Guarantors & escrow
Guarantor services and escrow for deals between parties.
Amicorp Bank and Trust
Amicorp Bank and Trust acts as an escrow agent, holding the funds and documents of the parties in a specially opened account. Assets are released once the…
Alter Domus
Alter Domus offers an escrow agent role as part of its agency services for credit and syndicated transactions. The platform combines administrative support…
Absa Group
Absa Group appears here through two separately described regional services: scheduled cash-in-transit for businesses in South Africa, and corporate escrow and…
Paycrest
Paycrest routes two-way exchange between stablecoins and local currencies through a network of independent liquidity providers. It uses on-chain escrow and a…
HiFi
HiFi is a B2B API infrastructure provider that accepts, converts, routes and settles money between banking systems and stablecoins. Its clients are businesses…
Bitaroo
Bitaroo is an Australian platform that deals only in Bitcoin, offering buying, trading and storage. Accounts are available to individuals, companies, trusts…
YES BANK
YES BANK is an Indian bank that offers merchant acquiring and institutional escrow. Its merchant terms define the bank as an organisation that acquires payment…
U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank is a US bank, part of U.S. Bancorp, that combines merchant acquiring, business services and escrow. The legal entity is U.S. Bank National…
Truist
Truist is a US bank whose business offering covers everyday checking and institutional escrow. Services are provided by Truist Bank, and the stated market is…
Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered is an international bank whose digital-asset activity is aimed at eligible institutional clients, together with escrow and account-bank…
Regions Bank
Regions Bank offers business checking in the United States under the LifeGreen and Advantage names, an interest-bearing business account and a separate package…
RBL Bank
RBL Bank, formerly The Ratnakar Bank Ltd., is an Indian bank, RBL Bank Limited, that publishes the Business Current Account and the Business Plus Current…
PNC
PNC is a US banking group that offers merchant acquiring, escrow and paying-agent services for deals, and business bank accounts. The group parent is The PNC…
Citizens Bank
Citizens Bank, operating as Citizens Bank, N.A., serves US businesses with checking and savings accounts and also acts as an escrow agent. Business accounts…
Citi
Citi offers small businesses checking accounts, term deposits, credit products and digital money management through Citibank, N.A. It also has an…
Axis Bank
Axis Bank is an Indian bank that provides merchant acquiring and escrow services. For merchants it offers POS, QR, online acceptance, dynamic currency…
ICICI Bank
ICICI Bank is an Indian bank with a merchant acquiring offer, business accounts and escrow services. Merchant acquiring The bank offers Eazypay POS with a…
Federal Bank
Federal Bank is an Indian bank (The Federal Bank Limited) with three roles: merchant acquiring, business accounts and escrow. It operates in India. Merchant…
Guarantors & escrow by country
Related subsections
Why escrow matters in payments
Many deals in the payments industry happen between parties who have never worked together: a provider and a new team, a merchant and an OTC desk, two companies exchanging liquidity across borders. An escrow service or guarantor holds the funds (or the security deposit) until both sides fulfil agreed conditions, then releases them. It reduces the risk of one side disappearing after receiving money.
Types of escrow and guarantee services
- Crypto escrow: funds in USDT or other coins are held in a controlled wallet and released on confirmation.
- Fiat escrow for B2B deals: a licensed escrow agent or law firm holds money on a segregated account.
- Guarantor services ("гарант сделок"): a trusted third party, common in P2P and Telegram-based markets, confirms both sides' performance.
- Deposit holding: keeping a team's or trader's insurance deposit with a neutral party instead of the provider.
- Milestone escrow for integration projects and software deliveries.
What to check
- Legal status: licence or regulated profession (e.g. escrow agent, notary, law firm) versus an informal guarantor; know which you are using.
- Release conditions: written, objective criteria and the evidence required.
- Dispute process: who decides, timelines, and what happens if a party stops responding.
- Fees: percent of the deal, minimum fee, who pays.
- Supported assets: fiat currencies, USDT networks, other coins.
- Reputation: history and independent references; avoid impersonators of well-known guarantors by contacting them only via verified channels.
Where escrow is used
- First trades with an OTC desk or P2P exchange merchant.
- Onboarding P2P teams and traders with deposits.
- Buying or selling a business, licence or white-label platform.
- Freelance and marketplace deals between companies.
By country
Listings include the UAE, the UK, the US, Singapore, India, Germany, Canada, Australia, Mauritius and China.
For disputes after a deal goes wrong, see disputes & recovery. Nominal hub itself does not provide escrow or act as guarantor.