“Can a single API-first payments infrastructure platform become the white-label financial operating layer for software companies across North America?”
Founded in 2014 as a direct-bank-payment innovator for Canadian businesses, VoPay initially focused on EFT/ACH digitization. It progressively evolved into a full Fintech-as-a-Service and Payments-as-a-Service infrastructure vendor, targeting ISVs, marketplaces, and enterprises that want to embed payments without building their own rails. Its embedded-finance angle sharpened post-2022 with the addition of virtual accounts, ledger management, compliance-as-a-service, and cross-border FX — positioning VoPay as a white-label payments and financial infrastructure layer for software platforms across Canada and the US.
Vopay discloses Cross River Bank as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Vopay does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Cross River Bank.
Vopay processes payments through VoPay Instant™ (self-operated), EFT (self-operated), ACH (self-operated), Interac e-Transfer (self-operated), RTP® (self-operated), FedNow® (self-operated), Push To Card (self-operated) and eChecks (self-operated). Disclosed money-movement rails: ACH, RTP, FedNow and Push-to-card.
Vopay connects to bank accounts through Plaid.
Vopay uses Currencycloud for FX and cross-border payouts.
Vopay integrates with QuickBooks and Xero.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 8 layers in Vopay's stack: Payments / PSP (VoPay Instant™ (self-operated), EFT (self-operated), ACH (self-operated), Interac e-Transfer (self-operated) and 4 others); Money movement (ACH, RTP, FedNow and Push-to-card); Banking / BaaS (Cross River Bank); Lending (Embedded Payments for Loan Management Platforms); Open banking (Plaid); Unified APIs (Currencycloud); FX & payouts (Currencycloud); Accounting (QuickBooks and Xero).
Vopay was founded by Hamed Arbabi and is founded in 2014, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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