“Can an expense-management SaaS win by working with merchants' existing cards instead of issuing new ones, and become the embedded expense layer inside Sage's ERP suite?”
Fyle started in 2016 as a Bangalore-based email/receipt OCR expense reporting tool, then pivoted around 2019-2020 to a differentiated 'works with your existing cards' model — plugging into Visa, Mastercard, and Amex direct card feeds rather than issuing its own cards like Brex or Ramp. This 'no new cards' wedge let Fyle target SMBs that wanted automation without changing their banking relationships. Fyle was ultimately acquired by Sage and rebranded as Sage Expense Management, positioning the product as the expense layer of the Sage ERP stack (Intacct, Sage 300 CRE, Sage 50).
Fyle processes payments through Stripe.
Fyle's cards run on Visa, Mastercard and American Express.
Fyle connects to bank accounts through Yodlee.
Fyle integrates with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Sage 300 CRE and Sage 50.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 5 layers in Fyle's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe); Card network (Visa, Mastercard and American Express); Open banking (Yodlee); Accounting (QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, NetSuite and 3 others); Spend / AP (Fyle (self-operated)).
Fyle was founded by Yash Madhusudhan and is founded in 2016, headquartered in Newark, DE, United States (corporate); Bangalore, India (origin).
Fyle has raised $10.6M+ (pre-acquisition disclosed) in total (latest round: Acquired by Sage (M&A, ~$94M per PitchBook)).
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