Mobile-first digital bank and lending platform for emerging markets
FairMoney operates a consumer and merchant lending platform across Nigeria, India, and expanding African markets, processing 10,000 loans daily through its mobile app. The hiring pattern reveals a finance-led operation (34 active roles) with substantial merchant and collections focus, matched by active projects in collections optimization, merchant onboarding, and credit-risk policy — signals of a company scaling loan book volume while managing portfolio quality through data-driven decisioning (Apache Flink, Kafka, LightGBM, XGBoost stack).
Notable leadership hires: State Head, Merchant Acquiring Head, Head of Collections, Client Acquisition Lead, Sales Director
FairMoney is a mobile-first digital bank and lending platform serving merchants and consumers in emerging markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, the company operates banking infrastructure in Nigeria (where it reports 6 million users) and India, with offices on three continents (Europe, Africa, Asia). The product suite includes instant digital loans, savings, payments, cards, and investment products delivered entirely via mobile app. FairMoney employs approximately 600 people across finance, sales, product, and data functions, with hiring footprint spanning 11 countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and India.
Core: SQL, Python, Android, iOS, AWS, GCP, Azure. Data/ML: Apache Flink, Kafka, Airflow, scikit-learn, LightGBM, XGBoost. Productivity: Slack, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Tableau, Power BI.
Banking operations in Nigeria (6M users) and India. Engineering/business offices in Paris, Bangalore, Lagos, and Riga. Hiring active in 11 countries including Zambia, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Pakistan, and UK.
10,000 loans per day (approximately one every 8 seconds) across Nigeria and India combined, as of most recent disclosure.
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