"The problem Finperks is solving is structural. The prepaid market is large and growing but operationally fragmented: a bank that wants to offer brand-funded cashback to retain customers, or an HR platform looking to distribute Germany's €50-per-month tax-free employee benefit known as the Sachbezug, currently has to navigate multiple providers across multiple functions."
"Finperks is building API infrastructure that lets banks, fintech companies, and HR platforms offer prepaid products, gift cards, eCash, and cashback, through a single integration, rather than requiring each partner to stitch together a web of issuers, brand networks, settlement providers, and compliance layers on their own."
"Banks need cashback to retain and engage users. HR platforms need benefits as a logical extension to upsell clients. None of them want to build prepaid in-house, creating demand for Finperks' consolidated infrastructure solution."
Finperks, founded by the team behind viafintech, has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding to address fragmentation in Europe's prepaid market. The Berlin-based startup builds API infrastructure that consolidates access to over 1,000 brands, allowing financial institutions and HR platforms to offer prepaid products, gift cards, eCash, and cashback through a single integration. Previously, these organizations had to independently navigate multiple issuers, brand networks, settlement providers, and compliance layers. Banks use cashback for customer retention, while HR platforms leverage benefits like Germany's €50-monthly Sachbezug tax-free employee benefit as upsell opportunities. Finperks eliminates this operational complexity, enabling partners to focus on their core business rather than building prepaid infrastructure.
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