Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 3 companies across 1 category.
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Founded as a consumer credit card for thin-file borrowers, Deserve pivoted in 2019 to a 'Card as a Service' (CaaS) B2B infrastructure play, positioning itself as the modern, mobile-first alternative to legacy card processors. By 2021-2022, it had become a full-stack credit card issuing platform serving banks, credit unions, fintechs, and brands. In 2023, it deepened its infrastructure bet by launching native mobile issuer processing built on Mastercard's Cloud Edge, reducing reliance on traditional processors and owning more of the vertical stack.
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<img src="https://www.embeddedfinanceindex.com/api/badge/deserve/install" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="display:none">3 companies disclose Deserve in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Capital Community Bank, Trayd and Seneca Women.
Deserve is an embedded-finance provider in Card Issuing. It ranks #56 of 231 Card Issuing providers by disclosed buyers.
The most-disclosed Card Issuing alternatives to Deserve are Marqeta (68 buyers), Stripe Issuing (33 buyers), Enfuce (26 buyers), Paymentology (25 buyers), Galileo (21 buyers) and Sutton Bank (21 buyers).
Deserve was founded by Kalpesh Kapadia and is founded in 2013, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.
Deserve has raised $150M+ equity + $250M credit facility in total.
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