Cross River Bank
Crypto-native partner bank for stablecoin reserves and settlement
About
Cross River is a technology-forward US bank providing embedded banking, payments and reserve banking to fintech and digital-asset firms. It holds stablecoin reserves, powers stablecoin payment flows, and was a first live participant in Visa's US USDC settlement program.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2008
- HQ
- Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA
- Stage
- Private
- Funding
- $620M Series D (2022)
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