Clearing
48 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
Clearing is a payments platform that processes transactions across multiple asset classes, including fiat and digital assets. The company serves businesses and institutions seeking faster, more secure financial transaction infrastructure.
Also known as clearing.com
Investors · 7
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Clearing (clearing.com) provides payments infrastructure for businesses and institutions, combining global payments, foreign exchange, multi-currency accounts and digital asset settlement in a single platform. Its stated product set covers multi-currency accounts for holding, managing and transferring funds across currencies; global payments; digital asset solutions for buying and selling digital assets on compliant infrastructure; and cross-currency liquidity for rate discovery, conversion and settlement.
The company also operates a Balance Optimisation Programme, described as award-winning, which gives eligible clients variable returns on safeguarded USD balances. Clearing positions itself as fully regulated and emphasises compliance, transaction monitoring and fraud prevention, and states that it works closely with regulators. Its digital asset handling is described as available in certain jurisdictions.
Founding story
Clearing says its founders saw an opportunity to improve on slow transactions and rigid regulatory processes in financial services, and assembled a team of financial services experts and technologists to build a platform beyond traditional infrastructure. No named founders or founding date are provided in the sources.
Business model
Clearing offers a business-to-business platform through which clients hold multi-currency balances, execute cross-border payments and currency conversions, and buy and sell digital assets. Its sources do not detail pricing or fee structures.
Not specified in the available sources.
Traction
The company's website reports more than $4bn in payment volume transacted, over 1,000 clients supported and more than 30 global team members.
Latest developments
The website's news section announces the appointment of Brian Rayment as CEO and states that a Clearing-developed programme was recognised as Deutsche Bank won Best Liquidity and Investments Solution at The Asset Triple A Treasurise Awards 2026.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
The sources position Clearing as a regulated provider consolidating global payments, FX, multi-currency accounts and digital asset settlement into one offering; no independent market-share or ranking data is available in the sources.
Clearing emphasises delivering fiat and digital asset capabilities through one regulated platform, close engagement with regulators, and its Balance Optimisation Programme paying variable returns on safeguarded USD balances.
Technology
Clearing describes a single platform connecting clients to global and digital asset markets, with advanced security protocols, transaction monitoring and fraud prevention, and compliance controls built in.
Go-to-market
The site directs prospective clients to contact the team directly, indicating a direct sales approach to businesses and institutions, supported by content marketing (news and "future of payments" articles).
Businesses and institutions requiring cross-border payments, multi-currency accounts, FX/liquidity and digital asset settlement.
Geography
Clearing lists offices in Nottingham and London (England), Singapore, New York (United States) and Calgary, Canada. It describes its team as operating worldwide and says its platform connects customers to global markets.
History
The website states the company was founded on a principle of "efficiency without compromise" and brought together financial services specialists and technologists to build its platform; no founding date is given. Published news items on the site announce Brian Rayment joining as CEO and recognition of a Clearing-developed programme in connection with Deutsche Bank winning Best Liquidity and Investments Solution at The Asset Triple A Treasurise Awards 2026.
Risks & controversies
No risks or controversies are reported in the available sources. Note that several similarly named entities exist, including a US management consultancy at theclearing.com and a New York chronic-pain telehealth startup also called Clearing; neither is treated as part of this profile.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 5
by search overlap
Companies competing with Clearing for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsA programme developed by Clearing was recognised as Deutsche Bank won Best Liquidity and Investments Solution at The Asset Triple A Treasurise Awards 2026.
Clearing announced Brian Rayment as its new chief executive officer in a post titled "A New Chapter: Welcoming Brian Rayment as CEO of Clearing".
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Clearingclearing.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Clearing do?
- Clearing is a regulated payments platform offering global payments, FX, multi-currency accounts and digital asset settlement to businesses.
- Who are Clearing's investors?
- Clearing's investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Coinbase Ventures, Compound, Cursor Capital, Haun Ventures, Rubik, Union Square Ventures (USV).