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Pismo is a cloud-native core banking and payments platform that unifies real-time payments, card issuance, digital wallets, and banking services through a microservices architecture. It serves banks, fintechs, and retailers across Latin America, Europe, North America, and Asia with a single SaaS platform rather than fragmented legacy systems. The platform processes over 4 billion API calls monthly and hosts 25+ million accounts handling $3B+ in monthly transactions. NOTE: Pismo was acquired by Visa in January 2024 for $1 billion and now operates as a Visa subsidiary.

⚠️ INACTIVE: Prime Trust was a technology-driven trust company that provided API-based financial infrastructure for fintech and digital asset companies, offering custody, funds processing, compliance, and transaction settlement services. The company served nearly 700 B2B clients including Swan, Abra, Dapper Labs, and Binance US. Prime Trust filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2023 and is no longer operating.