RedotPay
RedotPay is a Hong Kong-based financial technology company founded in 2023. It lets users hold crypto and stablecoins, spend them on partner-issued Visa and Mastercard prepaid cards, and send payouts into local currency, marketing itself as a crypto neobank while stating it is a fintech, not a bank.1 Balances are custodial: RedotPay or licensed partners hold funds.
History
RedotPay was founded in 2023 in Hong Kong by Michael Gao and Jonathan Chan. It launched as a stablecoin-powered spend and transfer app aimed at emerging-market users who want dollar-like balances and a card that works at conventional merchants. The company raised a cluster of 2025 rounds, including a US$40 million Series A in March, a later 2025 round that press described as taking it to unicorn status, and a US$107 million Series B in December 2025 led by Goodwater Capital with Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital, Circle Ventures and existing backer HSG, bringing 2025 fundraising to US$194 million.2
At that Series B it reported more than 6 million registered users in over 100 markets, over US$10 billion annualised payment volume and over US$150 million annualised revenue. Its consumer site later advertised 8 million-plus users and a US$12 billion annualised payment-volume figure.
Founders
Michael Gao is co-founder and chief executive officer of RedotPay. He has framed the product as stablecoin-powered everyday finance: a card and wallet so users can hold crypto or dollars and spend in local currency without a traditional bank account.
Jonathan Chan is co-founder and head of partnerships. Together they built RedotPay as a custodial crypto-card and payouts platform competing with other stablecoin spend apps such as KAST, rather than self-custody products such as Avici or ether.fi.
Model and licences
RedotPay is a front-end fintech: multi-currency wallets are provided by licensed institutions, and card issuing uses Visa/Mastercard partners. The company has cited Hong Kong money-service and money-lender permissions, plus VASP/MSB-style registrations in other markets (including Lithuania and North America). It is not a deposit-taking bank and does not market FDIC-style insurance on crypto balances.
Products
- Crypto cards - virtual and physical prepaid Visa/Mastercard, including Apple Pay / Google Pay, for spend at 130 million-plus merchants and ATM withdrawals.
- Multi-currency wallet - crypto and local-currency balances via licensed partners.
- Global send / P2P - crypto-to-local-currency payouts and an in-app P2P marketplace (selected regions).
- Credit - borrow against crypto collateral under a Hong Kong money-lender licence.
- Earn and swap - yield products and in-app conversions, with regional restrictions.
External links
References
- RedotPay states it is a fintech service provider, not a bank; wallets and cards are provided with licensed partners. https://www.redotpay.com/
- RedotPay, "RedotPay Raises US$107M in Series B to Drive Stablecoin Payments Adoption Globally" (16 December 2025). https://www.redotpay.com/news/redotpay-raises-us107m-in-series-b-to-drive-stablecoin-payments-adoption-globally
Frequently asked questions
- What is RedotPay?
- RedotPay is a Hong Kong stablecoin payments fintech offering crypto cards, wallets and global payouts; it is not a bank.
- When was RedotPay founded?
- RedotPay was founded in 2023.
- Where is RedotPay headquartered?
- RedotPay is headquartered in Hong Kong.
- Who founded RedotPay?
- RedotPay was founded by Michael Gao, Jonathan Chan.
- What type of company is RedotPay?
- RedotPay is described as Custodial crypto payments / cards in its neobank.wiki profile.
- What is the official RedotPay website?
- The official website for RedotPay is https://www.redotpay.com/.
See also
- Accrue - Accrue is a Ghana- and Nigeria-rooted fintech that moves money across Africa and the US using a stablecoin agent network.
- Airwallex - Airwallex is an Australian-founded business fintech for global accounts, payments and spend management.
- Alex Johnson - Alex Johnson is the founder of Fintech Takes, a widely read fintech newsletter and podcast; he is active on X as @AlexH_Johnson.
- Alexandre Prot - Alexandre Prot is co-founder and CEO of Qonto, the Paris-based European business neobank.
- Ali Niknam - Ali Niknam is founder and CEO of Bunq, the Amsterdam-based licensed Dutch neobank.