“Can a UK-based employee benefits platform become the financial OS for global enterprise workforce benefits, displacing legacy platforms with embedded payments, cards, and financial wellbeing products?”
Founded in 2019 as a UK-based employee benefits platform, Thanks Ben (trading as 'Ben') initially focused on flexible spending allowances backed by prepaid Mastercard cards. It has since evolved into an AI-native global benefits OS for enterprise, embedding payment cards (via Paynetics), cross-border payment rails (via Airwallex for US), and financial wellbeing products (EWA, workplace loans) directly into its platform. The Series B positions Ben to displace legacy benefits platforms at multinationals operating across 140+ countries.