Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 67 companies across 3 categories.
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Founded 2010 as a prepaid card processor; pivoted into the modern open-API card issuing platform that powered the on-demand and BNPL eras (Square, DoorDash, Instacart, Affirm, Uber). IPO'd in 2021 at $17B. More recently expanding beyond card issuing into accounts and money movement (Marqeta for Banking), embedded BNPL distribution (Marqeta Flex), and commercial credit — positioning as the embedded finance infrastructure layer for issuers, fintechs, and banks.
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<img src="https://www.embeddedfinanceindex.com/api/badge/marqeta/install" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="display:none">67 companies disclose Marqeta in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Google Executive, Varo, Sdk Finance, Shakepay, Swipe, Swiss4, Trading, Uber, Western Union, P.F.C. and 2 others.
Marqeta is an embedded-finance provider in BaaS, Card Issuing and Spend / AP. It ranks #1 of 231 Card Issuing providers by disclosed buyers.
Marqeta is part of Marqeta (independent).
Yes. Marqeta trades as NASDAQ:MQ, listed since 2021.
The most-disclosed Card Issuing alternatives to Marqeta are Stripe Issuing (32 buyers), Enfuce (26 buyers), Paymentology (25 buyers), Galileo (21 buyers), Sutton Bank (21 buyers) and Pliant (20 buyers).
Marqeta was founded by Jason Gardner and is founded in 2010, headquartered in Oakland, California, USA.
Marqeta has raised $528M+ (pre-IPO) in total.
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