Company
Method Financial
The future of financial account connectivity
Also known as Forward Lending, Inc.
- Status
- Operatingas of 2026-09-18
- Business model
- B2B
- Employees
- 55 peopleSource (opens in a new tab)
- Customers
- lenders, fintechs, and other FIs
- Legal name
- Forward Lending, Inc.
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Record updated 18 September 2026
About
Method provides connectivity to consumer credit and liability accounts with embedded payments, enabling end-to-end lending experiences, real-time account data intelligence, and one-click checkout.
Funding snapshot
- Total raised
- $58MSum of rounds, as of 2026-09-18Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest round
- Series B, $42M2025-01-23
Funding rounds
- Series B
- $42M2025-01-23, Company stated
- Round, 2024
- $37.4M2024-05-10, SEC form D sold, 8 investors
- Series A
- $16M2023-01-26, Company stated
- Round, 2022
- $18.4M2022-11-10, SEC form D sold, 47 investors
Products
- Web
- Connect
- Web
- Data
- Web
- Pay