“Can a B2B trade finance platform spanning both supplier and buyer sides of SMB commerce become the default credit and payments infrastructure for B2B trade across Australia and the US?”
Founded in 2012 and launched in 2014 as an Australian B2B trade finance platform for SMBs whose needs weren't met by traditional banks. Over a decade, Finstro evolved into a multi-product embedded finance platform offering trade credit (net terms), working capital loans, and Mastercard-branded card payments for both buyers and suppliers. The US expansion is bank-sponsored via Coastal Community Bank, marking a structural shift from a purely domestic Australian lender to a cross-market B2B embedded finance provider.
Finstro discloses Coastal Community Bank (sponsor) as its banking provider, with Coastal Community Bank as its sponsor bank, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Finstro does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Coastal Community Bank.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Finstro's stack: Banking / BaaS (Coastal Community Bank (sponsor)); Lending (Finstro Trade (supplier net terms / B2B BNPL), Finstro Loan (flexible business line of credit for working capital and capital asset financing), Finstro Pay (business credit for any B2B purchase), Debtor finance and 1 other); Sponsor bank (Coastal Community Bank).
Finstro is founded in 2014 and headquartered in Australia (with US operations).
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