Mews Financial Services B.V., a regulated entity created by Mews Systems, announces it has obtained an electronic money institution (EMI) licence from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the central bank of the Netherlands. This licence marks a fundamental step in Mews’ ambition to make its management system the leading platform for financial services designed specifically for hospitality, progressively bringing together operations and finance management on a single platform.
The licence gives Mews regulated status within the European Economic Area, allowing it to unify payment services, financial processes and operational data within a single system. Until now, operational data was recorded in Mews, while financial data came from third-party systems. The EMI licence allows the group to bring both together in one place, where the revenue is generated, and lays the groundwork for Mews to develop new financial features tailored to hospitality’s specific needs.
Richard Valtr, founder of Mews, noted that despite the number of software tools hotels use today, financial flows had never been managed within a centralised, connected system, with a payment processor on one side, a bank on the other, and a spreadsheet to reconcile the two. He said a hotel management system must now include financial management, since property productivity and growth depend largely on risk management, and that this licence gives Mews the foundation to build the financial infrastructure the industry has been missing.
Mews processed $19.7 billion in hotel transactions in 2025. At that scale, the complexity of connecting what a hotel generates to what it holds, transfers and records in its accounts now exceeds what fragmented infrastructure was designed to handle. As a regulated entity, Mews Financial Services is subject to the governance, fund protection and compliance requirements applicable to the provision of payment services in the EEA, including the obligation to keep client funds fully segregated from Mews’ operating accounts. The group will also integrate directly into the management system the necessary risk management, fraud monitoring, sanctions screening and anti-money laundering controls.
Mews Financial Services will roll out its regulated activities progressively from late 2026, starting with a pilot group of properties in the Netherlands before gradually expanding across the EEA. In the long term, the group aims to become the trusted financial partner of major hospitality players, turning the operational data already flowing through its platform into new financial products designed to increase revenue and strengthen property performance. This announcement builds on the group’s ongoing technology expansion strategy, which notably included the acquisition of conversational AI platform DataChat in late 2025.
Mews now supports 15,000 clients in 85 countries, with a platform covering PMS, POS, RMS, housekeeping and payments. The group was named Best PMS in 2024, 2025 and 2026, as well as Best POS in 2026, and has featured among Hotel Tech Report’s Best Places to Work in Hotel Tech for six consecutive years.
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At a Glance
Mews Financial Services — EMI license – Milestone: first hotel PMS to obtain an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license in the EEA – Regulator: De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) – Entity: Mews Financial Services B.V. (regulated subsidiary of Mews Systems) – 2025 transaction volume: $19.7 billion – Rollout: pilot group in the Netherlands from late 2026, then EEA-wide expansion – Compliance: segregated client funds, fraud monitoring, sanctions screening, AML controls – Company scale: 15,000 clients in 85 countries; Best PMS (2024, 2025, 2026), Best POS (2026)
