“Can physical gold be made as spendable as fiat currency through mobile-first fintech infrastructure and card networks?”
Founded in the mid-2010s in London, Glint was built on the thesis that gold could be re-introduced as a spendable everyday currency via modern fintech infrastructure. The company pairs a gold-custody account with a Mastercard debit card, enabling real-time gold-to-fiat conversion at point of sale. Rather than serving as a wealth management or investment platform, Glint positions gold as a medium of exchange — competing with neobanks on the rails of traditional card networks while differentiating on the underlying asset.
Glint discloses Sutton Bank as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Glint does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Sutton Bank.
Glint is founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Glint has raised £3.1M+ in total (latest round: Early Stage VC, 2017).
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