The name is the promise. Everything we build is just keeping it.
Restoring recognition to those who make the moment.
emaitza is a Basque word. It comes from eman — to give. Add the ending, and it becomes the thing itself: a gift, the act of giving made real.
I didn't choose it for the dictionary. I chose it because of the essence it carries inside. “mai” — the start of my name, Maite. A coincidence, until it wasn't. A platform built to give people back the gesture of thanks, carrying the word for giving, with my name living inside it.
Going cashless quietly erased a small, human moment — the tip handed over, the thank-you that was seen. emaitza exists to make that moment possible again. Not money moving through an app, but a name, a few words, a gesture that lands.
The infrastructure behind every tip.
Where it's based, who moves the money, where data lives, and the currency it speaks — the foundations behind every tip.
Geneva, Switzerland
Designed and operated from the heart of French-speaking Switzerland.
Stripe Connect
Bank-grade encryption. PCI-DSS Level 1. Trusted globally.
Ireland, EU
GDPR-compliant. Encrypted at rest. Within European jurisdiction.
CHF · TWINT native
Swiss francs by default. TWINT integrated. No currency conversion.
We read every message. We reply with intention.
From a real person on our team.