CB Payments

What CB Payments does

CB Payments Inc. is a US-incorporated Money Services Business (MSB) headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, that delivers cross-border and domestic money transfer services alongside multi-currency exchange for business clients. Founded in 2019, the company operates a single unified platform offering three core services: domestic money transfer (intra-US), cross-border money transfer (international), and currency exchange supporting up to 20 major international currencies on a 24/7 basis. The company is registered with FinCEN as an MSB and holds NMLS ID 2266675, and maintains a documented sanctioned-jurisdiction exclusion list covering 14 high-risk jurisdictions including DPRK, Iran, Cuba, Russia, and Venezuela, indicating a compliance-oriented operating posture.

The company's go-to-market is enterprise-focused direct sales, requiring prospective clients to complete a documented account-opening process that includes corporate structure disclosure, incorporation certificates, and identity verification for shareholders and authorized signatories. Marketing and lead generation are conducted primarily through the company website, with no disclosed partnerships, integrations, APIs, or mobile applications. Revenue is generated through transaction fees on money transfer and currency exchange services; pricing is not publicly disclosed.

CB Payments targets two primary customer segments: eCommerce merchandise traders engaged in cross-border commerce between the Americas, Asia, and the rest of the world, and enterprise import/export businesses requiring multi-currency settlements. The company employs 11-50 staff, is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors or funding rounds, and has no publicly named management team, customer logos, or product expansion beyond its initial 2019 platform launch.

Name

CB Payments

Legal name

CB Payments Inc.

Website

https://paymentcb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CB Payments Inc. is a US-based Money Services Business (MSB) providing domestic and cross-border money transfer plus multi-currency exchange (up to 20 currencies) for eCommerce merchandise traders and enterprise import/export businesses connecting the Americas and Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cross-Border Payments & Currency Exchange

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (52232)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

SME & Business Cross-Border Payments (B2B) (FSAMAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trade & Invoice Payments (Cross-Border B2B) (FSAMAIAL), Merchant Cross-Border Collections (Pay-ins) & Local Payment Methods (FSAGAKAD)

Keywords

• Cross-border payments
• Currency exchange services
• Domestic money transfer
• International remittance
• ECommerce payment solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

New Haven

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Compliance, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Cross-border Money Transfer Services: Fee-based cross-border payment services facilitating international money movement for eCommerce traders
2. Domestic Money Transfer: Domestic money transfer services within the United States
3. Currency Exchange: Multi-currency exchange services supporting up to 20 major international currencies

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CB Payments operates a unified payment services platform that facilitates domestic and cross-border money transfers as well as currency exchange for businesses engaged in international trade. The company is registered with FinCEN as a Money Services Business (MSB) since 2019 and supports conversion across up to 20 major international currencies with 24/7 availability, primarily serving eCommerce merchandise traders and import/export businesses moving funds between the Americas, Asia and global markets.

Product overview

CB Payments is a single unified payment services platform offering three core services: Domestic Money Transfer for intra-US fund movement, Cross-border Money Transfer for international business payments, and Currency Exchange supporting up to 20 major international currencies. The platform also facilitates import and export business transactions for eCommerce merchants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CB Payments Platform Unified payment services platform that builds bridges for business payments among America, Asia and the World, facilitating world merchandise traders especially for eCommerce. Registered with FinCEN as MSB since 2019 with NMLS ID 2266675. Targets enterprise import/export businesses.
• Domestic Money Transfer Domestic money transfer service enabling businesses to move funds within the United States. Part of the core CB Payments platform for enterprise and business clients.
• Cross-border Money Transfer International money transfer service enabling cross-border business payments, facilitating transactions between the Americas, Asia and global markets for businesses engaged in world merchandise trading and eCommerce.
• Currency Exchange Currency exchange service allowing conversion between up to 20 major international currencies for trading purposes, available 24/7. Supports multi-currency operations for eCommerce merchandise traders and import/export businesses.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Remitly: Remitly focuses primarily on consumer remittances but is expanding into business cross-border use cases. It is comparable to CB Payments in cross-border infrastructure but addresses a different primary customer segment.
• Conduit: Conduit provides cross-border B2B payments for emerging markets, with API-based infrastructure for payouts and FX. It is an emerging player with partial overlap to CB Payments' cross-border B2B focus on emerging-market corridors.

Direct peers

• OFX: OFX specializes in international money transfers and FX for businesses and individuals, including eCommerce merchants and import/export companies—directly comparable in customer profile and product offering to CB Payments.
• Wise: Wise (formerly TransferWise) operates one of the largest cross-border B2B and consumer payment networks globally with multi-currency accounts and FX services, directly competing with CB Payments for cross-border business payment volumes.
• Payoneer: Payoneer provides cross-border payment services to eCommerce sellers, marketplaces, and freelancers—closely aligned with CB Payments' target segment of eCommerce merchandise traders engaged in cross-border trade.
• Airwallex: Airwallex is a cross-border B2B payments platform specifically targeting eCommerce merchants and Asia-Pacific trade flows with multi-currency accounts, FX, and payout rails—directly comparable to CB Payments' positioning.
• Currencycloud: Currencycloud (now part of Visa) provides cross-border payment infrastructure and multi-currency account services to fintechs and businesses—comparable in offering multi-currency FX and B2B payment processing capability.
• Veem: Veem offers cross-border B2B payments with multi-currency support and supplier payment rails, targeting SMBs and eCommerce merchants—closely overlapping with CB Payments' value proposition and customer segments.
• PingPong: PingPong provides cross-border payment solutions specifically to eCommerce sellers trading between Asia and global marketplaces, with multi-currency settlements—directly comparable to CB Payments' America-Asia trade corridor focus.

Broad incumbents

• Western Union Business Solutions: Western Union's business solutions arm provides cross-border payments and FX for enterprises globally; as a much larger incumbent it offers overlapping capabilities but with broader portfolio reach than CB Payments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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