Solana is the new SWIFT

Year in Progress ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 102%

🐢 International Bank transfer: 3-5 days ⚡ International Sling transfer: 3-5 seconds

Send money from Europe to Kenya - using Solana. Bank ➔ Sling ➔ M-Pesa Simple. Fast. Easy. We’re always looking for testers across Africa, let me know if you want to give it a try.

So excited to finally share these features with the world 🔥 ⏰ Get paid a day early 🔀 Sort your salary into pots and put money aside for savings and bills 🚰 Your bills are paid automatically for you. No hassle bit.ly/2lhyy5w

Not slept in 3 days. Can’t really comprehend this right now 😂

Any of my web designer friends looking for a new project?

To this day… this is still the peak of my design career

This is madness 🤪🔥🤯

It makes me sad to be leaving a company full of such amazing people, solving some really exciting problems but I'm very excited for what's next! After taking a short break, I will be joining the @spotifydesign team!

See you soon Nairobi 🇰🇪

I love that banks are adopting Monzo's approach to helping users manage their money better ... but they could at least find different pot images 🤣

All you cool kids with your minimal desks can't even compete with my productivity set-up.

I want to thank all the individuals and companies who reached out to my self and others at Monzo over the last few months. The support from everyone in the tech community was astonishing, and I am truly grateful. In the end, I made the hard decision to move on from @monzo 1/2

Landed back in London after an amazing trip. Thanks for the hospitality and the support Kenya 🇰🇪💚

Business idea. Nice sofas that don’t take 4 months to arrive

Who are the best 3D designers/animators you've worked with?

Big thanks to @meetgranola and @soleio for the best design event in London for a while. Long may it continue.

Feedback on Monzo features from Twitter: OMG, thanks Monzo you changed my life. I have never been able to save money before. Now I’m debt-free for the first time in my life. You’re the best Red heart Feedback on Spotify features from Twitter:

This is wild. So much for freedom of speech ay 🫡

As you may have seen on the news, myself and some of my amazingly talented friends in the Monzo design team and other areas are at risk of redundancy. If you want to start a conversation with some really talented people, please reach out. techcrunch.com/2020/06/03/mo…

That’s a wrap on the @SlingMoney event. I can’t put into words how great it was to hang out with you all, hear your stories & feedback. Can’t wait for the next one

Was so great hanging out with everyone today at our first @SlingMoney session in Uganda!

We're looking for testers down under 🤠 Send money from Australia to over 50 countries instantly on @solana. Perfect for @SolanaConf. What are the chances we get @IGGYAZALEA on board?

So excited to see this go live @monzo! Built by a combination of the most talented people I have ever met! monzo.com/blog/2020/07/06/ea…

To be honest I do sympathise with @elonmusk. I also confidently make design/product decisions with no research & without thinking them through, then come back a week later and realise they made no sense.

How is this news? Y'all need to get a life telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

Who are the best freelance visual/graphic designers around London?

One of the most common questions we get here at @SlingMoney is “Why did you decide to build on @solana ?”. It’s simple really - Solana is fast and transactions are a fraction of the cost of using traditional rails. The Solana blockchain at its core aligns perfectly with our mission at Sling Money: to connect billions around the world via an effortless, instant and nearly free financial system. This modern and interconnected payment technology removes the barriers that usually slow down global financial innovation. Instead, we can just focus on getting payments up and running quickly. Solana’s instant stablecoin transfers enable lightning-fast fiat-to-stablecoin and stablecoin-to-fiat functionality on Sling Money with minimal fees. Being non-custodial makes our approach much simpler and less burdensome than traditional methods. And Solana is always improving. Firedancer, for instance, Solana’s new third-party validator client software, boosts network performance and transaction processing capabilities, making Solana faster, more scalable, and less centralized. For Sling Money, this means even faster, more reliable transactions with near-zero fees, empowering our users with instant, secure money transfers globally. When you combine these, you unlock a new world where you can send money from Paris to Nairobi in seconds, at a fraction of the cost of traditional payment platforms. It redefines what you can do with money. As we continue to grow, we’re excited to push the boundaries of what’s possible for global payments with Solana.

Can't wait for our first Sling [Design] Session next week at @SlingMoney HQ in London 🥳 We'll be chatting with @chrstnerode from @browsercompany and asking how she tackles building the world's first AI-focused browser. Let us know what questions you want us to ask 🔊 lu.ma/7734ii46

Dear @Apple. No one... not now... not ever... wants a HEIC file

Dom’s ready for the @SlingMoney event today 🥳

London tech is feeling alive 🚀

Got on the wrong tube this morning. 5 mins later the driver makes an announcement saying the train was changing destination to the place I wanted to go. Today will be a good day Who needs to be smart when you are lucky 😂

Designers! Are you waking up on Monday thinking... “I can’t wait to spend 5 hours convincing 4 managers in 3 alignment meetings using 2 different slide decks, all to move 1 button.” Well... if you’d rather design cool stuff and actually ship it, come work at Sling Money. We're Hiring a Product Designer to help make instant global payments easy. Small team, big goals. app.screenloop.com/careers/a…

Sling Money is growing! Stablecoins are already transforming global payments, and we’re making them even more accessible. We’re removing the waitlist and expanding to +70 new countries—now you can add stablecoins and send them seamlessly to anyone in over 140 countries. Faster, easier, and more open than ever! 🚀

You can download Sling now btw.... it works in over 50 countries. sling.money

its easy to forget how superior @monzo is until you try and do the same task on another back, Replace a card on @monzo - Takes 10 seconds. Arrives next day. Replace card on @BarclaysLDN. Multiple error screens. Have to call up to replace cards. Still not done.

