Regalii, which offers a bill payment and tracking service, has raised $7.9 million in Series A funding from investors including Ignia Partners, Kapor Capital, GP Ventures and Tycoon Capital.

Regalii, a New York City-based tech leader in global consumer finance, today announced the evolution of its platform by way of two products – Regalii xData and Regalii xChange.

Regalii, a global mobile bill pay API for financial institutions and banks, today announced record quarterly growth as end-customers are now paying more than 153,000 bills monthly, representing 14x growth over the same period in 2015.

Regalii, the first global bill payment API that allows companies to pay any bills anywhere in the world, has expanded its footprint to Africa. The company announced on July 22 that its new service will enable Africans to pay bills while in the U.S. with 60 utility companies in Nigeria, along with 18 global remittance companies.

Instead of sending cash and having your grandmother, your aunt on the other side having to go pick up the money and having to go somewhere else to pay her electricity, her gas, her water, we enable immigrants here to control their families’ finances there.

A few years ago, Edrizio De La Cruz had a great idea:  a better way for émigrés to send money back home by eliminating the middlemen (the incumbent service providers).

NPR interviews Regalii and how it aims to make it easier for immigrants to pay bills abroad. 

In 2003, Regalii - a platform that helps users support their families back home - successfully piloted their program in the Dominican Republic with almost 70,000 users. 

Regalii today officially expands their operations to include India and the Philippines, after their successful launch in fall 2014 to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, which resulted in a significant growth of new users and sales.

An innovative system that helps users pay for their family's bills back home in Mexico and the Domincan Republic, Regalii is a fast and convenient way to ensure that all bills - tuition, utilities, and more are paid with a few clicks of a button.

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Regalli is “revolutionizing remittances” for families in Latin America. The Y Combinator-backed company enables immigrants to send money directly back to their families via SMS. Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/11/layer-wins-the-startup-battlefield-at-disrupt/#g2bUupMb7G3KR8xy.99

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Those who emigrate to countries like the U.S. come for a shot at new lives and new opportunities, but many of them still keep close ties back to their families at home, including sending money to help them financially. However, current methods leave much to be desired. As the sender, you cannot guarantee that the money will always go towards what you intended. And when you are the receiver and live in precarious circumstances (the same ones that may have pushed your family members to move abroad), receiving cash can be a risk. And that’s before even considering the costs involved.