GRIFFIN
London, GB · 150 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors
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Griffin is a banking-as-a-service platform offering API-based banking infrastructure for fintechs and other businesses to embed banking and financial products. It provides core banking technology aimed at companies building embedded financial services.
Also known as Griffin Bank
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Griffin is a London-based banking infrastructure provider that lets businesses embed bank accounts, payments and other financial products through an API. The company operates its own core banking platform and holds a bank licence, positioning the stack as four layers: the customer's application, the customer's technology, Griffin's platform, and Griffin's bank licence.
Products include safeguarding accounts (dedicated rather than pooled, for EMD/PSR-regulated firms), client money accounts described as CASS- and CMP-compliant, easy-access savings accounts with interest, embedded accounts to support loan disbursement and repayment, and payments including Faster Payments and FX transfers. Its API exposes resources such as accounts, transactions, payments, loans and savings goals, with balances denominated in GBP and deposits described as FSCS protected. The company frames its own platform and licence as allowing it to adapt to developments such as agentic finance and stablecoins.
Business model
Griffin supplies regulated banking infrastructure to other businesses, which build customer-facing financial products on top of its accounts, payments and savings APIs. Its materials reference customers earning interest or commission on embedded accounts.
Traction
The company states it is trusted by more than 50 companies and publishes customer testimonials from Yonder, Prosper, TransactPay, SideKick Money, LettsPay, WealthKernel and Africhange, the latter launching a UK bank account with Griffin.
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Market position
Positions itself as the regulated infrastructure layer for embedded financial services, citing more than 50 companies as customers, including Yonder, Prosper, TransactPay, SideKick Money, LettsPay, WealthKernel and Africhange.
Griffin combines its own core banking platform with its own bank licence rather than intermediating another institution, and offers dedicated safeguarding and client money accounts with compliance features such as CASS and CMP alignment and FSCS-protected deposits.
Technology
A proprietary core banking platform exposed through a REST API, with endpoints for bank accounts, transactions, payments (including Faster Payments and FX payments), loans and savings goals, and support for dedicated (non-pooled) safeguarding accounts.
Go-to-market
Direct sales alongside self-serve onboarding, with a free trial and a contact-sales route on its website, supported by published customer stories, blog posts and podcasts.
Fintechs and technology companies building payment platforms, wealth and savings apps, lending products, proptech and letting-agent client account solutions, FX and remittance services, and employee wellbeing/payroll benefits.
Geography
Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with UK-focused products denominated in GBP using UK sort codes and Faster Payments, plus cross-border FX corridors such as GBP to EUR.
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Key figures
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corporate structureCompanies House · registry record
View on Companies House ↗- Registered name
- GRIFFIN LP
- Company number
- SL034344
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- limited partnership
- Incorporated
- 24 Apr 2020
- Registered office
- 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AN
- Confirmation statement
- last made up to 23 Apr 2025 · next due 7 May 2026
Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 24 Jul 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- GRIFFINgriffin.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does GRIFFIN do?
- UK banking-as-a-service provider offering API-based bank accounts, payments and savings on its own bank licence.
- Who founded GRIFFIN?
- GRIFFIN was founded by David Jarvis, Allen Rohner.
- Who are GRIFFIN's investors?
- GRIFFIN's investors include Notion Capital, Crane Venture Partners, DG Daiwa Ventures, Insiders Ventures, NordicNinja, Outrun Ventures, Portfolio Ventures, Seedcamp and 1 more.
- Where is GRIFFIN headquartered?
- GRIFFIN is headquartered in London, GB.