Swan was born in 2019 in our startup studio - and it’s been one of those rare, fast-moving success stories. In just a few years, the team has grown to 300+ people with offices across Europe, powering over 150 companies in 30 countries.

Founded by Nicolas Benady, Nicolas Saison, and Mathieu Breton, Swan set out to make embedded finance radically easier. And they’ve nailed it. Their Banking-as-a-Service platform lets companies embed accounts, cards, and payments in record time, thanks to a clean, developer-first API.

But Swan is more than just a fintech. It’s a tech-first bank: helping companies become fintechs themselves.

Today, Swan processes €1.5B+ in transactions every month, and the momentum keeps building.

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In the Twice podcast, Nicolas Benady sits down with Hexa co-founder Thibaud Elzière to reflect on his entrepreneurial path, from building multiple startups to launching Swan - his most ambitious project yet.

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In the Out of the Box video series by Hexa, Nicolas shares how Swan raised €37M in a challenging funding environment, and what it means to scale a fintech product-first.

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