Designer, developers and coaches all learning to work more efficiently in sketch 😃 lunch @potatolondon Thanks @pablostanley for the sketch files! #sketchSnacks

@Grammarly

Tomorrow is my last day at Spotify. Sad to be leaving behind so many amazing designers but very excited about what’s next! 🚀

Newest member of the @SlingMoney team. 🧡

Excited to start my first day on the @monzo design team today 🤙

We’re bridging Stablecoins and fiat by making Sling interoperable with crypto wallets and exchanges that support USDC or USDP on Solana. Sling now connects 2.7 billion people worldwide to an instant global financial system.

We're back up and running across Kenya 🥳 You can now add and withdraw money to your M-Pesa account as normal. 🇰🇪 Thanks again for all the support while we adjusted to the influx of new users. If you're using @SlingMoney leave a comment and let me know how you're finding it so far.

The US gov has backed USD stablecoins, and regulation is catching up globally. Stablecoins allow faster, cheaper transfers & dollarization for countries with unstable currencies. Sling Money has free, instant stablecoin transfers in 140+ countries, all built on @solana. Global finance is evolving.

Looking for someone with experience optimising flows and reducing bounce rates

🇰🇪 If you're building something cool in Nairobi, we should chat! lu.ma/6rt6y8hk

Weather in London looking stunning this morning ☀️ A reminder that we will be doing drinks and pizza on the roof after our panel. So if you're thinking, "I'm going to go to a beer garden instead of Sling's design session", then stop that right now.

I have 3 apple products (Mac, iPhone, iPad) They all use a different charger. For a brief second, I was using the old Mac Pro, a Pixel and the iPad, they all used USB-C. it was a glorious time.

Nairobi, your support has been truly spectacular. We can't thank you enough. It's been so good that we've had to temporarily turn the waitlist back on to help us manage demand. But don't worry, we'll be open again as soon as possible Looking forward to meeting all you new Sling users at @Latitude59 tomorrow 🙏

So amazing to see @monzo up against companies like @nike, @netflix and @paypal marketingweek.com/2019/04/30…

2024 was a great year for Sling. Can’t wait for what we’re guna do this year

We actually built this in a hackweek once

I’m so proud of what the @SlingMoney team has achieved so far and excited about what’s next. I’m grateful to be working with the talented teams at @usv, @ribbitcapital, and @slow as we push forward to deliver effortless, instant, global payments to billions around the world.

This is music to my ears 🥰

To the person that stole my card details and spent £75 at Build a Bear... are you ok?

It's a shame because apart from this comment, Graham seems like such a normal, well-rounded man.

So proud of what this amazing team has built. And were only just getting started. Check it out 🧡

Great time chatting with everyone at @hackerhouses & @SuperteamUK about what we’re building at @SlingMoney ✌️

Very lucky to be building @SlingMoney alongside the legend that is Mike Hudack 🚀

Today, we’re launching Sling Money in the US. With a GDP of $25.4 trillion, the U.S. is a core piece in the puzzle of simplifying global finance and connecting billions around the world American consumers are charged up to $16.3B in hidden fees annually when sending money abroad. ACH transfers take an average of 1-3 days, and with 72% of U.S. payments done via ACH, that’s millions of dollars and hours wasted. We’re changing this. Sling Money users in the US can instantly load funds via debit card and send money to 140+ countries in seconds, for free. Making transfers as seamless as sending a text. It’s simple, affordable, just the way global payments should be—effortless money everywhere.

Self-custody is the future. It’s your money. You’re in control.

People: @monzo isn't much better than the legacy banks anymore. Legacy banks:

Introducing our first-ever Sling (Design) Session in London 🚀🇬🇧 We're starting strong with a look into how world-class designers are building with and designing for AI. Featuring: @chrstnerode - Design lead at @browsercompany @heldiney - Lead product designer at @monzo Domingo Widen - Staff product designer at @intercom There will also be pizza, a range of beverages and some time to chill & chat. Spaces are limited — sign up now. lu.ma/7734ii46

Loving this new custom swipe interaction built by the fantastic @nakiostudio for @SlingMoney 🔥

We're hiring a product designer at @SlingMoney! Want to work on an app used by people in over 140 countries? Enjoy turning complex problems into simple, beautiful solutions? Excited by the idea of working across an entire product — including strategy, UX, branding, and marketing? Join Sling Money. app.screenloop.com/careers/a…

He thinks he is helping… he is not.

sling.money It's new and shiny ✨ Will be talking a lot more about our new brand soon so keep an eye out

