Affiniti, an AI-powered financial operations platform for small and medium-sized businesses, has entered a financing agreement with Column N.A., a nationally chartered bank. Column will provide funding to support the growth of Affiniti's expanding SMB customer base and accelerate its card product expansion. Affiniti is building an integrated platform combining banking, bill pay, cards, expense management and AI-powered automation for traditionally underserved business sectors. The partnership with Column will help Affiniti scale its card offering as it expands into new product lines including banking and bill pay. Column, designed specifically to help companies build financial technology products, offers direct access to payment rails and lending programmes through a modern API platform. The bank will provide committed balance sheet funding to support Affiniti's growth trajectory.

The funding round included investors such as Contrarian Thinking Capital, Yahya Mokhtarzada, and Austin Rief.