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Federation

Can a Midwest-focused, API-first payments infrastructure provider own embedded payment acceptance and B2B lending for independent software vendor platforms?

HQMidwest, United States
IndustryInfrastructure / Payments
The story

Federation Financial operates as a payments infrastructure provider targeting independent software vendors (ISVs), offering embedded payment acceptance (card and ACH), account validation, sub-accounting and configurable settlement, and embedded B2B financing via short-term lines of credit. The company also partnered with GoCardless to address late payments for small businesses, suggesting a focus on the SMB and FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) segment. The company positions itself as a Midwest-based, relationship-driven alternative payments infrastructure provider.

Last 12 months
The stack
Payments / PSP
GoCardless
Lending
B2B embedded net-terms line of credit (via API)
Open banking
Gocardless
Accounting gap: significant