“Can a Brazilian cashback marketplace evolve into a consumer fintech ecosystem (digital account + card + credit + Bitcoin treasury) without losing its shopping monetization engine?”
Méliuz began in 2011 as a cashback/coupon affiliate marketplace for Brazilian e-commerce. From 2019 it leveraged that audience to cross-sell financial products — first a co-branded credit card, then a digital account, and by 2021 BaaS infrastructure via the Bankly acquisition. After IPO'ing in 2020 at high valuations, the company struggled to monetize Bankly and ultimately divested it, refocusing on shopping plus embedded financial services (insurance, credit, cashback-linked account). In 2025 the company adopted a Bitcoin treasury strategy, becoming one of the first Brazilian listed companies to publicly position around BTC reserves.
Méliuz discloses Méliuz / Acesso Soluções de Pagamento (post-Bankly divestment, partner-issued) as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Méliuz does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Méliuz / Acesso Soluções de Pagamento (post-Bankly divestment, partner-issued).
Méliuz processes payments through Pix (Brazilian instant payments rail). Disclosed money-movement rails: Pix.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 4 layers in Méliuz's stack: Payments / PSP (Pix (Brazilian instant payments rail)); Money movement (Pix); Banking / BaaS (Méliuz / Acesso Soluções de Pagamento (post-Bankly divestment, partner-issued)); Lending (Empréstimo Online, Empréstimo com Garantia de Imóvel, Empréstimo com Garantia de Veículo, Empréstimo com Garantia de Moto and 2 others).
Méliuz is founded in 2011 and headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (registered office: São Bernardo do Campo, SP).
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