Intrepid Fox, a UK-based AI-powered Know Your Business (KYB) platform, today announces a technology partnership with Maksu, a European online payments provider licensed as a Payment Institution by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). Maksu has integrated Intrepid Fox's onboarding platform into its merchant journey, enabling new merchants to go live within 24 hours.

For Maksu, building a Payment Institution from the ground up means treating compliance as a product surface, not a back-office function. Merchants choosing Maksu expect to start accepting online payments without friction. With Intrepid Fox embedded into the onboarding workflow, document collection, registry verification, and UBO discovery happen in real time, with full auditability for regulatory review.

"As a Payment Institution, our goal at Maksu is to get merchants up and running and accepting online payments as fast as possible. Compliance should not be a bottleneck. By automating KYB/KYC verification, we ensure regulatory standards match the operational speed our merchants expect."

Vlado Galevski, Founder and CEO, Maksu

For Intrepid Fox, the partnership marks a deepening focus on the merchant acquiring vertical and continued expansion across European payment institutions, where the pressure to combine speed and regulatory rigour is most acute.

"Maksu is redefining payment services for European merchants. The AI-powered Intrepid Fox KYB platform makes that possible: AI eliminates document back-and-forth and delivers a smooth, customer-friendly experience without compromising the compliance obligations of a licensed payment institution."

Roman Zilber, Founder and CEO, Intrepid Fox

About Maksu

Maksu is a European online payments provider helping micro, small, and medium-sized merchants grow through simple, secure, and affordable online payments. Built on Modirum's 25-year legacy in FinTech and payment technology, and licensed as a Payment Institution by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), Maksu delivers regulated payment services across Europe and worldwide. Headquartered in Vienna with operations in London and the UK, Maksu serves merchants from emerging e-shops to established international brands. More at maksupay.com.

About Intrepid Fox

Intrepid Fox is a UK-based AI-powered KYB platform for banks, fintechs, and payment institutions. It automates onboarding, UBO discovery, transaction monitoring, periodic review, and other compliance workflows using AI agents, helping regulated firms onboard businesses faster with full auditability and control. Intrepid Fox is a 2025 finalist for the National AI Awards (UK) and Fintech Futures "Best AI Solution."