“Can a single licensed-and-orchestrated BaaS provider win enterprise brands that don't want to manage multiple bank, card, and FX vendors themselves?”
Founded 2017 as Mezu, a consumer P2P payments app. Pivoted in 2021 to enterprise embedded finance under the Alviere brand, building HIVE — a single-contract BaaS platform combining accounts, branded cards, payments, wallets and cross-border remittance for large brands in retail, telecom, travel and marketplaces. Differentiates by holding its own US/PR/Canada money-transmitter licenses (via the legacy Mezu entity) rather than reselling another BaaS.
Alviere discloses Alviere HIVE (self-operated, licensed MTL via Mezu (NA), Inc.) as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Alviere does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Alviere HIVE (self-operated, licensed MTL via Mezu (NA), Inc.).
Alviere processes payments through Alviere HIVE Payments (self-operated). Disclosed money-movement rails: ACH.
Alviere's cards are issued through Alviere HIVE (self-operated).
Alviere uses Currencycloud for FX and cross-border payouts.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 6 layers in Alviere's stack: Payments / PSP (Alviere HIVE Payments (self-operated)); Money movement (ACH); Banking / BaaS (Alviere HIVE (self-operated, licensed MTL via Mezu (NA), Inc.)); Card issuing (Alviere HIVE (self-operated)); Unified APIs (Currencycloud); FX & payouts (Currencycloud).
Alviere was founded by Yuval Brisker and is founded in 2017, headquartered in New York, NY (corporate office also Denver, CO).
Alviere has raised $70M+ in total (latest round: Series B, 2021).
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