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Modern card issuing platform for innovative payment experiences
Marqeta is the leading modern card issuing platform, powering the payment cards for companies like DoorDash, Instacart, Square Cash App, Uber, and Klarna. Founded in Oakland in 2010, Marqeta pioneered just-in-time (JIT) provisioning—the ability to fund cards in real time at the point of purchase with precise control logic. This innovation enabled entirely new payment experiences like gig worker instant pay, corporate virtual cards for specific vendors, and Buy Now Pay Later card-based products. Marqeta's open API platform allows clients to customize card behaviors with granular spending controls: transaction limits, merchant category restrictions, geographic limits, and real-time decisioning logic. The platform issues both physical and virtual cards on Visa, Mastercard, and Discover networks. Marqeta's tokenization capabilities support Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. Its sandbox environment with complete testing capabilities enables rapid product development. Marqeta went public in June 2021. The platform processes hundreds of billions in volume annually and issues cards in 40+ countries. Key use cases include expense management (virtual cards with spending rules), disbursements (instant payouts to workers), lending (BNPL card products), and digital banking (neobank debit cards). Its revenue sharing model means clients earn interchange revenue on their card programs.