Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 3 companies across 2 categories.
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Wallester started as a small Estonian payment institution in 2018 and built a Visa Principal Member card-issuing platform, launching its White-Label product in 2021. It has since evolved from a pure card issuer into a broader embedded-finance infrastructure provider, adding multi-currency IBAN business accounts, BIN sponsorship, expense management and a free business tier. The 2026 UK EMI authorisation marks a deliberate expansion beyond the EEA into UK/Ireland/Switzerland coverage.
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wallester is an embedded-finance provider in BaaS and Card Issuing. It ranks #67 of 227 Card Issuing providers by linked companies.
The most-named Card Issuing alternatives to wallester are Marqeta (66 buyers), Stripe Issuing (32 buyers), Enfuce (25 buyers), Paymentology (23 buyers), Sutton Bank (21 buyers) and Pliant (20 buyers).
wallester was founded by Sergei Astafjev and Dmitri Logvinenko and is founded in 2016, headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia.
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