“Can a US business banking platform win globally-distributed founders — especially LatAm teams — who need USD accounts, multi-rail global payouts, and treasury without being incorporated in the US?”
Blinka is a YC-backed (F26) San Francisco fintech launched in 2025, offering US business banking to globally-distributed companies — USD accounts accessible with non-US entities, multi-currency payments (20+ currencies plus USDC rails), Visa Infinite corporate cards, and treasury yield on idle USD. The team is concentrated across the US and Latin America (Colombia, Argentina, Mexico), and early customers skew Latin-America-founded companies needing USD banking rails.
Blinka discloses Portage Bank as its banking provider, with Third National as its sponsor bank, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Blinka does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Third National.
Blinka moves money over ACH, SWIFT and Pix.
Blinka's cards are issued through Third National on the Visa and Mastercard networks.
Blinka integrates with QuickBooks.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 7 layers in Blinka's stack: Money movement (ACH, SWIFT and Pix); Banking / BaaS (Portage Bank); Card issuing (Third National); Card network (Visa and Mastercard); Sponsor bank (Portage Bank and Third National); Accounting (QuickBooks); Treasury (Atomic Invest, BNY Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Money Market Fund (DSHXX) and Morgan Stanley Ultra-Short Income Portfolio (MULSX)).
Blinka is founded in 2025 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, United States.
Blinka has raised $1.5M in total (latest round: Series 1, 2025).
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