###### Investing

# The smarter way to invest

Fund trading accounts and maximize trading opportunities by unlocking the benefits of faster transfers. All with Astra’s instant payments API.

### Empower users to build wealth, faster than ever before

#### Lightning-fast transfers

Remember ACH delays? Neither do we. Delight traders with instant account funding and accelerated transfers.

#### Less fraud, more investing

Eliminate losses from fraud with best-in-class risk mitigation.

#### Super simple automations

Create automated and recurring routines to move money based on rules.

#### Flexible payment flows

Add speed and security to multiple payment flows — deposits, withdrawals, peer-to-peer transfers, and more.

###### Instant Account Funding

### Fund trading accounts at lightning speed

Delight your users by letting them deposit or withdraw funds from their trading accounts — instantly. The benefit for you? Better trading experiences, higher inbound deposits, and less headaches from managing settlement accounts for pre-funding. All in one place.

###### Accelerated Bank Transfers

### Protect your investors’ money

Once your users are all set up, empower them to send large sums of money between their accounts at record speeds. No need to wait for ACH delays or worry about failed transfers and fraud.

### 1 day
settlement period

### $100k
per transaction

###### FAQs

## How we make trading better

##### Which payment methods does Astra support?

Astra supports a wide range of bank and card payment “rails” included within simple, flexible solutions for your use case. Currently, Astra facilitates Visa Direct, Mastercard Send, ACH, RTP, and soon FedNow.

##### How does Astra differ from a payments gateway?

A traditional payments gateway will only relay transaction messaging and typically only for one payment type, leaving you to build most of the security, operations, and orchestration yourself. As a platform, Astra provides the technology and tooling you need out of the box.

##### What is the pricing model for the Astra API?

The Astra platform leverages transparent “cost plus” usage-based pricing of our API and payment capabilities. For more information on rates for your program, please contact sales.

## Get started in minutes

It’s simple and painless to integrate with our API. Check out our docs, leverage our SDKs and Libraries, and start building in our Sandbox.