Product Lead @ Smarty Labs · Building Localbridge — global money for businesses banks don't serve

Alexey Maklakov • Peerlist

Localbridge is global money management for businesses and freelancers that traditional banks don't serve well — especially in emerging markets.Open virtual accounts in USD, EUR, GBP, MXN, BRL and COP, receive payments locally, and use your money globally. Incoming funds auto-convert to digital dollars under the hood, so you can hold a working balance in a strong currency, send cross-border payments in seconds instead of days, and pay teams, contractors and suppliers worldwide from a single balance.Localbridge is legal and compliant, non-custodial, and built on Bridge (a Stripe company) — mature, regulated infrastructure rather than a fintech experiment. No US entity required, KYB onboarding in days, transparent fees from 1% with no minimum balance.We're not a bank and we don't try to be one — we solve the cross-border money tasks banks are structurally weak at. Built by the Smarty Labs team, in payments since 2019.