An undisclosed investor provided the funding at a $4.3bn valuation, Marqeta having previously raised nearly $370m from backers including Commerzbank, Visa and CreditEase.

Marqeta, a US-based payment card issuer backed by corporates Visa, Commerzbank and CreditEase, received $150m in funding from an undisclosed institutional investor yesterday at a $4.3bn valuation.

Founded in 2010, Marqeta has built a software and hardware platform that corporate clients can use to create and issue configurable payment cards.

Jason Gardner, Marqeta’s founder and chief executive, said: “The transformative possibilities of modern card issuing are more commonplace than ever for the everyday consumer in 2020.

“Marqeta has a deep…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.