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Cross-border & stablecoins · updated 2026-10-06

19 early-stage cross-border and stablecoin payments startups

New rails for moving money across borders: FX, payouts, remittances and stablecoin settlement.

#CompanyStageRaisedEmbeds
1OpenFX
Stablecoin cross-border FX infrastructure · United States · founded 2024
Series A
2026
$117M
Money movementBanking / BaaSLedgerFX & payouts
2Kast
Stablecoin-native neobank and financial OS · Comoros (operational HQ; also registered in Seychelles and Cayman Islands) · founded 2023
Series A
2026
$90M
Money movementCard networkSponsor bankCrypto+2
3Conduit
Stablecoin-orchestrated cross-border payments · Inc.); also entities in Canada and Brazil · founded 2021
Series A
2025
$53M
Money movementBanking / BaaSKYCInvesting
4Nala Moneys
Cross-border payments into Africa · Toronto) · founded 2021
Series A
2024
$50M
Banking / BaaS
5Kadmos
Cross-border payroll for maritime workers · London) · founded 2021
Series A
2024
$48.5M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSCard issuingFX & payouts
6Catena Labs
Bank infrastructure for AI agents · United States · founded 2022
Series A
2026
$48M
Money movementLendingFX & payoutsCrypto+1
7Velocity
Enterprise stablecoin treasury and settlement · UK · founded 2025
Series A
2026
$48M
Money movementKYCSponsor bankCrypto
8Bastion
Regulated stablecoin issuance and custody · USA · founded 2023
Series A
2025
$39.6M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSLedgerCrypto+1
9Niural
Global payroll, EOR, and embedded finance platform · USA · founded 2022
Series A
2025
$31M
Payments / PSPMoney movementBanking / BaaSSponsor bank+2
10Finmo
Asia-Pacific treasury operating system · Singapore · founded 2021
Series A
2025
$27M
Payments / PSPMoney movementBanking / BaaSCard issuing+5
11Noah
Stablecoin-native payments infrastructure · UK · founded 2020
Seed
2025
$22M
Payments / PSPMoney movementKYCFX & payouts+1
12Raenest
Cross-border banking for African businesses · Canada) · founded 2022
Series A
2025
$14M
Payments / PSPMoney movementBanking / BaaSCard issuing+3
13Infinia
Real-time payments and stablecoin settlement infrastructure · Uruguay (with US presence in New York) · founded 2022
Series A
2026
$13.5M
Payments / PSPFX & payoutsCrypto
14Klasha
Emerging market cross-border payments rail · USA · founded 2018
Seed
2024
$6.5M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSFX & payoutsAccounting
15Briskpe
Cross-border payments for Indian MSMEs · India · founded 2023
Seed
2024
$5M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSLendingUnified APIs+2
16Etherfuse
Blockchain FX infrastructure for remittances · United States · founded 2019
Seed
2024
$3M
Crypto
17Karta
Crypto money app and Visa cards · United States · founded 2022
Series A
2026
—
Money movementCard networkSponsor bankCrypto
18Skydo
Financial OS for Indian exporters · India · founded 2022
Series A
2025
—
Payments / PSPMoney movementBanking / BaaSFX & payouts+1
19Zing
Multi-currency international payments app · UK · founded 2023
Series A
2024
—
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSCard networkFX & payouts

All 19 that qualify, by total raised. Qualifying means founded in 2018 or later, a pre-seed, seed or Series A round in 2024or later, at most $250M raised, and at least one financial product embedded in the stack. Funding is as reported in each company’s dossier; descriptions are written from the dossier. Click a company for what it embeds and who powers it.

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