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title: 'Regulatory Counsel at Taptap Send'
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# Regulatory Counsel at Taptap Send

- **Company:** Taptap Send
- **Location:** Singapore
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-03-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/TaptapSend/0c65b8ca-14ce-44a4-bbe1-2f3ced781037/application

**Skills:** Payments regulation, Regulatory frameworks for financial products, Fintech experience, Legal drafting, Contract negotiation, Regulator experience, APAC market experience

> The Regulatory Counsel will advise on new product launches, market expansion, and ongoing regulatory compliance within the fintech sector. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to manage regulatory risks, negotiate agreements, and engage with regulators to ensure legal alignment with business...

## Job description

## ABOUT US

We’re building the world’s leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets - empowering families, fueling local economies, and changing how millions access financial services.

Since our launch in 2019, we have transformed how money moves across borders with our operations spanning 6 out of 7 continents and covering both the busiest and most underserved (remittance) corridors. We tapped into a massive shift - from banks to phones - bringing digital finance to places where traditional systems never reached. The next stage of growth will fuel a network of services and products especially designed to make money more accessible to diaspora communities including local cards, and additional savings and payments features.

We’re growing fast, backed by world-class investors, and scaling a product that blends real world impact with cutting edge fintech innovation.

Here’s a little more:

- Founded by Harvard grads and 3-time founders who previously built Segovia (acquired) and GiveDirectly (>$300M revenue, fastest-growing NGO in the world)
- Backed by top investors including Spark Capital, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital, Unbound, Wamda, and more
- Built by global top performers from Bain, Google, McKinsey, Uber, Checkout, Bolt, and beyond - we move fast, stay humble, and care deeply about our mission
- Truly global team - 250+ people, 50+ nationalities, 50+ languages
- Guided by our values - ownership, impact, humility, and heart - in deed, not just word

## Role

As Regulatory Counsel, you will report to our Head of Legal 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.

## Responsibilities

- Lead on the legal and regulatory aspects of new product launches and existing product development
- 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
- Support license applications for new market entries with legal expertise, and own ongoing regulatory matters across all live markets

## Requirements

- You are a qualified lawyer with 5 to 10 years of practicing experience in payments or other regulated business
- You've worked in house, gaining relevant fintech experience, ideally in a payments or fintech environment
- You understand and can navigate the regulatory frameworks governing financial products and services. Regulator experience preferred but not required
- You have a strong sense of initiative, independence and ability to take ownership enabling you to contribute to a fast-growing business and contribute to driving its growth
- Extra points if you have experience working in APAC markets, though not required

A good fit for this role is

- Outgoing - you love speaking to people and enjoy building meaningful relationships
- Execution Oriented - we have an ‘impact first’ philosophy and a lot to get done. You should be able to take an idea to implementation
- Mission Oriented - you are passionate about working for a net positive organisation / tech for good
- Organised - you have a system for how you approach your work that can keep you on track and prioritise well
- Driven - you thrive in an ambitious, target oriented company

TAPTAP VALUES  https://www.taptapsend.com/our-values

Impact first

## Team next

Accept reality

Propose solutions

Win with grit

Be proactively candid, with yourself and others

Love the particular

Own it

Create positive energy

Maybe, even have fun

Taptap Send is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment decisions are decided on the basis of qualifications, experience and business need. We strongly encourage applications who are members of underrepresented communities to apply.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. Any information you provide us in this respect will only be used to accommodate your requirements.

Note: we recognize imposter syndrome is real - any candidate that does not perfectly fit every characteristic of this role is still strongly encouraged to apply.

## About Taptap Send

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Taptap Send is a fintech company that provides a mobile app for low-cost, fast international money transfers to Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, raised $78.4M total)
- **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom (also lists New York, United States as a primary hub)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Michael Faye (CEO, Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Fintech (International Money Transfers)
- **Target customers**: B2C – primarily diaspora communities in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, UAE, and EU sending money to friends and family in over 70 destinations across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To make cross-border remittances fast, secure, and affordable, working toward the UN Sustainable Development Goal of reducing remittance costs to under 3% by 2030. The company states it will not pursue strategies or practices it believes to be harmful to customers, even if that means restricting its product set.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services (International Money Transfers / Remittances)
- **Target customers**: B2C – diaspora communities in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, UAE, and the EU.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help people send money back home quickly, securely, and at a fraction of the cost of traditional services, while working to make the UN Sustainable Development Goal of bringing cross-border remittance costs down by 2030 a reality today.

## Products & Services
- **Taptap Send App**: A mobile application that enables users to send money to over 70 destinations, including Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Ghana, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Mexico, and Brazil. The service focuses on low-cost, fast transfers, often to mobile money wallets, and is available in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, UAE, and across the EU.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $78.4M (across multiple rounds, including a $65M Series B in December 2021 led by Spark Capital, and a $13.4M Series A in May 2020 led by Canaan Partners and Reid Hoffman). Estimated annual revenue of $10M.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn), Spark Capital, Canaan Partners, Balderton Capital, Flourish Ventures, Breyer Capital, Omidyar Network, Helios, Wamda Capital, Crescent Enterprises, Slow Ventures, Coventures.
- **Growth Signals**: The company has moved billions of dollars and is trusted by millions of customers. It has grown to 280 employees (+24.8% YoY), operates in 35 countries, and has active job postings up 66.7% year-over-year. The company is live in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, UAE, and across the EU, sending to over 70 destinations.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Social Mission Focus**: The company explicitly prioritizes social good over profit, stating it will not pursue strategies harmful to customers, which builds strong brand trust in a market often plagued by high fees and poor service.
- **Deep Market Specialization**: Focuses on underserved diaspora corridors (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean) with deep local knowledge and partnerships, enabling fast transfers to mobile money wallets in rural areas where traditional services have limited reach.
- **Strong Investor Backing**: Backed by top-tier investors including Reid Hoffman, Spark Capital, and Canaan Partners, providing both capital and strategic credibility.
- **Rapid Growth & Scale**: Has moved billions of dollars and is trusted by millions of customers, with a presence in over 70 destination countries and 35 operating countries.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Continuously launching new destination countries and corridors, with a focus on expanding reach in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- **Product Optimization**: Relentlessly pursuing solutions to lower costs, reduce delays, and increase convenience for users, particularly for mobile money wallet transfers.
- **Social Impact**: Deeply committed to its social mission of reducing remittance costs, which serves as a core strategic differentiator and driver of customer trust.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes a strong social mission ("Impact first"), teamwork ("Team next"), humility, and a focus on understanding specific local contexts ("Love the particular"). The company values proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- **Global & Diverse Team**: Team members come from 25 countries and speak over 30 languages. Office hubs in New York, London, Brussels, Paris, Casablanca, and Dubai.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Not explicitly stated, but the company has multiple office hubs and a globally distributed team, suggesting a flexible or hybrid work environment.
- **Notable Perks**: Competitive salary and stock options, great benefits. Rated one of the best companies to escape to by Escape the City's 'Escape 100'. The company values learning about different cultures and celebrates diversity.
- **Engineering Culture**: Backed by top-tier VCs and rapidly growing, with a focus on solving hard problems in payments, compliance, and scalability. The team includes talent from top tech companies like Twitter, Yahoo, Uber, and Amazon.

## Sources
1. [taptapsend.com](https://www.taptapsend.com/en/about-us)
2. [taptapsend.com](https://www.taptapsend.com/en/careers)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/taptap-send)
4. [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/taptapsend)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/taptapsend)

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