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Qolo

Provider
Card Issuing

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 1 company across 1 category.

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CategoriesCard Issuing
Rank#199 of 227 in Card Issuing
Buyers1 company
HeadquartersFort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Founded2018
FoundersPatricia Montesi, Darren Beyer, Robert Pincus, Steven Bishop
Raised$19M (disclosed)

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Founders & story · from Qolo’s own dossier

Qolo was founded in 2018 by a team of payments veterans (ex-Marqeta, Green Dot, Blackhawk, FIS) with the thesis that BaaS-era card programs were being built on fragmented stacks — separate issuer, processor, ledger and money-movement vendors bolted together. Qolo's differentiation is native card issuing + processing sitting on its own real-time embedded ledger (Quantum Ledger) and program-management engine (Sparq), sold to banks, fintechs and vertical SaaS as an alternative to middleware BaaS. In July 2026 the company was acquired by CSI (Computer Services, Inc.), a US community/regional bank core provider, positioning Qolo as CSI's embedded finance and commercial banking modernization arm.

Latest round: Series A, 2021
Recent developments
  • 2026-07CSI completes acquisition of Qolo to expand commercial banking and embedded finance capabilities. source ↗
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Who uses Qolo
1 company disclose Qolo in their stack
White_bluebanc
What the disclosures say
White_bluebanc
“Qolo publicly lists BlueBanc as a customer at qolo.io (TIER 1 known_customer_listing).”
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What Qolo runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers Qolo itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose Qolo.
BaaS
green dot
Card Issuing
Marqeta
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Alternatives to Qolo

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.

Marqeta66 buyers →Stripe Issuing32 buyers →Enfuce25 buyers →Paymentology23 buyers →Sutton Bank21 buyers →Pliant20 buyers →Galileo19 buyers →i2c17 buyers →
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Ranked #199 of 227 in Card Issuing — Embedded Finance Index 2026
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Qolo — frequently asked

Which companies use Qolo?

1 company is linked to Qolo in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, through their own public disclosures or Qolo's published customer list, including White_bluebanc.

What does Qolo do?

Qolo is an embedded-finance provider in Card Issuing. It ranks #199 of 227 Card Issuing providers by linked companies.

What are the alternatives to Qolo?

The most-named Card Issuing alternatives to Qolo are Marqeta (66 buyers), Stripe Issuing (32 buyers), Enfuce (25 buyers), Paymentology (23 buyers), Sutton Bank (21 buyers) and Pliant (20 buyers).

Who founded Qolo?

Qolo was founded by Patricia Montesi, Darren Beyer, Robert Pincus and Steven Bishop and is founded in 2018, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

How much funding has Qolo raised?

Qolo has raised $19M (disclosed) in total.

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