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Spreedly launches standalone payment vault for merchants
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16 July 2026
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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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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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Fintech · payment-infrastructure · credential-portability · merchant-control · tokenization · vendor-lock-in