Case Study: Levl

Levl balances rapid growth and reliability with BCB Group

How do you balance scaling rapidly while prioritizing risk management and strengthening operational resilience?

For Levl, a next-generation payments platform trusted by legacy payment leaders across LatAm, Asia, and Europe, this was the challenge. It needed a payments partner that could support fast growth with clear risk boundaries, transparency and operational control.

As the company grew, it needed faster onboarding, smoother treasury operations, and greater confidence that money could move predictably and outside traditional banking hours.

The initial challenge: speed, reliability and control

Before partnering with BCB Group, Levl explored a more traditional banking/fintech relationship. However, as a fast-growing payment provider, its primary constraint was onboarding times.

Levl had clear operational requirements:

• US-domiciled USD accounts, to avoid unnecessary cross-border routing and friction.
• Local rails for GBP and other accounts where possible.
• A partner with a strong network effect — where key counterparties (liquidity providers and clients) were already connected — enabling faster movement of funds “inside the network,” including outside US dollar banking hours.

Levl’s goal wasn’t just about faster payments. It also needed to:

• Strengthen operational resilience
• Remove manual workloads
• Ensure its treasury could move as fast as its clients.

Why did Levl choose BCB Group?

Levl cited the scale and connectivity of BCB’s network, and its operational responsiveness.

A key differentiator was BCB Group’s support for faster movement of funds between participants on its network – notably via BLINC. This was important because Levl’s treasury and liquidity operations are particularly reliant on the ability to move USD quickly and convert to stablecoins where appropriate.

Describing BCB Group’s support team, Levl said “the support team is very responsive. I get a response within 10 minutes, and the answers I get are always useful.”

This support reduces time-toresolution when delays occur, which helps Levl maintain operational continuity.

Working with BCB Group: risk, resilience and operational control in practice

Levl uses BCB Group primarily for internal treasury management – consolidating funds and ramping them when liquidity is favourable. To maintain this, it needs control, reliability and speed under real operating conditions.

1) Fast, predictable treasury execution

Before BCB, Levl’s treasury settlements could take anywhere from 20 minutes to five hours, depending on the payment rails and processing. However, inside BLINC, transfers take seconds. This reduces Levl’s operational and liquidity risks by ensuring there is no intraday uncertainty and that time-sensitive funding needs are met.

2) Minimal friction and points of failure

With counterparties using the same network, reliability improves significantly.

“There are no payment failures – unless there’s a duplicate,” Levl said.

This translates to better commercial outcomes, helping the company win deals when clients need funds instantly.

3) More oversight for reconciliation and compliance

Levl’s ability to export information from BCB Group helps it reconcile activity and communicate transaction flows to regulators across multiple jurisdictions. The 24/7 dashboard view and on-demand exports reduce the need for manual processes, which minimises human error and improves audit reliability.

While traditional ‘hours saved’ metrics can be difficult to calculate, Levl shared several quantifiable outcomes:

Time-to-settlement was reduced from 20 minutes–5 hours (outside-network) to seconds (in-network) for key treasury movements.

Cost efficiency improved: moving from Fedwire/FedNow-style fee structures to zero-cost internal ledger transfers for certain flows has materially reduced transaction costs.

More scalability: Levl grew to $1 billion annualised flow within a couple of months, which was only possible with smoother treasury execution and working with a responsive partner.

The network effect

BCB’s BLINC network creates impactful benefits for Levl’s clients who are in-network. From reduced onboarding friction with third parties and minimized compliance burdens to instant settlements, BCB makes Levl’s partnerships with clients even more valuable.

The future

Digital markets continue to institutionalise in 2026, and Levl continues to grow rapidly month over month To support this growth, Levl needs a partner that can move money quickly and reliably while maintaining transparency, clear risk boundaries and operational control. Thanks to its partnership with BCB Group, Levl has been able to build a treasury and payments operation that combines speed with resilience to enable faster funding, minimise friction points, and meet its evolving client expectations. As its transaction volumes increase, BCB Group’s network connectivity, risk discipline and operational responsiveness will supercharge the next phase of Levl’s growth.

Rapid growth is a liability without the right infrastructure. Levl, a global payments platform, partnered with BCB Group to solve the friction of legacy banking. By migrating to the BLINC network, they replaced 5-hour settlement windows with near-instant execution. This partnership didn’t just speed up payments; it provided the US-domiciled accounts and 24/7 oversight needed to scale to $1 billion in annualised flow with total confidence.

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