Central Payments, architect of the award-winning Open*CP Fintech API Marketplace, has completed a $30 million growth equity raise. Castle Creek Capital led the round with additional investment from Launchpad Capital.

Central Payments provides payments technology and issuing solutions for fintech and embedded finance businesses. The company's Open*CP API Marketplace„  is one of the only true banking-as-a-service payments platforms built fintech bankers with issuing capability embedded. Open*CP's vertical integration and its native-to-the-cloud technology are the drivers responsible for Central Payments' rise to the fastest growing prepaid card issuer since 2015.