Payments and banking for small businesses
Teya
Card machines, a business account and funding for small, local businesses, all run from one app. Cafés, restaurants, salons and shops use it in nine European countries.
- Based in London, Porto and across Europe
- 1,500 people
- Founded 2019
- 114 open roles
Jack’s take, why it stands out
“Teya runs the card machines, business accounts and funding behind more than 80,000 cafés, shops and salons across Europe, and London is its home base. It isn’t profitable yet, though revenue at its UK payments business more than doubled in 2025.”
Jack’s take on Teya
The questions candidates ask me about a company, answered for Teya
Revenue at its UK payments business more than doubled in 2025
Teya Solutions, which serves its UK business customers, more than doubled its revenue in 2025, to about $36M, with a pre-tax loss of about $2.4M.
Teya Services, which runs central teams for the whole group, lost about $109M before tax in 2025, up from about $81M in 2024.
Not yet profitable. Teya doesn’t publish group results. In 2022 its UK holding company wrote down the value of its subsidiaries by about $280M.
Launched in Spain and Italy in February 2026, taking it to nine countries.
Picked in August 2026 for the FCA’s Scale-up Unit, as one of five fast-growing UK firms.
UK figures are from the accounts of Teya’s UK companies. Pounds converted at the ECB rate on the last day of each year.
Investors have put in more than $1.1B
Tiger Global
Ribbit Capital
Hedosophia
Volpe Capital$500M of it came in one round in April 2021, from investors including Hedosophia and Tiger Global.
Bloomberg reported a valuation of almost $9B in early 2022.
Backers also include Michael Spencer, founder of NEX Group.
The team has grown to about 1,500 people
Spread across 10 offices in Europe, with its HQ in London. In Spain, it aims to triple its team to about 100 by the end of 2026.
Key leaders
Teya was founded by Eduardo Pontes, who cofounded Stone, the Brazilian payments company that listed on Nasdaq in 2018, and Ali Mazanderani, its chairman. Thiago ran Stone as CEO before he took over at Teya.
A fast-moving team that builds with AI every day
The pace. Fast. The banking team took three products from idea to launch within six months this summer. The July release was Teya’s biggest yet.
Tools. AI is part of daily work. Product teams use Claude and Glean, and new marketing leaders get their own AI agents on day one.
Where. A new HQ in Central London and offices across Europe. Some London roles ask for three or four days a week in the office.
Teams. A monthly all-hands, Teya Connect, and a company news broadcast every other week.
Time off. In the UK, 25 days a year plus bank holidays, flexible hours, and gym and therapy access through Gympass.
More than 80,000 local businesses use Teya
Rated 4.4 out of 5 on Trustpilot, from 1,668 reviews.
Most card payments on the new Teya Pro complete in 1.7 seconds, and money can land in a business account seconds later.
More than 500 businesses have taken funding through its partner finmid, with a Net Promoter Score of 86.
Its members are cafés, restaurants, salons and shops, more than 30,000 of them in the UK.
What candidates tell Jack
“I really like Teya’s focus on the connection between its people and its members.”
Is there a role for you?
114 open roles, straight from Teya’s careers page. Hiring in the UK (71), Hungary (17), Croatia (12) and 3 other places. Pick a place and an area for Jack’s read and the roles.
Jack’s read for engineering, data and credit
11 open roles
CTO Patrick Franklin joined in 2023. He was chief technology officer of American Express.- Backend teams build payments and onboarding in Java, Kotlin and Spring Boot, on Kafka, AWS and Kubernetes.
- Teya AI launched in July. It answers questions about a business’s sales and money, and can pay a bill or send a payment link.
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Jack’s read for product and design
11 open roles
- 3 banking products launched this summer: multi-user accounts, bill payments and employee cards.
- Chief product officer Alessandra Giner presented the July release: new card machines, a rebuilt app and Teya AI.
- Product managers work with Claude and Glean, plus internal automations, so a small team can ship fast.
Jack’s read for sales, partnerships and marketing
70 open roles
- 30,000+ UK businesses use Teya, out of more than 80,000 across Europe.
- Many field roles are for self-employed sales consultants, paid per sale. More than 350 already sell for Teya.
- It launched in Spain in February and aims to reach 20,000 businesses there by the end of 2026.
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Jack’s read for customer support and operations
13 open roles
- 10 seconds or less: its support team’s promise for picking up a business owner’s call.
- Support runs 24/7, by phone, live chat and WhatsApp.
- Customer teams work from London, Porto, Budapest and Zagreb.
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Jack’s read for finance, risk, legal and people
9 open roles
- Picked in August for the FCA’s Scale-up Unit, which gives it a dedicated contact at the regulator.
- Regulated in the UK and the EEA. Funding partners include YouLend and finmid.
Between 7 and 14 new roles each week
New roles each week worldwide, from our daily checks of its careers page. Our checks began on September 25, 2026, so the chart starts the week after.
Closed roles80 since September 25, when our checks began
The most recent, as of November 5, 2026.
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About this page
Jack & Jill isn’t Teya’s recruiter. The open roles come straight from Teya’s public careers page and refresh through the day. Company facts come from Teya’s own announcements and named press, linked on each card, and were last checked on November 6, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.