Regulatory Legal Counsel; US and CA

Our Mission
Reduce inequity by helping immigrants move money home, and become the leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets.

The Team
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Founded by Harvard grads / 3rd-time founders --- also founded Segovia (successful exit) and Give Directly (>300M revenue, fastest-growing NGO).
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Top performers from top and varied organizations (e.g., Bain, Bolt, Google, McKinsey, Safe Boda, Uber, Zipline) --- we like moving fast, and we hire people that do as well.
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Driven by mission, guided by values (see below) – in deed, not just word.
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Team as global as the mission, >30 languages from 25 countries (i.e., if you’re interested in learning to make Chicken Moambe, we’re the place).

About Us
Taptap Send is backed by top VCs (Spark, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital, etc.), rapidly growing and a great place for those looking for both impact and a fast‑paced tech startup environment. Read more about the journey in Reid Hoffman's words or Tech Crunch article.
Launched in 2019, Taptap is tapping into a transformative shift in global finance: from banks to phones. While this has affected wealthier countries as well, it has been nothing short of a revolution for the emerging markets where the overwhelming majority of population had been unable to access digital finance previously. Taptap Send allows immigrants to send money home instantly and with no fee*, saving money in the process.

With a formal market size of >700B alone, we’ve got a lot more saving to do for our users. Our mission is to reduce inequity by helping immigrants move money home, and become the leading cross‑border fintech for emerging markets. And that’s just the beginning...

* We charge fees for transfers on fixed exchange rate corridors (e.g., XOF, XAF).

Our Investors
Spark Capital, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital (Jim Breyer), Unbound (Shravin Mittal), Wamda (Fadi Ghandour), First minute Capital, Slow Ventures (Sam Lessin), Helios Partners (Souleymane Ba), Crossbeam Ventures (Ali Hamed), Nikesh Arora, Samih Toukan, and many other context‑specific angels

Taptap Send, a growing international Fin Tech is seeking a senior payments lawyer to join an energetic, dynamic and highly regarded legal team of 8 lawyers. Our mission is to reduce inequity by providing diasporic communities ways to send money home quickly and cheaply, and to become the leading cross‑border fintech for emerging markets.

As Regulatory Lead Counsel (US & CA), you will report to the Director of Regulatory Affairs and do a broad range of work, including new product launches, expansion into new markets and ongoing regulatory compliance.

You’ll work closely with all business functions to advise them in their decision‑making, lead and assist on projects, work on negotiating and drafting agreements and communicate about legal issues with other lawyers and non‑lawyers, balancing business and legal perspectives.

• Lead on the legal and regulatory aspects of new product launches, existing product development in the US and Canada
• Work cross‑functionally with the product, compliance, finance and infosec teams to tackle day‑to‑day regulatory challenges and ensure ongoing regulatory compliance
• Collaborate with and support the rest of the legal team to identify, evaluate and discuss risks and develop creative solutions to bridge business priorities in a changing regulatory landscape
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop actionable solutions with respect to regulatory or licensing matters
• Lead engagement with regulators
• Advise on, develop and maintain Taptap Send’s regulatory compliance framework and strategic regulatory planning in the US and Canada

• You are a US qualified lawyer with ~5‑10 years of practising experience in payments or other regulated business
• You worked in house, gaining relevant fintech experience (ideally in a payments / Fin Tech environment)
• You understand and can navigate the regulatory frameworks governing financial products and services
• You have a strong sense of initiative, independence and ability to take ownership enabling you to contribute to a fast‑growing business and drive its growth

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