generated: '2026-08-04'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.getcopper.com/about-us, https://app.getcopper.com/, and contemporaneous
  reporting of the May 2024 discontinuation
versioning:
  scheme: none-published
  current: null
  docs: null
  note: Copper publishes no API versioning policy because it publishes no public API.
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: false
  note: >-
    No deprecation policy, no RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation header support, and no advance
    notice mechanism is published.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
status_page: null
status_page_note: >-
  No status page found. status.getcopper.com does not resolve, and no status link appears
  in the site navigation or footer.
changelog: null
changelog_note: Copper publishes a blog (/blog) and an insights section, but no dated
  product or API changelog.
product_lifecycle:
- event: launch
  date: '2019'
  what: >-
    Copper launches as a teen banking app and debit card, founded by Eddie Behringer and
    Stefan Berglund in Seattle, built on the Synapse banking-as-a-service platform with
    deposits held at Synapse's partner banks.
- event: expansion
  date: '2022'
  what: >-
    Copper raises $29M and launches Copper Investing, a teen-focused registered investment
    advisor offering automated portfolios.
- event: discontinued
  date: '2024-05-13'
  what: >-
    Copper abruptly discontinued its bank deposit accounts and debit cards, notifying
    customers on 12 May 2024 that the products would end on 13 May 2024, after
    banking-as-a-service middleware provider Synapse collapsed and sunset its service.
    This is the defining lifecycle event for this provider: the banking product the
    company was named for no longer exists.
  impact: >-
    Customers lost access to funds during the wind-down; Copper began returning customer
    funds when the TabaPay acquisition of Synapse fell through, and reported that only a
    small single-digit percentage of customers had not received funds by shutdown.
- event: repositioned
  date: '2024'
  what: >-
    Copper repositioned as a financial-empowerment and earning app — cash back, paid
    surveys, receipt scanning, games and referrals redeemable for gift cards, PayPal or
    Venmo — alongside financial-literacy guides and in-school workshops.
- event: legacy-surface-still-live
  date: '2026-08-04'
  what: >-
    app.getcopper.com still serves the pre-May-2024 Copper Banking single-page app, whose
    JavaScript bundle still compiles in api.synapsefi.com, uat-api.synapsefi.com and
    uiaas.synapsefi.com endpoints for a platform that no longer operates. The bundle is
    stale surface area that was never retired.
deprecated_operations: []
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-04'
  app_bundle: https://app.getcopper.com/assets/index-d3615b19.js
  app_bundle_status: 200
  status_page_probe: status.getcopper.com — DNS does not resolve