchmark a quote and often discover they are paying well above a general-purpose provider.
As a payment facilitator carrying merchant risk, it declines or offboards merchants on risk grounds, which makes it a dependency you cannot assume will persist.
Its strength is concentrated in the Nordics, and coverage in southern and eastern Europe is thinner than pan-European account-to-account specialists.
Revenue concentration in iGaming ties the provider to a sector under constant regulatory change, so licence changes in one market affect the supplier as well as the merchant.
Bank transfers have no chargeback protection, so disputes are handled commercially and consumers used to card protections may resist the payment method.

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What people choose instead of Zimpler

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Adyen: If you want a single acquirer covering cards and local payment methods

Pricing

What Zimpler costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Zimpler payments

On request

Per-transaction pricing quoted by industry, risk and volume
Separate pricing for payouts and identity verification
Merchant underwriting required, with sector restrictions
Rolling reserves may apply to higher-risk merchants

Capabilities

Features

Bank payments
Deposits initiated directly from the customer bank account
BankID identity
Swedish and Nordic electronic identity captured with the payment
Payouts
Outbound bank transfers for withdrawals and settlements
Recurring payments
Repeat charges against a previously authorised bank mandate
Risk screening
Fraud and anti-money-laundering checks applied at transaction level
Brazil coverage
Local instant payment support extending the model outside Europe

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.

Which markets does Zimpler cover?

Sweden and the Nordics primarily, plus the wider EU and Brazil. It is strongest where national electronic identity schemes exist.

Does it handle identity verification?

Yes. In the Nordics it captures BankID identity alongside the payment, which removes a separate verification step.

Is pricing published?

No. It is quoted per merchant based on sector, risk and volume, and merchants must pass underwriting first.

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