Galileo Financial Technologies
Payments and card-issuing infrastructure powering fintechs and banks
About
Galileo is a payments and card-issuing platform owned by SoFi, processing transactions for fintechs and bank partners across more than 160 million accounts. In 2025 Galileo became the distribution backbone for SoFiUSD, SoFi's bank-issued stablecoin, letting partners plug into 24/7 stablecoin settlement and Mastercard-network spending without building blockchain infrastructure themselves.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2000
- HQ
- Salt Lake City, USA
- Stage
- Subsidiary (SoFi, NASDAQ: SOFI)
- Funding
- Acquired by SoFi in 2020 for ~$1.2B
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