April 29, 2025

Paris, France 

Skaleet, a leading provider of next-generation core banking solutions, has announced the launch of its standalone Skaleet Payment Engine, a payment solution built to help financial institutions, fintechs, payment institutions (PIs), and electronic money institutions (EMIs) easily connect to payment networks (SEPA, SWIFT, local formats) through their sponsor banks, with agility, compliance, and scalability built in.

As global payments growth slows and the pace of regulatory changes accelerate, traditional banks are facing increased pressure to quickly modernize payment infrastructure. At the same time, fintech disruptors offer game-changing propositions but significant roadblocks to build payment capabilities and connect to local and international payment rails, in terms of risk, cost and time-to-market. Non-participant international banks, lacking direct access to payment rails, often experience long time-to-market delays that hinder market entry strategy in the Eurozone. 

Skaleet, sitting at the cornerstone of the payment ecosystem, is strategically positioned to enable these institutions to transform their payment capabilities, accelerate market readiness, and drive innovation at scale by tackling these challenges head on.

With the combination of Skaleet Payment Engine and core banking assets, Skaleet has already helped 8 of its customers to either integrate in just six weeks to SCT Inst or to run millions of daily payment operations with confidence and control. 

The Skaleet Payment Engine is now available as a standalone product, designed to integrate with any core banking system or operate solely as a dedicated payment gateway. 

A Modular, Intelligent Gateway – Ready to Connect 

The mission is simple: remove the complexity of bank connectivity, so regulated players can focus on their customers. From payment initiation to reconciliation including screening, routing, and compliance, Skaleet orchestrates the full payment lifecycle.

Skaleet’s Payment Engine is built on three core pillars:

• Full Payment Orchestration: Validation, screening, exception handling, reporting, routing, approvals, payment scheduling, and reconciliation.
• Embedded Bank Connectivity: Skaleet’s Gateway module manages sponsor bank and CBS connections, supports local format specifics, rulebook updates, and payment investigations.
• Flexible Payment Initiation: Whether through ISO 20022, CSV, or API, clients choose their input method, and Skaleet translates and routes accordingly.

“This standalone launch is a natural evolution of our product. We’re turning our Payment Engine into a universal hub that can interface any core banking system with any bank or payment rail,” says Martin Della Chiesa, CEO at Skaleet. “It’s about delivering fast, reliable, and always-compliant connectivity.”

Proven. Scalable. Now Open to All.

Already used in production by several financial institutions across Europe, Skaleet’s Payment Engine is processing billions of euros. Now available as a standalone solution, it sets a new standard for payment platforms: modular, core-agnostic, and turnkey for regulated players who want to delegate orchestration and compliance. 

Press Contact: marketing@skaleet.com