Stone

Stone is a Brazilian financial technology company founded in 2012 that provides an integrated ecosystem combining payments, banking, credit and software for merchants. The company serves more than 4.8 million active clients across all five regions of Brazil, spanning retail, e-commerce, small and medium-sized businesses, microentrepreneurs and enterprise commerce. It employs over 15,000 people.

The company's technical work spans payments technology, banking technology and credit technology, unified within a single software ecosystem designed for omnichannel commerce. Its Payments product covers payment processing for merchants selling through physical stores, online and mobile channels; Banking and Credit products extend financial services into the same ecosystem; and the Software product ties these together. Stone also works with integrated partners that build its solutions into their own offerings.

Stone states that its operating principles are customer-centricity, teamwork, ownership, directness, passion and continuous innovation, with an emphasis on giving merchants greater control, freedom and time. Further information is available at https://stone.co/.