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Spreedly launches standalone payment vault for merchants

Published

16 July 2026

Topic

opportunities

Sectors

Fintech

Geography

United States

Source

Read at thepaypers.com

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Fusion42 · 16 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

Spreedly has unbundled its payment vault as a standalone product, allowing merchants to store and manage credentials independently across 100+ payment providers without committing to full orchestration. The move reflects growing merchant demand for portable, processor-agnostic credentials, with stored-credential transactions now representing 40% of Spreedly's platform volume.

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The Wire takeaway

If you're building payment software for merchants, your vendor lock-in just became your biggest liability: Spreedly's standalone vault proves merchants will pay to own their credentials and switch providers without re-vaulting. You need portable credentials or you'll lose customers to whoever offers them first.

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Topics

Fintech · payment-infrastructure · credential-portability · merchant-control · tokenization · vendor-lock-in