Apto Payments
Acquired
What they do:
API platform for partners to issue branded debit and credit cards to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Payments Startups
This list has 235 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 58 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (62), New York (21), and Bengaluru (16). Largest teams: Kapital Bank, Razorpay, and Wave. Latest round: Wally raised $25M (Oct 8, 2026).
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Moltin
Acquired
What they do:
eCommerce building blocks through simple APIs for websites & apps.…
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Abacus
Acquired
What they do:
Making expense reports obsolete
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Kinside
Acquired
What they do:
Powering the $648b Care Economy
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CheqUPI
Acquired
What they do:
India's first UPI wallet for foreign nationals and NRIs
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Striga
Acquired
What they do:
Compliant Crypto and Banking Infrastructure
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HQ: Tallinn, Estonia
inai
Acquired
What they do:
Segment for global payments
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Tola
Acquired
What they do:
The simple, fast and free tool for businesses to pay and get paid
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cypher
Acquired
What they do:
Crypto Neo-Bank (WhatsApp moment for bank accounts)
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Coin
Acquired
What they do:
A mobile wallet that allows you to pay everywhere credit cards are…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kash
Acquired
What they do:
We are fixing how money works.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Final
Acquired
What they do:
A credit card that drastically reduces payment fraud and gives…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tranch
Acquired
What they do:
Tranch is the invoice to payments platform for enterprises.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Weav
Acquired
What they do:
Weav is the universal API for commerce platforms
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
yBANQ
Acquired
What they do:
yBANQ is building a Bill.com for India to simplify collections and…
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Charityvest
Acquired
What they do:
A premier charitable giving account, for everyone.
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Hyper
Acquired
What they do:
Sell memberships to your Discord server
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
LotusPay
Acquired
What they do:
Recurring payments solution for businesses in India.
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Elph
Acquired
What they do:
Acquired by Brex. Building digital payments infrastructure.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SlidePay
Acquired
What they do:
Banking and Payment Platform APIs. Exited October 2014.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Payable
Acquired
What they do:
Simple payments and tax compliance for your contract workforce.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bouncer
Acquired
What they do:
SDK for scanning and verifying credit cards and photo IDs in mobile…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Consul
Acquired
What they do:
The Stablecoin Payouts Platform
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Standard Treasury
Acquired
What they do:
Banking APIs; acquired by Silicon Valley Bank in August 2015
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S13Early stage
Flinto
Acquired
What they do:
Mexico's digital wallet
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HQ: Mexico City, Mexico
YC W18Early stage
Paribus
Acquired
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Valiu
Shut down
What they do:
USD mobile banking for LatAm's businesses and people
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Akudo
Shut down
What they do:
India's first learning-focused neobank for teenagers
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Drip
Shut down
What they do:
Shop and pay in installments anywhere
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Balanced
Shut down
What they do:
Payments for Marketplaces
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pivo Technology Inc
Shut down
What they do:
Digital Bank for Freight Carriers in Africa.
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Inokyo
Shut down
What they do:
We bring physical stores to the digital age with cashierless checkout.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
goDutch
Shut down
What they do:
Group payments product which lets people pay together at any offline…
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HQ: India
Magic
Shut down
What they do:
Pay by Bank Platform
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BuildStream
Shut down
What they do:
Workforce solutions for the construction industry
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
onetool
Shut down
What they do:
App-Store for SaaS: one invoice, one user management, one login.
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