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OUR MISSION & ORIGIN

REDEFINING CAPITAL FOR

AN AUTONOMOUS WORLD

We founded Smart Banking on an uncompromising thesis: money shouldn't take three

business days to clear, cross-border wires shouldn't lose 3% to opaque intermediaries, and

modern tech leaders shouldn't run billion-dollar treasuries on legacy 1980s core mainframes.

2021

Founded in San Francisco

$120M

Series B Capital Raised

14

Regulated Jurisdictions

48

Direct Settlement Hubs

OUR PHILOSOPHY

The conviction behind our code.

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Programmable Liquidity

Money should be as flexible as pure software. Our ledger rails allow

companies to write smart conditions: automate tax splits, route yields,

and stream global vendor disbursements without manual intervention.

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Zero-Knowledge Solvency

Traditional banks operate on trust and delayed quarterly reports.

We prove cryptographic 1:1 reserve solvency in real time on a public

verifiable ledger, keeping customer assets entirely segregated.

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Border-Agnostic by Architecture

Built from day zero to connect directly with global real-time settlement rails without regional latency.

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Institutional-Grade Resilience

Multi-datacenter replication with automatic quantum-safe failovers and hardware security modules.

THE ARCHITECTS

Built by veteran engineers and financial minds.

Vector

Marcus Vance

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Former VP of Treasury Tech at Goldman

Sachs. Led core multi-asset settlements.

ex-Goldman Sachs · Stanford MS

Vector

Elena Rostova

CO-FOUNDER & CTO

Principal engineer behind ultra-low latency

clearing nodes at Stripe and DeepMind.

ex-Stripe · MIT CSAIL

Vector

Devon Walker

CHIEF RISK & COMPLIANCE

Architected sovereign banking regulatory

frameworks across UK FCA and EU ECB.

ex-Bank of England · Oxford

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE & ACCREDITATIONS

SOC 2 Type II Certified

ISO/IEC 27001 Security

PCI-DSS Level 1 Compliant

FinCEN MSB Registration

Build the future of capital with us.

Whether you are managing institutional treasury or building programmatic financial applications.

Global developer docs & sandbox access are open 24/7.

OUR MISSION & ORIGIN

REDEFINING CAPITAL

FOR AN AUTONOMOUS

WORLD

We founded Smart Banking on an uncompromising

thesis: money shouldn't take 3 days to clear,

cross-border wires shouldn't lose 3% to opaque

intermediaries, and tech leaders shouldn't run

billion-dollar treasuries on legacy 1980s mainframes.

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2021

Founded in SF

$120M

Series B Raised

14

Regulated Jurisdictions

48

Direct Settlement Hubs

OUR PHILOSOPHY

The conviction behind

our code.

⚡

Programmable Liquidity

Money should be software. Our rails let firms

write smart rules: auto-split tax, route yields,

and stream payouts with zero manual steps.

Explore SDK architecture →

✦

Zero-Knowledge Solvency

Traditional banks operate on blind trust.

We prove cryptographic 1:1 reserve solvency

in real time on a publicly verifiable ledger.

View real-time proofs →

🌐

Border-Agnostic Architecture

Built from day zero to connect directly with global real-time settlement rails without regional latency.

🛡

Institutional-Grade Resilience

Multi-datacenter replication with automatic quantum-safe failovers and hardware security modules.

THE ARCHITECTS

Built by veteran engineers

& financial minds.

Vector

Marcus Vance

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Former VP of Treasury Tech at Goldman

Sachs. Led core multi-asset settlements.

ex-Goldman Sachs · Stanford MS

Vector

Elena Rostova

CO-FOUNDER & CTO

Principal engineer behind ultra-low latency

clearing nodes at Stripe and DeepMind.

ex-Stripe · MIT CSAIL

Vector

Devon Walker

CHIEF RISK & COMPLIANCE

Architected sovereign banking regulatory

frameworks across UK FCA and EU ECB.

ex-Bank of England · Oxford

REGULATORY ACCREDITATIONS

SOC 2 Type II Certified

ISO/IEC 27001 Security Standard

PCI-DSS Level 1 Compliant

FinCEN MSB Registration

Build the future of
capital with us.

Managing institutional treasury or programmatic apps.

Join the Network

Developer docs & sandbox open 24/7.

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