“Can a job-management platform for tradies become the financial OS for small trade businesses by embedding Stripe payments and capital into the invoice workflow?”
Fergus started as pure job management SaaS for tradies (quoting, scheduling, invoicing). Over time it has layered embedded finance on top of the workflow: Fergus Pay (Stripe-powered card acceptance) monetizes invoice collection, and Fergus Capital (launched 2026 in Australia via Stripe Capital) turns transaction history into working-capital financing. The company is following the classic vertical-SaaS embedded-finance playbook — using Stripe as the full-stack rail for payments and lending rather than building its own.
Fergus processes payments through Stripe.
Fergus uses Stripe for KYC and identity verification.
Fergus's lending and capital products are provided by Stripe Capital.
Fergus integrates with Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and Zapier.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 4 layers in Fergus's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe); Lending (Stripe Capital and Fergus Capital); KYC (Stripe); Accounting (Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and Zapier).
Fergus was founded by Dan Pollard and is founded in 2012, headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.
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