Who's behind the charge on your statement

The name on your statement is rarely the shop's. Card networks show whatever the merchant registered with its bank — often a legal or holding-company name, an abbreviation, or the payment processor (Square, Stripe, PayPal) rather than the business you actually paid. Add store numbers, cities and country codes and a familiar purchase can look like a mystery charge.

Each profile here explains what the company is, how its charges tend to appear on statements, and how to verify a charge from it. If a descriptor isn't listed, paste it into the identifier — we'll analyse the prefix, aliases and public sources and give you the most likely merchant with a confidence level, or upload the whole statement to identify every line at once.