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Regional Hero

Can a German HR-benefits platform capture the statutory tax-free fringe-benefit budget by replacing paper vouchers with a programmable prepaid card?

HQBerlin, Germany
IndustryVertical SaaS / HR & Benefits
The story

Regional Hero operates as a German HR-benefits platform specializing in tax-free employee benefits ('steuerfreie Sachbezüge') delivered through the Regional Hero Card. The platform allows employers to issue prepaid cards to employees redeemable at regional merchants. The company has embedded BaaS infrastructure via Swan to power the card and account product.

Last 12 months
The stack
2 layers disclosed in Regional Hero’s embedded-finance stack
Banking / BaaS
Swan
Card issuing
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Accounting gap: none
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