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Bankart: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Bankart is a payment processing company based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with the legal name BANKART, procesiranje plačilnih instrumentov d.o.o. It processes payment instruments for banks and savings banks in Slovenia and abroad. Its services include card issuing and acquiring, POS terminal and ATM networks, open banking and online payments, and transaction routing and monitoring. For banks it provides complete payment solutions on shared technical infrastructure. Bankart also handles SEPA instant transfers, credit transfers and direct debits within Slovenia and the euro area.

Bankart is wholly owned by banks. NLB d.d. and OTP banka d.d. are the largest shareholders, followed by Banka Intesa Sanpaolo d.d., UniCredit Banka Slovenija d.d. and Deželna banka Slovenije d.d. No single shareholder holds a majority, and the website names no parent company. The website does not state where customer data is stored or which data-protection framework applies, so a European organisation should request these details in writing before procurement.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
Key management with a European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026

Headquarters	SI (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Payments
Type	Product
Website	bankart.si ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Bankart

The European alternatives to Bankart come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Bankart

Bankart is headquartered in SI and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Bankart scores best on data residency.

Bankart is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Bankart together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Bankart?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Bankart include Adyen, Alma and Autopay. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Bankart?

Our list of EU alternatives to Bankart is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Bankart GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Bankart is headquartered in SI (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Bankart an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Payments

Payments: Payment services, payment gateways, online payments and financial transactions. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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