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Stride Bank

Provider
BaaSCard IssuingSponsor Bank

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 11 companies across 3 categories.

stridebank.com ↗Also analysed as a company — its own stack →
CategoriesBaaS, Card Issuing, Sponsor Bank
Rank#21 of 182 in Sponsor Bank
Buyers11 companies
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Who uses Stride Bank
11 companies disclose Stride Bank in their stack
Affirms BnplPayfareChimePayforwardLyft Cash RewardsStashAffirmTalipayLyftWestlake FinancialWisdomtree Prime
Buyer mix · 11 of 11 classified
Fintech / Lending · 4Marketplace / Gig economy · 2Fintech / Consumer banking · 1Fintech / Investment · 1Fintech / Neobank · 1Fintech / SMB banking · 1Vertical SaaS / Healthcare · 1
US · 10Canada · 1
What the disclosures say
Affirms Bnpl
“Affirm privacy notice: 'Affirm Money Account is held with Cross River Bank' and 'Affirm Card is a Visa debit card issued by Evolve Bank & Trust or Stride Bank, N.A.' American Banker (April 2025) confirms Stride Bank added as second card issuer.”
Payfare
“Lyft Direct program terms: 'In the event of an otherwise irreconcilable conflict between these Terms and other agreements or terms between you and Stride Bank N.A.'. bankingembedded.com lists Stride Bank as a Payfare customer/partner. i2c press release confirms i2c as full-service digital banking partner.”
Chime
“Chime's regulatory footer on chime.com states: 'The Chime Visa® Debit Card, the secured Chime Credit Builder Visa® Credit Card and the secured Chime Visa® Credit Card are issued by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., pursuant to licenses from Visa U.S.A.”
Payforward
“Stride Bank (bankingembedded.com) publicly lists Payforward as a customer — TIER 1 known-customer listing.”
Lyft Cash Rewards
“cdn.lyft.com/static/legal/docs/ld/payfare-program-terms.html names Payfare International, Inc. and Stride Bank N.A. as the Lyft Direct providers. help.lyft.com/hc/en-us/all/articles/360022461073 confirms 'We work with a company called Payfare to provide Lyft Direct.'”
Stash
“Stash Core press release (September 2022) explicitly names 'Stride Bank, N.A., Mastercard, Marqeta, Mambu, and Alloy' as industry-leading partners.”
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Alternatives to Stride Bank

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

Evolve Bank & Trust80 buyers →Sutton Bank63 buyers →Cross River50 buyers →Pathward43 buyers →Celtic Bank35 buyers →Community Federal Savings Bank35 buyers →Thread Bank29 buyers →The Bancorp Bank25 buyers →
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