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Orbital

“Can a regulated, multi-jurisdiction stablecoin + traditional payment platform displace correspondent banking for global business cross-border payments?”

Founded2017
HQGibraltar (also London & Tallinn)
Total raised$6.4M
IndustryFintech / Cross-border payments
The story

Founded in 2017 as a cross-border payments company, Orbital expanded into stablecoin and crypto payment infrastructure as regulatory frameworks matured across the UK, Gibraltar, Estonia, and Switzerland. The company has evolved from a traditional FX/payments provider into a unified platform combining stablecoin rails with conventional SWIFT/SEPA rails, enabling businesses to hold, exchange, and settle across 80+ currencies and major stablecoins. With $12bn annualised run-rate value processed, Orbital's current strategic bet is that stablecoins will displace correspondent banking for high-friction emerging-market corridors.

Last 12 months
2024-01
2023-01
Product timeline
2017
Orbital founded as a global payments solutions provider, headquartered in Gibraltar, with a focus on cross-border business payments.· pivot
2021
Orbital began integrating stablecoin rails alongside traditional payment infrastructure, offering crypto-native pay-ins and payouts for businesses.· banking
2023
Orbital partnered with Fireblocks for digital asset custody, enabling secure stablecoin wallet infrastructure at scale.· banking
2024
Orbital joined forces with ClearBank to enable faster international payments, expanding its traditional banking connectivity.· banking
Regulated entities
4
regulatory licences held by Orbital
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
5 layers disclosed in Orbital’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Orbital Payments (self-operated)
Banking / BaaS
in the full report
Sponsor bank
in the full report
FX & payouts
in the full report
Crypto
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
5 more providers across 4 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.