Banking infrastructure, embedded finance, and decentralized lending — these 10 fintech startups are at the early-stage inflection point where enterprise pilots become platform contracts. Ranked by SwitchPitch IRL score, Tier-1 VC backing, and documented enterprise client traction, updated May 2026.

  1. 1
    AAZZUR IRL 9/10Seed$5M raised

    Embedding financial products into user journeys for FinTechs, banks and corporates – at the point of need, without building a tech stack.

    Backed by Alumni Ventures Group, F10, SIX Group📍 Berlin, Germany
    87
    SP Score
  2. 2
    QI Tech IRL 9/10Series B$375M raised

    QI Tech is a fintech platform that provides APIs enabling businesses to offer financial products to their customers.

    Backed by FJ Labs, Across Capital, Endeavor Catalyst📍 São Paulo, Brazil
    79
    SP Score
  3. 3
    Walnut Insurance IRL 10/10Series A$7M raised

    Walnut Insurance is an insurance company that provides embedded insurance infrastructure to retailers and financial services providers.

    Backed by Diagram Ventures, ATB Financial, Harvest Venture Partners📍 Toronto, Canada
    76
    SP Score
  4. 4
    Bankingly IRL 9/10Series A$19M raised

    Bankingly provides digital banking software enabling financial institutions to offer mobile and online banking services.

    Backed by IDB Lab, SixThirty, Athos Group📍 Montevideo, Uruguay
    72
    SP Score
  5. 5
    Stablecore IRL 8/10Series A$20M raised

    Stablecore builds platform for regional banks and credit unions to offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits and digital asset products

    Backed by Bankers Helping Bankers Fund, BankTech Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners📍 Dallas, United States
    71
    SP Score
  6. 6
    TransBnk IRL 7/10Series B$30M raised

    TransBnk is a transaction banking platform empowers enterprises with secure, agile banking through embedded finance and SaaS.

    Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, 8i Ventures, Accion Venture Lab📍 New Delhi, India
    71
    SP Score
  7. 7
    Wallester AS IRL 8/10Seed$10M raised

    Wallester is a fully licensed financial institution that provides all-in-one Visa payment card issuing white-label solution.

    📍 Tallinn, Estonia
    70
    SP Score
  8. 8
    Wallyt IRL 8/10Seed$6M raised

    Wallyt is a leading digital banking solutions provider.

    📍 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    69
    SP Score
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    Bank of London IRL 8/10Venture$185M raised

    Bank of London is a global clearing, agency, and transaction bank advancing the economic infrastructure of the future.

    Backed by Mangrove Capital Partners, 14W, ForgeLight📍 City Of London, United Kingdom
    66
    SP Score
  10. 10
    Prestatech IRL 7/10Series A$4M raised

    Prestatech offers to leading European Banks a variety of credit services from data enrichment to end-to-end instant lending solutions.

    Backed by CDP Venture Capital, Alchimia Investments, Swiss Merchant Corporation📍 Berlin, Germany
    64
    SP Score

Methodology: Rankings are generated monthly from SwitchPitch's startup database using a composite 100-point score: IRL Score (35%) — SwitchPitch's Innovation Readiness Level measuring real enterprise adoption; Funding Stage (20%) — weighted toward Seed and Series A/B; Total Raised (15%) — log-scaled to reward meaningful early capital; Enterprise Client Traction (15%) — based on documented client counts; Tier-1 VC Backing (15%) — presence of top-decile investors. Last updated: August 2026.

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