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Pliant Oy

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BaaSCard Issuing

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 2 companies across 2 categories.

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CategoriesBaaS, Card Issuing
Rank#108 of 231 in Card Issuing
Buyers2 companies
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Founded2020
FoundersMalte Huffmann, Fabian Terner
Raised$100M+

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Founders & story · from Pliant Oy’s own dossier

Founded in Berlin as a B2B corporate credit card product, Pliant initially relied on third-party e-money issuers (TPML / Transact Payments Malta Limited) before obtaining its own EMI license through Pliant Oy in Finland and achieving Visa Principal Membership, establishing self-operated card issuing infrastructure. The company then pivoted from a pure end-customer credit card product toward a B2B infrastructure play, launching Cards-as-a-Service (CaaS) and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) capabilities so that non-financial companies, SaaS platforms, lenders, and banks can embed card programs into their own products. The 2025 Series B marks the beginning of an international expansion phase, with the US market as the primary target.

Latest round: Series B, April 2025
Recent developments
  • 2025-04Pliant raised a $40M Series B led by Illuminate Financial and Speedinvest, with participation from PayPal Ventures and Motive Ventures, bringing total funding to over $100M and announcing US expansion. source ↗
  • 2026-07-14Launched in the US, partnering with Coastal Financial Corporation's CCBX Banking-as-a-Service segment (Coastal Community Bank) as sponsor bank for US card issuing — the milestone the 2025 Series B was raised to fund. Pliant's EU product is unaffected: it continues to run on Pliant's own EMI license (Pliant Oy, Finland), not a sponsor bank. source ↗
  • 2026-07-29Surpassed $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), following the US market entry two weeks earlier. A revenue milestone, distinct from the ~$100M in lifetime funding already on this dossier (2025 Series B and prior rounds). source ↗
  • 2025-04-01Acquired Austrian insurance-card provider Hi.Health and partnered with Pflegenavi for point-of-sale card payments in Austrian care facilities. source ↗
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Who uses Pliant Oy
2 companies disclose Pliant Oy in their stack
PliantExpenseOnDemand
Buyer mix · 2 of 2 classified
Horizontal SaaS / Spend Management · 1Infrastructure / Card issuing · 1
EU · 1UK · 1
What the disclosures say
Pliant
“Pliant is a Visa Principal Member and licensed EMI (Pliant Oy).”
ExpenseOnDemand
“expenseondemand.com's site-wide footer discloses card issuance directly: 'In EEA, cards are issued by Pliant Oy, identified by business ID 3266913-9 (FIN)... duly authorised and regulated by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland.”
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Alternatives to Pliant Oy

Other Card Issuing providers in the index, by the number of companies that disclose them. A count of public disclosures, not a ranking of the products.

Marqeta68 buyers →Stripe Issuing33 buyers →Enfuce26 buyers →Paymentology25 buyers →Galileo21 buyers →Sutton Bank21 buyers →Pliant20 buyers →i2c18 buyers →
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Pliant Oy — frequently asked

Which companies use Pliant Oy?

2 companies disclose Pliant Oy in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Pliant and ExpenseOnDemand.

What does Pliant Oy do?

Pliant Oy is an embedded-finance provider in BaaS and Card Issuing. It ranks #108 of 231 Card Issuing providers by disclosed buyers.

What are the alternatives to Pliant Oy?

The most-disclosed Card Issuing alternatives to Pliant Oy are Marqeta (68 buyers), Stripe Issuing (33 buyers), Enfuce (26 buyers), Paymentology (25 buyers), Galileo (21 buyers) and Sutton Bank (21 buyers).

Who founded Pliant Oy?

Pliant Oy was founded by Malte Huffmann and Fabian Terner and is founded in 2020, headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

How much funding has Pliant Oy raised?

Pliant Oy has raised $100M+ in total.

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