“Can a single open finance + payments API become the default money-movement layer for Southeast Asian platforms?”
Brick is an Indonesia-based open finance API platform serving Southeast Asia. Originally positioned as a financial data aggregator (Plaid-for-SEA), Brick has expanded into payment orchestration — disbursements, virtual accounts, BI-Fast, QRIS, payment links, and e-wallet acceptance — operating under the licensed remittance entity PT Eastern Transglobal Remittance and partnered with PT Ionpay Networks.
Brick discloses PT Ionpay Networks as its sponsor bank, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Brick does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through PT Ionpay Networks.
Brick processes payments through Brick Disbursement API (self-operated), Brick BI-Fast (self-operated), Brick Virtual Account API (self-operated), Brick QRIS Dynamic/Static (self-operated), Brick Payment Link (self-operated) and Brick E-Wallet Acceptance (self-operated).
Brick connects to bank accounts through Brick (self-operated open finance API).
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Brick's stack: Payments / PSP (Brick Disbursement API (self-operated), Brick BI-Fast (self-operated), Brick Virtual Account API (self-operated), Brick QRIS Dynamic/Static (self-operated) and 2 others); Open banking (Brick (self-operated open finance API)); Sponsor bank (PT Ionpay Networks).
Brick is founded in 2021 and headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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