About
Rain is a Visa and Mastercard principal-member card issuer that lets fintechs, exchanges, wallets and Web3 platforms launch card programs settled in stablecoins in near real time, without relying on sponsor banks. It scaled sharply through 2025-2026 and was valued at roughly $1.95B.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2021
- HQ
- New York, USA
- Stage
- Series C
- Funding
- Series C; ~$88M+ total; valued ~$1.95B (2026)
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