Clearhaus · acquirer
Clearhaus integration: a Danish acquirer in your app
A Clearhaus integration usually means Clearhaus is the acquirer behind a gateway you already know — not that your checkout button talks to an acquirer API. Most briefs get that layer wrong. The client says “we need Clearhaus”. What they mean is: card payments should settle through a Danish acquirer we have a contract with. The gateway — QuickPay, PensoPay, a PSP — talks to Clearhaus. Your system talks to the gateway. A direct acquirer integration is more work than a gateway. For an SME it is almost never the first choice. For a platform that is itself a PSP, it can be.
8 min read · Updated 28 August 2026
Before we price, we need to know whether you already have a Clearhaus agreement, which PSP sits in front, MCC, rolling reserve, 3-D Secure policy, currency and settlement account. Without that we guess the wrong layer. Contact us with the agreement.
A Clearhaus integration is an acquirer layer, not a checkout button
Your checkout
Talks to the gateway API. Never directly to the acquirer unless you are a PSP.
Gateway / PSP
QuickPay, PensoPay or similar. Session, 3-D Secure, webhook.
Clearhaus
Acquirer. The card is taken, money settles to your account.
Bank
Settlement account. It must match the agreement or the first payout stops.
Acquirer layer
- Contract, MCC, reserve, settlement
- Rarely an API you call from the button
- Clearhaus, Nets or similar
What you must settle on day 1
- Do you already have a Clearhaus agreement, or must it be created?
- Which PSP sits in front — or do you want to talk directly?
- MCC, rolling reserve, 3-D Secure policy
- Currency and settlement account
Direct acquirer work does not belong in a small 18,000 DKK package. The gateway layer does. Say which layer you mean before you ask for a fixed price.
Send us the agreement, not the guess
A screenshot of the login name and the PSP you settle through beats three meetings. Then we pick the right layer and can say whether it is 1 integration in the package or a separate PSP project. Pricing · Payments.
