Anchor vs Palla
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Lagos banking-as-a-service platform processing $550M annual transactions for 270+ Nigerian fintech clients; YC $3.4M Goat Capital-backed competing with Bloc for Nigeria's $7B embedded finance market.
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Anchor is a Lagos-based embedded finance platform — backed by Y Combinator with $3.4 million raised including a $2.4 million seed round led by Goat Capital — providing Nigerian fintech developers and enterprises with banking-as-a-service APIs to integrate accounts, transfers, savings, virtual cards, and lending products into their own applications without acquiring separate banking licenses or building core banking infrastructure. Processing $550 million in annual transaction volume for 270+ clients including Bujeti, SeamlessHR, and LifeBank, Anchor targets Nigeria's $7 billion addressable embedded finance market and plans pan-African expansion.
B2B cross-border payment API for US-to-LATAM remittance at 1-1.5% FX vs 8% traditional; $14.5M YC W21-backed with 30+ bank partners reaching 150M+ customers competing for $65B remittance corridor.
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Palla is a Miami-based cross-border payments infrastructure company providing instant P2P payment rails from the US to Latin American and Caribbean countries — through a B2B API platform, white-label mobile apps, and embeddable payment components that banks and financial institutions use to offer their customers competitive remittance services. A Y Combinator W21 graduate, Palla raised $14.5 million in Series A funding led by Revolution Ventures, partnered with 30+ financial institutions representing 150 million+ customers across LATAM and the Caribbean, and charges a 1-1.5% FX markup versus the 8% average for traditional cash remittance.
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