Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 21 companies across 4 categories.
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Founded 2000 as a bootstrapped backend integrator for early digital financial services, Galileo became the card-issuing and account-processing backbone for a generation of neobanks — Chime, Robinhood, Monzo, TransferWise. Acquired by SoFi for $1.2B in 2020 but operated independently under the Galileo brand. In 2026 the parent completed the integration by rebranding the platform 'SoFi Technology Solutions,' pushing Galileo up-market to compete with Marqeta, Fiserv and the modern BaaS/core stack (Cyberbank Core, Konecta AI) across banks, fintechs and consumer brands.
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<img src="https://www.embeddedfinanceindex.com/api/badge/galileo/install" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="display:none">21 companies disclose Galileo in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Global Rewards, MyBambu, Mercantil Banco, Direct Deposit Switch, Dave, NorthOne, Pomelos Remit Now Pay, Fundbox, Customisable, MoneyLion and 2 others.
Galileo is an embedded-finance provider in Card Issuing, BaaS, Lending and PSP. It ranks #5 of 231 Card Issuing providers by disclosed buyers.
Galileo is owned by SoFi, which acquired it in 2020.
The most-disclosed Card Issuing alternatives to Galileo are Marqeta (68 buyers), Stripe Issuing (33 buyers), Enfuce (26 buyers), Paymentology (25 buyers), Sutton Bank (21 buyers) and Pliant (20 buyers).
Galileo was founded by Clay Wilkes and is founded in 2000, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Galileo has raised $85M (pre-acquisition) + $1.2B acquisition by SoFi in total.
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