Astra
Instant payments API letting developer teams move money over ACH, RTP, FedNow and card rails through one integration
Highlights
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-11-14
About Astra
Astra provides a payments API, which it calls the Payments Cloud, for moving money instantly across ACH, RTP, FedNow, Visa Direct and Mastercard Move. The platform covers authorization, settlement and rail connectivity, with intelligent routing and failover, and bundles KYC, AML, fraud screening, ledgering, reconciliation, disputes and treasury. Rules, limits and transfer flows are configured through the API.
Customers are developer teams building instant transfer features, including banking, crypto, payroll and vertical SaaS products. Published case studies name Till (card-to-card funding), TipHaus (instant payouts) and DoorDash (instant deposits for DoorDash Crimson).
The company was founded in 2016 and reported a Series A of $10 million led by FPV Ventures in September 2022. As of February 2023 it stated that it had processed over $100 million in annualized instant volume and more than 650,000 instant transfers. Its open roles are remote and limited to the US, covering backend engineering, sales and transaction monitoring compliance.
Product: Payments Cloud: a single API for instant transfers, account funding and payouts across ACH, RTP, FedNow, Visa Direct and Mastercard Move.
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