2024 was a big year for stablecoins 💰 Fiat-backed stablecoins surged to $161.2B market cap (just shy of 2021’s $181.7B). 🪙 Commodity-backed stablecoins grew 18.1% to $1.3B but remain a fraction of the market. 🌍 8.7M wallets hold stablecoins, with 97% in USDT, USDC, or DAI. 🚀 Fintech giants like PayPal, Visa, Venmo, Revolut & Stripe integrated stablecoins for faster, cheaper payments and global reach. Excited to see where it goes in 2025

Looking for a designer & web developer to create a prototype for a charity I’m helping. It’s an awesome project & it’s paid. DM me for details. 🥳👌

I'm biased but @SlingMoney got some of the smoothest ramps in the game. 🧈 Fiat to stablecoin on @solana in 3 taps. Works in over 50 countries. Like and subscribe for part 2. 🔔

So excited for y'all to see what @SlingMoney is doing next 🧑‍🍳💋

I’m going to start posting more about brand, design, global payments, and crypto stuff. The plan is also to cover stories about the choices and decisions we’ve made while building Sling. Is there anything specific you want to hear about?

It was so much fun hosting our first-ever Sling [Design] Session last week! Can't wait for the next one 💪

Sling Money is now live in the USA🇺🇸. Using @solana, we're allowing millions of Americans to send instant and fee-free payments to over 140 countries. Try it out today sling.money/download

“Get paid early” spooky edition #fullmonzo

Two dogs in the office today @potatolondon! Today is going to be a good day!

Some of my favourite feedback so far includes "Another thing I won't use" "Whoever made this is a terrorist" "Fuck off Spotify"

Thank you so much for coming tonight and a huge thank you to our fantastic panel, @chrstnerode, @heldiney & Domingo 🧡 such a good vibe in the London design scene

This was honestly my biggest achievement of 2024.

My partner just saved £37 by using @SlingMoney to send money abroad rather than using @PayPal 🤯 Sure Im biased but it was also way smoother and faster 😉

I’m so glad we’re simplifying the complexities of the existing financial system

This one's for all my EU friends. This makes using @SlingMoney in Europe feel even more seamless and native to how people are used to holding money.

Thank you everyone for your patience while we get everything back up and running after last weeks influx of users. We’re slowly getting things moving and and hopefully we’ll be back to 100% very soon 🧡

Packing for @Latitude59 in Nairobi. May have overdone it on the socks. If you're going to be at Latitude or our Sling event and want a pair let me know. lu.ma/6rt6y8hk

It is honestly the best dev team in the game 💪🧑‍💻

I'm coming to Kenya! 🇰🇪 Kenya is rapidly emerging as East Africa's economic hub, and for a good reason. With over 90% mobile money penetration, primarily driven by M-PESA and over 50% of the country's $107b GDP moved through mobile transactions, they represent a rare and dynamic opportunity for mobile-first financial innovation. I have two events lined up. First, Latitude59 on the 28th. Latitude59 is bringing together some of the brightest minds in Africa and global tech, with over 1,500 founders, investors, and operators expected this year. Next stop, Sling Lunch ‘n’ Build Session on the 29th. Can’t wait to connect and learn from the rapidly growing Sling community in Nairobi. If you’ll be attending Latitude59 or Sling Session let me know in the comments. Reserve your spot - lu.ma/6rt6y8hk

It’s almost like people who build crypto products have never met a real human before.

Blockchain will slowly become the new norm for global money transfers. Easier, faster and a fraction of the cost compared to the legacy products people use today. Want to give it a try? Sign up to help us test @SlingMoney using this form. slingmoney.typeform.com/help…

Last weekend I broke my phone, my boiler and my foot. Safe to say... It's not the best weekend i have ever had.

Come hang out with me and the team in Nairobi 🇰🇪 We have a space you can work from, ask questions, drink coffee and socialise. It's going to be great.

Looking for a product designer to take on some freelance work. Paid... obviously. 🕓 Full time or "on the side". 🎨 Re-designing a mobile app from scratch with full creative control. 🎯 Must have experience designing mobile apps 🏄‍♂️ DM me your portfolios for more details

We’re on the ground in Kampala! Join us for our first ever Sling Money Session in Uganda! 🇺🇬 lu.ma/sling-session-uganda

2022 could be the year you live your dreams by working with me at @spotifydesign. I can promise lots of photos of dogs linkedin.com/jobs/view/28493… DMs are open if you want to chat.

A warm welcome to the newest member of the @potatolondon design team. Saffy! She likes long walks on the beach, tennis balls and diffused drop shadows

blog.revolut.com/show-your-b… This looks familiar 😂 First, Get paid early, now salary sorter and bills pots. Starting to think @RevolutApp are a fan of my work. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery 💜

Anyone else getting big 'Her' (film) vibes from the new iMac?

Apple's new store in Rome occupies a renovated 17th century palazzo🤯What a beautiful building apple.com/newsroom/2021/05/a…

If you ever wondered what goes into building a global payments app... It's a lot of meetings like this.