Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 8 companies across 2 categories.
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Astra, Inc. started as an API for financial automation and money movement. The company pivoted into instant payments infrastructure, specifically enabling card-to-card (debit) transfers — a capability it launched in 2021 via a partnership with Cross River Bank and Visa Direct. By 2022 it had raised a Series A and positioned itself as a multi-vertical instant payments API serving BaaS platforms, earned wage access providers, lenders, and SaaS companies that want to embed instant disbursements.
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Astra is an embedded-finance provider in PSP and EWA. It ranks #44 of 528 PSP providers by linked companies.
The most-named PSP alternatives to Astra are Stripe (782 buyers), Adyen (317 buyers), PayPal (153 buyers), Checkout.com (114 buyers), Worldpay (88 buyers) and Mollie (63 buyers).
Astra is founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.
Astra has raised $10M equity + $30M credit line in total.
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