We keep maritime moving
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Crew-first from the start
Brightwell is a financial services company built for maritime. We help maritime businesses simplify crew payments while giving crew more ways to access, spend, and send their earnings.
Our approach is crew-first. That means understanding what happens before payday, after payday, and everywhere maritime life takes seafarers in between.
More than 15 years of solving for seafarers
For more than 15 years, Brightwell has set out to provide the best payroll solution for the cruise industry.
When Brightwell entered the cruise payroll industry, the cash-dependent payroll processes made payday more complicated for maritime businesses and their crews. Brightwell helped bring that experience into the digital age, giving crew a secure way to receive their salary, access their earnings, and send money home.
We've grown since then, but the idea behind Brightwell's mission has stayed the same. Build around the realities of maritime life. Make complex financial processes simpler and give crew more confidence and choice over their money.
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Our Mission
We build financial solutions purpose-built for life at sea. With an aim to help maritime businesses simplify payments and giving crew more ways to manage their money with confidence.
Start with the crew. Build solutions from there.
More choice
Give crew more ways to access, spend, and send their money.
More confidence
Make it clear where their money is, how they can use it, and what it costs.
Less complexity
Make financial tools simple to use for crew and easier to manage for the businesses that employ them.
Maritime experience
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