Clear2Pay

Overview

Clear2Pay Scotland Limited operates as a computer software development company. The company is located at Clear2Pay House in Pitreavie Business Park, Dunfermline, United Kingdom.

Media & appearances

• De CFO PodcastYouTube2026-03-30
  De CFO Podcast goes live: de CFO als motor van groeiPayment technology company Ingels co-founded as CFO and sold in 2014.
• VirtualYouTube2026-03-05
  Virtual S02#23 - Leen Anthuenis & Jurgen Ingels: Reinvent Yourself in het tijdperk van AIIngels' former company that needed 8 of its 10 million Belgian francs raised just for a server, illustrating how cheap starting up has become. Ingels' earlier startup needed 8 of its 10 million Belgian francs raised just to buy servers, illustrating how cheap starting up has become today. Additional recording: Virtual.
• De CFO PodcastYouTube2026-02-02
  "Een land heeft second generation entrepreneurs nodig” - Jürgen Ingels - De CFO PodcastThe company Ingels built as entrepreneur/CFO, which taught him that everything takes longer and costs more than planned.
• Ben's MentorsYouTube2026-01-21
  Jürgen Ingels: Succes Als Ondernemer Is Niet Wat Je Denkt!Ingels' first company, started on a beer coaster to fix banks' siloed payment backends; built over ~15 years and sold to US player FIS in 2014.
• De CFO PodcastYouTube2025-10-13
  “De deal ontplofte. De CFO had ‘deferred payment’ verward met ‘earn out’ - De CFO PodcastBelgian fintech founded in 2000 and sold in 2014 for €475 million in full cash, whose alumni network ('Clear2Pay maffia') produced many top Belgian tech leaders; Vander Elstraeten built its legal team.
• De CFO PodcastYouTube2025-07-08
  AI in finance: 6 opinies - De CFO podcastCited by Jürgen Ingels as an example of payments and accounting silos now flowing together into full back-office automation.
• De CFO PodcastYouTube2025-03-19
  Hoe brengt Jürgen Ingels via SUPERNOVA de techwereld naar België | De CFO Podcast #56Ingels' payments company, sold in 2014, the basis for his 'do the trick again as a fund' philosophy behind Smartfin.
• VirtualYouTube2025-03-19
  Virtual #12: Oprah Winfrey, kapitaal en disruptie met Leen Anthuenis en Jurgen IngelsPayments technology company Ingels founded in 1999 and sold to US player FIS in 2014. Payment technology company founded by Jurgen Ingels and sold to US player FIS in 2014. Additional recording: Virtual.

Stated facts & numbers

• Ingels founded Clear2Pay at age 28 and sold it in 2014 to FIS, a large American player.Ben's Mentors 2026-01-210:12:15
• During the 2008 banking crisis Clear2Pay had €5M monthly payroll and banks didn't pay invoices for six months.Ben's Mentors 2026-01-211:24:02
• Clear2Pay was founded in 1999 and grew in ~15 years to 20 countries and about 1,200 employees.BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-240:03:07
• Clear2Pay was sold in 2014 to FIS for €375 million.BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-240:03:07
• Ingels was 28 years old when he founded Clear2Pay, after ~6 years in bank venture capital including work in the US.BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-240:04:08
• In 2009 Ingels convinced Aquiline Capital Partners to invest $50 million in Clear2Pay, pitching with a single slide; Intel was also an investor.BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-240:05:08
• Ingels left Clear2Pay three months after the sale, despite the norm of staying one or two years.BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-240:28:44
• Jürgen Ingels sold Clear2Pay in 2014 and then set up venture capital fund Smartfin Capital.De CFO Podcast 2026-03-300:03:38