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E-Clear

British payment processing company

E-Clear was a British payment processor that provided merchant accounts for companies, allowing them to accept credit cards. E-Clear specialized in the travel industry in the United Kingdom. Members of the company's board included Elias Elia, Derek Tullett and Sir Edward du Cann.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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E-Clear was a British payment processor that provided merchant accounts for companies, allowing them to accept credit cards. E-Clear specialized in the travel industry in the United Kingdom.2

The story

The company was formed in 2002.

In 2007, Deutsche Bank announced the end of its agreement for card processing with E-Clear. As a result, E-Clear began buying shares in NordFinanz, a small loss-making bank in Bremen. By 2009, E-Clear owned 97% of the shares in the bank. In 2010, it sold the stake.

In January 2010, the company was put into administration. Once the company went under, insolvency experts from the accounting firm BDO took control of E-Clear to audit its book.

From Wikipedia’s article on E-Clear, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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