- Deel has acquired U.K.-based international funds transfer company Atlantic Money. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- The acquisition marks Deel’s ninth acquisition.
- Deel will leverage Atlantic Money’s expertise to enhance its global payroll solutions, enabling businesses to send secure international payouts.
Payroll and compliance company Deel has acquired international funds transfer company Atlantic Money. Terms of the deal, which was announced late last week, were not disclosed.
According to California-based Deel, acquiring Atlantic Money will help strengthen Deel’s payments infrastructure in Europe and offer it more fintech expertise. This is Deel’s ninth acquisition and its fourth one this year. Atlantic Money joins remote work management platform Hofy, payroll and HR platform PaySpace, and employee enablement platform Zavvy — Deel’s three other acquisitions this year.
Founded in 2020, U.K.-based Atlantic Money helps users send money internationally with a transparent fee structure. The company charges a flat, £3 ($3.80) fee for money transfers and claims to be, on average, 10x cheaper than its competitor Wise. Unlike Wise, however, Atlantic Money is much more limited in scope. The company only facilitates funds transfers among 10 countries, while Wise allows users to send funds to nearly 90 countries. Since its inception, Atlantic Money has moved over half a billion pounds for 10,000+ customers, helping them save “millions” in fees.
According to Atlantic Money Co-Founder and CEO Neeraj Baid, Deel will leverage the money transfer firm’s expertise and infrastructure to help businesses send payouts to international workforces. “Deel’s mission is to make running a global business as easy as running a local one, and that includes helping workers make global payments securely and easily,” said Baid. “Our team looks forward to working alongside Deel’s experts to share insights and develop technologies that will benefit companies managing international workforces.”
Deel was founded in 2018 and enables companies to hire employees across the globe and pay them in more than 150 currencies. In addition to facilitating payroll, the company helps companies manage global workforces, hire contractors, relocate workers, and more. Deel was valued at $12 billion in May of 2022 and has raised a total of $680 million in funding.
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