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MetalPay

Can a compliant crypto payments app become the regulated on-ramp and institutional API layer for decentralized finance adoption across consumers, banks, and credit unions?

Founded2015
HQ660 4th Street, Suite 107, San Francisco, California 94107
FoundersMarshall Hayner
Latest roundAngel
IndustryFintech / Crypto
The story

Founded in 2015 as a blockchain payments and rewards wallet, Metallicus built Metal Pay as a consumer-facing crypto on-ramp compliant with US money transmission regulations. The company pivoted toward deeper ecosystem integration with the launch of XPR Network, Metal X DEX, and a DeFi lending layer, transforming Metal Pay from a simple crypto purchase app into an entry point for a broader decentralized finance ecosystem. More recently, Metallicus has layered on a B2B Crypto-as-a-Service API targeting banks and credit unions that want to offer compliant crypto trading natively, signaling a dual consumer/institutional strategy.

Last 12 months
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2026-03
2026-03
Product timeline
2015
Metallicus, Inc. founded in San Francisco, focused on blockchain-based payments and digital assets.· pivot
2018
Metal Pay launched as a consumer crypto payments and rewards wallet for digital assets.· banking
2023
Metal Pay 3 launched featuring XPR Network integration, new debit/credit card on-ramp, and in-app customer support.· pivot
2023
Metal X DeFi lending and borrowing platform launched on XPR Network with zero gas fees.· lending
2023
Metallicus partnered with Incode Technologies for biometric identity verification and onboarding on Metal Pay.· banking
2024
Metallicus launched Compliant Crypto-as-a-Service (Crypto Banking API) for banks and credit unions.· pivot
2026
LOAN Protocol governance token listed on Metal Pay, enabling decentralized lending market participation via Metal X.· lending
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by MetalPay
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
3 layers disclosed in MetalPay’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Metal Pay (self-operated)
Money movement
in the full report
Lending
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
3 more providers across 2 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.