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Reviews / Bluevine Edition №07 · 11 March 2026 · 1,500 words

Bluevine,
reviewed.

US small-business-focused neobank — fee-free checking + 2% yield on balances. Coastal Community Bank + Bangor Savings sponsor FDIC pass-through up to $3M.

Editor
Stephan Kulik
Founded
2013
EU customers
min read
6 / ~1,500
Disclosure Bluevine does not pay us a referral fee. This review is purely editorial. See the methodology → bluevine · no_commission
85/100
Bluevine pivoted from invoice factoring to high-yield SMB checking — the 2% APY on balances is the structural differentiator.
Rank #25 / 60US SMB neobank (partner-bank)
CategoryUS SMB neobank (partner-bank)
LicencePayment
BluevineEdition №07
Licence
Payment institution
Partner banks (no Bluevine bank charter)
Deposit protection
USD 3,000,000 (FDIC pass-through sweep)
FDIC pass-through (Coastal Community Bank + Bangor Savings)
Customers (EU)
As of 2026-Q1 — // TODO(verify)
IBAN
US (USD)
USD only
01
Reviews

Bluevine, in full.

What Bluevine is, in 2026

US SMB neobank, founded 2013. Originally an invoice-factoring lender, pivoted to business checking 2018, fully checking-led from 2023. ~$700M raised. No retail product.

Safety and regulation

Partner-bank model; Bluevine Business Checking is held at Coastal Community Bank + Bangor Savings, with FDIC pass-through up to $3,000,000 via custodial sweep.

Who Bluevine is for

Use Bluevine if: you're a US SMB or freelancer wanting fee-free business checking + 2% yield. Use Mercury for venture-backed startups; Brex if you want corporate cards + spend management.

02
Pricing

Bluevine's plans, side by side.

Bluevine Standard
Custom /mo
Free — partner-bank
  • Free — partner-bank
Bluevine Plus
Our pick
Custom /mo
Higher yield + perks
  • Higher yield + perks
03
Scorecard

How we got to 85.

85/100
Same six dimensions we apply to every neobank in the index. Weights published; unchanged within an edition.
Regulation & safetyLicence class · DGS · resilience
25%64
Pricing & feesTransparent and competitive
20%88
Hands-on UXExtended primary-account test
20%85
FeaturesVaults · stocks · crypto · insurance
15%90
App stores iOS 4.6 · Android 4.5
10% 91
04 — Verdict

Lower-mid-market US business neobank with high-yield checking.
2% APY on business checking, partner-bank FDIC up to $3M. No retail product.

Bluevine is a US small-business neobank — fee-free Business Checking with ~2% APY on balances (rare for a US business checking product). Partner-bank model: Coastal Community Bank + Bangor Savings sponsor FDIC pass-through up to $3,000,000 via custodial sweep. ACH + same-day wires, sub-accounts, multi-user access. Pivoted from invoice-factoring origins (2013) to checking-led business in 2023. ~$700M raised; ~$0.6B valuation. Use Bluevine if you're an SMB or freelancer wanting fee-free business checking + yield from a partner-bank product. Use Mercury instead for venture-backed startups; use Brex if corporate cards + spend management are the goal.

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Edition №07 · Updated 11 March 2026