Affine
4 known investors
Alpine Empower provides cross-border payments, money transfers, and financial solutions for individuals and businesses globally. The platform facilitates international financial transactions with security and user-friendly interfaces.
Also known as Alpine · Alpine Empower · tryalpine.com
Investors · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Affine, operating at tryalpine.com under the product name Alpine Empower, is a consumer fintech offering a digital wallet built around a US dollar savings account and a payment card. The site advertises a 4.5% annual yield on deposits, described as backed by US short-term treasury bills, and states that balances are FDIC insured up to $250,000. Users are told they can hold funds in USD rather than converting to their local currency.
The second product component is an international VISA Signature card offering unlimited 1.5% instant cashback on all purchases, with a credit limit equal to 50% of the user's deposit and no stated hidden international fees. Deposits can be funded by ACH or wire transfer from a bank account, or by transfer from Wise or Payoneer, with instructions surfaced in the app. The site includes a returns calculator that compares an Alpine balance against a local bank over periods of one to twenty years, with local-currency options for BDT, INR, LKR, MXN, BRL and ARS, indicating an orientation toward savers in emerging markets. A third-party domain review records the tryalpine.com site title as "Alpine is now Affine," indicating a rebrand from Alpine to Affine.
Business model
Consumer-facing digital wallet combining an interest-bearing USD deposit account with a prepaid/credit VISA Signature card whose limit is set at 50% of the user's deposit. The public site does not disclose pricing, fees or how the company earns revenue beyond stating there are no hidden charges or international fees.
Traction
No user, deposit or revenue figures are disclosed in the available sources; the ScamAdviser record lists an Alexa rank of 1,126,335 and notes a low Tranco rank, indicating limited web traffic.
Latest developments
The publicly visible signal of change is the rebrand from Alpine to Affine, reflected in the site title recorded by a third-party domain review.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Available sources do not establish market share, customer numbers or competitive standing.
Positions on a combination of a stated 4.5% APY backed by US short-term treasury bills, FDIC insurance up to $250,000, unlimited 1.5% cashback on all card purchases, USD-denominated savings for users whose local currency is depreciating, and absence of hidden international fees.
Technology
The product is delivered as a web and mobile application ("manage their finances easily and securely from their mobile device or computer"). The website is a React single-page application (described in domain metadata as created with create-react-app) hosted on Vercel infrastructure.
Go-to-market
Direct self-serve sign-up through the website and app, with "Get Started" and login flows; the site uses an interactive savings comparison calculator versus local banks as an acquisition device.
Individual savers, apparently including those outside the United States who want to hold and earn yield in USD rather than their local currency; the site's savings comparison tool offers local-currency benchmarks in Bangladeshi taka, Indian rupee, Sri Lankan rupee, Mexican peso, Brazilian real and Argentine peso.
Geography
The offering is denominated in USD with US FDIC deposit insurance and US treasury-bill backing; the savings comparison tool targets users in markets including Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Hosting is in the US (Vercel). The domain registrant contact address is a privacy service in Toronto, Canada.
History
The tryalpine.com domain was registered on 2021-08-26 (WHOIS last updated 2023-08-26, renewal date 2024-08-26), with the registrar Squarespace Domains II LLC. A third-party site review captured the page title "Alpine is now Affine," indicating the Alpine brand was subsequently renamed Affine.
Risks & controversies
A ScamAdviser automated review of tryalpine.com assigns it an overall "very likely safe / legit" assessment but flags several negatives: the registrant's identity is hidden behind a WHOIS privacy service (Contact Privacy Inc., Toronto, Canada), the site has a low Tranco rank implying low traffic, the reviewer's automated content analysis of the site failed, and data-sensitive financial services are hosted on a shared server, which the reviewer notes can create cross-site compromise exposure. The site's FDIC-insurance and yield claims are self-reported and not corroborated by any independent source in the material reviewed.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsThird-party domain review records the tryalpine.com page title as "Alpine is now Affine," indicating a name change from Alpine to Affine.
WHOIS registration date for tryalpine.com recorded as 2021-08-26, registrar Squarespace Domains II LLC, registrant identity masked by a privacy service.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- Affinetryalpine.com · web
7 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Affine do?
- Alpine Empower (Affine) is a digital wallet offering a USD high-yield savings account and a 1.5% cashback VISA card.
- Who are Affine's investors?
- Affine's investors include FJ Labs, Hack VC, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Crypto.