Guarantors & escrow
Guarantor services and escrow for deals between parties.
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank is a German bank (Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main) that offers business current accounts and trust and agency services. It is supervised by…
DBS Bank
DBS Bank is a Singapore bank that appears in several roles: merchant acquiring, business accounts, digital-asset custody and escrow. Crypto activity sits on a…
BOK Financial
BOK Financial provides two kinds of services for companies in the United States: business checking and corporate escrow. The checking entity is BOKF, NA…
BNY
BNY, formerly known as BNY Mellon, is a New York bank headquartered at 240 Greenwich Street. Two of its institutional services are relevant here: digital-asset…
BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas operates in two areas relevant to businesses: professional current accounts and escrow services. The French bank is registered in Paris under RCS…
Bank of Baroda
Bank of Baroda is an Indian bank with two distinct offers for business clients: merchant acquiring and escrow accounts. Merchant acquiring The bob World…
JTC
JTC is a corporate, fund and private client services group. Its address is JTC House, 28 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey JE4 2QP. Corporate services The listed…
IQ-EQ
IQ-EQ is an international group offering corporate administration and structuring services to companies, investors and capital markets participants. Its offer…
CSC
CSC is a global provider of entity formation and administration, registered agent services, licensing and corporate compliance, founded in 1899. The operating…
Apex Group
Apex Group is an international corporate and fund services group. Its entity Apex Group Ltd handles company incorporation, fund administration and regulatory…
IndusInd Bank
IndusInd Bank is an Indian bank that acts as an acquirer itself and gives merchants a payment gateway for taking payments on a website or in an app. For a…
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Kotak Mahindra Bank is an Indian bank that offers payment infrastructure and merchant acquiring. This is a bank-level solution rather than a third-party…
Maybank
Maybank, operated by Malayan Banking Berhad, is a Malaysian bank offering merchant acquiring together with business bank accounts. Its Malaysian acceptance…
OCBC
OCBC in Indonesia, operated by PT Bank OCBC NISP Tbk, offers a Merchant Solution covering EDC terminals, QRIS and online acquiring. The bank names Otoritas…
Safepay
Safepay appears in two markets, Pakistan and Australia, and the two offerings differ. Australia: Safe Pay escrow The Australian Safe Pay combines money escrow…
Secupay
Secupay is a German payment provider and acquirer operated by secupay AG, with an address in Pulsnitz, Saxony. It works across online and offline channels and…
UOB
UOB (United Overseas Bank) appears in two roles. In Hong Kong, United Overseas Bank Limited, Hong Kong Branch offers multi-party escrow, where the bank…
Guarantors & escrow by country
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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.