# SumUp
**Type:** [[Acquiring]] · [[Business Account]]
**Archetype:** [[eu-sme-fintech-market-map|Integrated SME Finance]] (POS-primary)
**HQ:** London, UK · EU entity: Dublin, Ireland
**EU licence:** SumUp Payments Ltd — Central Bank of Ireland EMI
**Founded:** 2012
**Scale:** 4M+ merchants across 36 markets
**Target:** Micro-merchants, sole traders, pop-ups, market stalls, food & beverage
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SumUp is Europe's dominant micro-merchant POS brand. Its original product — a small card reader that plugs into a phone headphone jack — democratised card acceptance for the smallest businesses. Today SumUp offers a full suite from card readers to business accounts, but its identity remains anchored in simple, affordable in-person card acceptance with no monthly fee.
**Core products:**
- SumUp Air / Solo / Solo Printer — card readers at different price points
- SumUp POS Lite / Pro — full point-of-sale system for hospitality and retail
- SumUp Online Store — simple e-commerce for product-based businesses
- SumUp Invoices — invoice generation and payment
- SumUp Business Account + SumUp Card — business debit card; settlement goes directly to account
- SumUp Capital — revenue-based financing for established SumUp merchants
**Key differentiator:** No monthly fee, pay per transaction (1.69% standard). The business account keeps settlement within the SumUp ecosystem and accelerates fund access.
**Connected:** [[Acquiring]] · [[eu-sme-fintech-market-map]] · [[myPOS]] · [[Revolut Business]] · [[EMD2]] · [[Visa]] · [[Mastercard]]
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