About Increase

Increase combines modern infrastructure and banking to help teams building financial products move faster, with greater precision and control. Founded in 2020 by Darragh Buckley, Increase powers money movement, money storage, lending and card issuing with flexible, transparent, and reliable primitives so teams can ship quickly today and scale with confidence.

Increase technology facilitates the movement of nearly $500 billion in payments each year for companies such as Gusto, Ramp, and Stripe.

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Startup Founder Buys Washington Bank to Extend Fintech Push
29 July 2026
Bloomberg
Stripe is the most underrated - and influential $159 billion company in the world
16 July 2026
Fast Company
Uncle Sean's Update - 7/10/26
10 July 2026
FedFis
The Stablecoin Banker, July 7
07 July 2026
The Stablecoin Banker
Stablecoin-by-committee launches with 140+ partners
03 July 2026
This Week in Fintech
Grasshopper and Increase launch stablecoin-based payments
02 July 2026
The Paypers
Grasshopper and Increase Partner to Launch Instant Global Payments via Stablecoins
02 July 2026
Merchants Eye
Grasshopper adds stablecoin-based payments capability
01 July 2026
Finextra
Deep Dive: The Directory of US Card Issuing and Program Management Platforms
28 June 2026
Fintech Wrap Up
Increase Adds Push-to-Card Instant Payments
27 May 2026
FinanceInsyte
BaaS, Regtech, Payment Infrastructure Take Center Stage in Fintech M&A Rebound
08 April 2026
Fintech News Switzerland
Alumni featured in Forbes Fintech 50
20 February 2026
MIT
Forbes Fintech 50
19 February 2026
Forbes
The Future of Business to Business Banking: Fintech 50 2026
19 February 2026
Forbes
Fintech Nerdcon - Interview with Increase CEO Darragh Buckley
18 February 2026
Fintech Brainfood
Stripe's First Employee on Building Modern Banking Infrastructure
14 January 2026
Wharton Fintech Podcast
Stripe's First Employee, the Founder of Fintech Increase, Sort of Bought a Bank
03 July 2025
TechCrunch
Darragh Buckley's Bold Move: How Stripe's First Employee Became a Bank Owner
01 July 2025
BBN Times
A New BaaS Warp Core is About to Come Online
28 April 2025
Fintech Takes
Increase Founder Applies to Buy Twin City Bancorp in Washington
01 April 2025
The Bank Slate
A Conversation with Increase Co-Founder Darragh Buckley
01 April 2025
SoarPay
The Future Of Payments: Fintech 50 2025
18 February 2025
Forbes
Six Entrepreneurs Making Their Fintech 50 Debut In 2025
18 February 2025
Forbes
Forbes Fintech 50
18 February 2025
Forbes
Barefoot Innovation Podcast with Darragh Buckley, CEO of Increase
18 April 2024
Alliance for Innovative Regulation

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Banking products and services are offered by Increase Bank, Grasshopper Bank, N.A., First Internet Bank of Indiana, or Core Bank (each, a Member FDIC bank and a “Partner Bank”).

Technology services are provided by Increase Technologies, Inc., a non-bank.

Where applicable, Visa® cards are issued by the applicable Partner Bank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc.

Eligible deposits held at a Partner Bank are insured by the FDIC up to the standard maximum deposit insurance amount. FDIC insurance protects against the failure of an insured bank only.