About Meridian

We believe money should move as fast as information

Meridian was born from a frustration: why does it take two days for a payment to settle when an email arrives in milliseconds? We set out to build payment infrastructure that matches the speed of modern software — instant, reliable, and transparent.

Meridian headquarters

What we believe

Move fast, break nothing

Speed without reliability is just chaos. We ship daily but every deploy is gated by 4,000+ automated tests.

Default to transparency

Our status page shows real numbers. Our pricing has no hidden fees. Our API errors are descriptive, not cryptic.

Earn trust in basis points

Trust in payments is measured in fractions of a percent. Every decimal point of uptime and fraud reduction is earned.

Build for the CFO, not just the CTO

Great payment infrastructure is invisible to engineers and legible to finance teams.

Our journey

2021

Founded in San Francisco by former Stripe and Plaid engineers

2022

First $1M in processed volume. Seed round from Andreessen Horowitz

2023

$100M monthly volume. SOC 2 Type II certified. Series A

2024

Launched instant settlements. 150+ countries supported

2025

$1B monthly volume. PCI DSS Level 1. Series B

2026

$47M daily volume. 99.99% uptime for 18 consecutive months

The Meridian team

The team behind the infrastructure — San Francisco, 2026