Best Payments Companies in Michigan, United States
The 32 best Payments companies in Michigan, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Revolution Money.
Our analysis of 50 Payments companies
$20.7b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Payments companies in Michigan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revolution Money Alternate card payment system | $92M | 211 mo ago | Acquired | Jason Hogg Founder | 2007 | — | 44 patents Electronic payment processing and online transaction facilitation systems | — |
| 2 | CertifID Fraud detection solution for businesses 50News top 24%Growth top 25%Funding top 28%Talent top 35% All 10 signals ▾Newstop 24% Growthtop 25% Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 35% Moattop 37% Techtop 40% Patentsbottom 44% Innovationbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 29% News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 14 tracked, 3 types) · 2 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $34M | 15 mo ago | Series C | Tyler Adams Co-Founder & CEO | 2007 | WebflowCart FunctionalitySalesforce+21 | 6 patents Digital identity verification and authentication protocols for secure electronic transactions | — |
| 3 | fizz Credit builder debit cards for students | $19M | 29 mo ago | Seed | Carlo Kobe Co-Founder | 2021 | Framer SitesReactTikTok Pixel+15 | — | — |
| 4 | Stratos Card Decentralized finance platform offering crypto loans, staking, and DeFi solutions | $12M | 138 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 5 | ISD Corporation Payment management software and solutions for merchants | $6M | 239 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 1985 | — | — | — |
| 6 | International Bancard API-based payment gateway | $1M | 78 mo ago | Funding Raised | David Iafrate Founder | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Conpoto Gift card based payment solution | $24K | 148 mo ago | Funding Raised | Andy Bass Co-Founder & CTO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Driven Fines and fees bill payment platform for individuals | $20K | 38 mo ago | Seed | DeAngelo Smith Founder & CEO | 2023 | — | 5 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
Top 12 Payments companies in Michigan
#1
Series C · Grand Rapids, Michigan · founded 2007 · 11 employees$34.2Mraised▾
Fraud detection solution for businesses. The solution is used by banks to ensure the identity of the user for payment transfers. The company employs Two-factor authentication, knowledge-based authentication, digital verification, and bank account confirmation for each transfer to prevent fraud.
- Jul 2025Series C$47.5M
- Sep 2023Series B$20M
- May 2022Series A$12.5M
- Oct 2018Conventional Debt$1.8M
#2
Seed · Southfield, Michigan · founded 2021 · 9 employees$18.5Mraised▾
Developer of debit card application intended to build credit and earn cash back around campus. The company's application empowers college students to achieve the financial freedom they deserve, and the credit score to secure a better future, providing students with safe ways to build their credit scores.
#3
Acquired · Petersburg, Michigan · founded 2007$92Mraised▾
Alternate card payment system
- Apr 2009Series C$42M
- Sep 2007Series C$50M
#4
Acquired · Ann Arbor, Michigan · founded 2012$11.7Mraised▾
Decentralized finance platform offering crypto loans, staking, and DeFi solutions. This dynamic platform empowers financial freedom through decentralized finance, bringing together DeFi, crypto staking, and crypto loans. It democratizes traditional finance by removing intermediaries, offering transparent, open, and equitable financial services through smart contracts on the blockchain. Users gain control over their assets, increased accessibility, and potential returns through yield farming, liquidity mining, and decentralized exchanges (DEXs). The platform supports a wide range of Proof-of-Stake (PoS) coins, providing insights into potential returns and secure staking practices. Crypto loans offer a fast, secure, and versatile alternative to traditional financing, allowing users to borrow against cryptocurrency holdings without selling assets. The platform provides information on collateral types, interest rates, and repayment terms.
- May 2015Conventional Debt$1.3M
- Feb 2015Series A$5.8M
- Aug 2013Series A$5.8M
- Aug 2013Seed—
#5
Acqui-Hired · Zeeland, Michigan · founded 1985 · 10 employees$6Mraised▾
ISD Corporation provides a suite of products to retailers which consolidate, manage, secure and route all electronic transactions from their point-of-sale systems to third party processors for authorization and settlement. Its software allows POS hardware and software to be taken out of Payment Card Industry (PCI) scope by isolating the POS software from payment processing, managing cardholder data and delivering additional layers of security mandated by PCI Data Security Standards.
- Nov 2006Series C—
- May 2005Series B$6M
- Sep 2003Series A—
#6
Funding Raised · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2001 · 54 employees$1.4Mraised▾
International Bancard provides API-based payment gateway for businesses. It offers solutions for accepting payment through credit & debit cards, ACH, and gift cards.
- Apr 2020Conventional Debt$1.4M
#7
Seed · Farmington Hills, Michigan · founded 2023$20Kraised▾
Fines and fees bill payment platform for individuals. Financial platform designed to help with relieving tickets and traffic issues. Provides robust payment platform that eliminates the friction to pay fines and fees with flexible payment options.
- Aug 2023Seed$20K
#8
Funding Raised · Holland, Michigan · founded 2011 · 2 employees$23.6Kraised▾
Conpoto offers small business and the local communities with gift cards that can be used by their customers for purchases in all the community stores. It also offers a cloud-based community software for managing the gift cards. Customers of small business can purchase the gift cards online and start using that card at all the community stores which are applicable under that card. Businesses can get real-time access to all data related to the program like who is buying, who is redeeming, which merchants are seeing the greatest value, and how much currency is still available in the community to spend, etc.
- Jun 2014Grant (prize money)$23.6K
#9
Late Stage · Novi, Michigan · founded 2010 · 152 employees—raised▾
Payment facilitation solutions for businesses
- Mar 2025PE—
- Dec 2019PE—
#10
Series A · Ann Arbor, Michigan · founded 2011 · 5 employees—raised▾
Provider of prepaid card for employee financial benefits. It enables businesses to provide payroll cards, virtual cards, rechargeable prepaid cards to employees, and more. It also offers solutions for cryptocurrency exchange, banking, wallets, payment gateways, and more.
- Sep 2020Series A—
#11
Series A · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2005 · 4 employees—raised▾
It's My Michigan is a card-based cashback platform. The user must create an account on the platform to link his/her credit/debit card. The user gets cashback on the cards for availing offers by purchasing through the linked card.
- Jul 2015Series A—
#12
Deadpooled · Grand Rapids, Michigan · founded 2010 · 13 employees—raised▾
Provider of electronic check payment services. The company develops an online payment enablement platform that enables users to send and receive a payment electronically through the internet.
- May 2013Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Payments coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Michigan researches in digital payments
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor17
- Michigan State University8
- University of Michigan5
- Western Michigan University4
- Central Michigan University2
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