Company
Higlobe
1 interview on Crypto Coin Show
Higlobe is a cross-border payments company that uses stablecoins to move money between the US banking system and local bank accounts.
It was founded in 2020 by Teymour H. Farman-Farmaian and Jeff Bolton. The platform serves freelancers, contractors, exporters and small businesses in markets such as Mexico, Brazil, the Philippines and Argentina who are paid by international clients. Users receive USD, EUR and GBP into accounts in their own name and can hold or convert stablecoins to local currency. Higlobe describes itself as a US-registered Money Service Business and a SOC 2 Type II audited platform.
Its enterprise offering is a no-code stablecoin solution for cross-border payments, and it has partnered with firms including Bitso Business and Coins.ph for local payout and exchange access.
38:39Interview · Apr 16, 2026Higlobe moves cross-border payments in under 60 seconds at near-zero costCross-border payments have been broken for decades — slow settlement, high fees, and opaque FX spreads quietly draining money that should reach contractors, suppliers, and workers around the world. Teymour Farman-Farmaian, Co-founder and CEO of Higlobe, breaks down how the company built a stablecoin sandwich…Watch the episode →People we’ve interviewed
About Higlobe
- Type
- Cross-border payments and stablecoin fintech
- Structure
- Company
- Status
- Active, private
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, California
- CEO
- Teymour H. Farman-Farmaian
Funding and backers
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What Higlobe told us
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“HiGold provides a US dollar account for users in the global south that want to earn, save, and spend in US dollars and also invest.”
TFTeymour Farman-FarmaianCo-Founder & CEO, Higlobe · Apr 2026▶Watch at 1:10- TFTeymour Farman-Farmaian · Higlobe moves cross-border payments in under 60 seconds at near-zero cost
“We believe that in the emerging market you are going to have a multi-billion-dollar gorilla that's going to appear out of this market, which is going to be the king of the global account.”
▶Watch at 10:26
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Products
- USD accountsDollar accounts for global south users to hold, save, invest, and transfer
Timeline
- Published the Global Contractor Insights report, a survey of 1,197 contractors in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia.
- Launched a mobile app for iOS, with Android stated as upcoming.
- Announced the Higlobe Card, a virtual Visa Signature card linked to users' USD balance.
- Launched in India as first stablecoin provider with direct local rails CCS coverage, Apr 2026
- First interview on Crypto Coin Show Watch
- Announced a partnership with Coins.ph for a stablecoin-powered US to Philippines payment rail.
- Announced it had surpassed $100 million in annualized payment volume.
- Launched a reloadable virtual card with Dash Solutions for users in Mexico and Brazil.
- Raised $14 million in a round led by Battery Ventures, with Battery's Scott Tobin joining the board.
- Founded by Teymour H. Farman-Farmaian and Jeff Bolton.
- Higlobe founded
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