Banking for the businesses that move the world's goods.
Shield is modern banking and payments for importers, exporters and wholesalers: US business accounts, international payments and business cards, built for how global trade actually works.
Before Shield, we built trade businesses of our own. Emmanuel and Isaiah co-founded a Y Combinator-backed supply chain and industrial manufacturing company that has generated over $35 million in revenue and moved machinery and commodities across four continents. Luis built an electronics import business between the US and Ecuador. We moved real goods across borders, and international payments were the slowest part of every deal.
Trade businesses keep the global economy running, yet they're too risky for banks and too high-touch for fintechs. We founded Shield in Miami in 2022 to change that, with fast settlement and the compliance that established businesses and their banks require.
CombinatorWhat we believe
Money at the speed of trade.
Same-day settlement, so your suppliers get paid faster.
One home for global business.
US accounts, international payments and business cards in one place, built for companies that buy and sell across borders.
Built by operators.
We've run factories, imported inventory and waited on wires. Every product decision starts from that seat.
Built to last.
A FinCEN-registered MSB working with regulated US banking partners, so you can grow on infrastructure made to last.
The founders
Backed by the best
and angels from JPMorgan, American Express, Bank of America, Coinbase and Menlo Ventures.
