Bullion has partnered with Stripe to provide startups with access to global financial infrastructure that helps them operate internationally while managing local and cross-border financial needs.

Using Stripe Treasury for platforms and Stripe Issuing, Bullion enables startups to access USD financial accounts, issue physical and virtual cards, manage company spending, and move funds across borders through a unified platform. Bullion also uses modern payments infrastructure, including stablecoin rails behind the scenes, to improve settlement speed and reduce friction for international transactions.

Building financial infrastructure for globally operating startups

Bullion was founded in 2025 to solve a challenge experienced firsthand by founders operating across emerging markets. After incorporating in the US and raising venture capital in USD, CEO and founder Joshua Afolabi experienced how fragmented financial infrastructure made it difficult for startups operating across Africa and Latin America to manage treasury, payroll, vendor payments, and day-to-day operations across multiple currencies and regions.

Many founders today rely on a patchwork of disconnected financial providers to operate globally. Bullion was built to simplify that experience through a single financial platform designed for globally distributed startups.

Through Stripe-powered infrastructure, Bullion provides startups with access to USD accounts, multicurrency financial operations, and cross-border financial capabilities through regulated partners. Founders can hold funds in their preferred currencies, receive revenue, manage international spending, and support teams and vendors across borders from one platform.

With Issuing, startups can instantly create physical and virtual cards for employees and operational spending. Bullion also enables founders to manage treasury operations across currencies while maintaining a streamlined financial experience.

AI-powered financial operations for founders

In addition to financial infrastructure, Bullion provides founders with an AI-powered dashboard designed to help startups better understand and manage their financial operations. The platform gives founders visibility into runway, spending behavior, treasury activity, and cross-border financial flows in real time.

By combining financial infrastructure with operational financial intelligence, Bullion aims to help startups make faster and more informed financial decisions as they scale globally.

A scalable financial foundation built on Stripe

Stripe’s financial infrastructure was a natural fit for Bullion’s vision of building a modern financial platform for globally operating startups. Many Bullion customers incorporate in the US through Stripe Atlas while operating teams and businesses across Africa and Latin America.

“Startups operating across Africa and Latin America often have to stitch together multiple financial tools just to operate globally,” said Afolabi.