Your buyers pay later. Your sellers get paid instantly. Your volume takes off.

Give your clients the payment terms they need to grow on your platform. Defacto handles 100% of the financing and risk.

  • Credit decision in 27 seconds
  • Financing for buyers AND sellers
  • 100% of credit risk absorbed by Defacto

Trusted & Funded +20K SMEs

Why become a defacto marketplace partner ?

Increase your GMV without tying up capital

Your buyers can place larger orders with deferred payment terms. Your sellers collect immediately. Transaction volumes grow, Defacto bears the risk.

Extend your eligibility coverage

Our scoring algorithm lets you finance a larger share of your client base. You say yes to more transactions without taking on more risk.

Differentiate your offering in a tangible way

Embedded financing becomes a commercial argument to attract new sellers and retain buyers. Example: Malt pays its freelancers immediately at the end of each mission. Kactus increases the contract value of its clients by offering embedded financing.

What your customers get

Buyers: pay later, order now

From 3 to 120 days of deferred payment. Your buyers place larger orders without immediate cash flow constraints.

Sellers: collect immediately

Your sellers receive funds on the same day, regardless of the buyer's payment maturity. Less stress on timelines, more focus on the business.

Decision in 27 seconds

97 indicators analysed in real time. Immediate response, no documents to send.

Two integrations options

Connect

White-label embedded API

Defacto financing integrates directly into your transaction flow, under your brand. Your buyers and sellers experience a unified flow without leaving your platform.

Example

Kactus integrated Defacto Connect to increase the contract value of its clients and offer financing directly in the booking flow.

  • white-label embedded API
  • Documented REST API + webhooks
  • Full control over the user journey 
Learn more

Liquid

No-code referral programme

You add a referral link to your platform. Your clients are redirected to Defacto for their financing. Zero development, up and running in minutes.

Example

Malt added Liquid to pay its freelancers immediately at the end of each mission, with minimal engineering effort.

  • No development required
  • Activation in minutes
  • Commission on each financing
Learn more

Choose the right model for your stack

Choose the model that matches your stack and your ambition - from full-code API to no-code activation in minutes.

Defacto API

Documented REST API, testable in sandbox, live in less than 10 days.

  • Real-time eligibility check (27 seconds, 97 indicators)
  • Creation and management of financing requests
  • Repayment and maturity tracking
  • Webhooks for real-time notifications
  • Data exports for your internal reporting
  • SSO for simplified team access

Complete white integration:
your brand, your UX, your colors.

Leading the embedded lending wave

At some point, every business needs access to credit. Yet, traditional lending is slow, complex, and often out of reach for many SMBs. We're changing that by building a connected lending infrastructure that makes short-term financing simple, flexible, and instantly accessible within existing business workflows.

+40M€
in funding raised
+1,3 B
funds deployed
+240k
loans deployed
75M+
transactions processed
25 000+
SMEs supported
+20
embedded partners

A regulated and certified financial partner.

REGULATIONS

ACPR Approval

Regulated and supervised financing company, subject to the same prudential requirements as a bank.

DATA

ISO 27001 Certification

Certified information security management. Your users’ data is protected according to the highest industry standards.

PAYMENTS

PSD2 Compliance

Bank connection with strong authentication. Credentials encrypted end-to-end.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before you start.

How much can I borrow?

Do I need to change banks or change the way I operate?

What type of company is Defacto for?

Can we finance both buyers and sellers?

What is the difference between Connect and Liquid?

How long to go live?

How does partner compensation work?

Is Defacto a serious operator?

Increase your GMV. Defacto handles the financing and the risk.

Test the API in sandbox today. Our technical team supports you from the first line of code to production.

Become a partner
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