Marqeta
A card issuing and processing platform with open APIs, working through US issuing banks and a UK and EEA e-money firm.
Marqeta is a card issuing and processing platform for debit, prepaid and credit card programs, sold either with Marqeta as program manager or as a processor for companies that run their own programs. Its SEC filings name Sutton Bank as its largest issuing bank by processing volume and Pathward as a backup issuing bank for the Cash App program.
Since completing the acquisition of TransactPay in 2025, it also offers program management in the UK and EEA through Transact Payments Limited, which appears in the Gibraltar regulator’s register. Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California, and does not publish pricing.
- Website
- marqeta.com
- Infrastructure layers
- Card issuing
- Products (as published)
- Card issuing
Processing
Marqeta Program Management
Credit (consumer and commercial)
RiskControl
Tokenization and digital wallets - Client types
- Buy now pay later, on-demand delivery, expense management, retail and digital banking programs
- Regions served
- United States, Europe and Asia; UK and EEA program management via TransactPay
- Publicly announced partner banks
- Sutton Bank (largest issuing bank by processing volume, per Marqeta's annual report)
Pathward, N.A. (backup issuing bank for the Cash App program, per a 2025 SEC filing) - Licences and registrations (official registers)
Licence or registration Register Number Transact Payments Limited (TransactPay), e-money issuer Gibraltar Financial Services Commission register 17643 - API documentation
- marqeta.com
- Date checked
- Profile type
- Standard
Questions
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Does Marqeta operate in Europe?
See also
- Sutton Bank, Marqeta’s largest issuing bank
- Lithic and Highnote, other card issuing platforms
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Sources
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