Mercury

In 1910, a Norfolk lawyer named Arthur Morris kept seeing the same thing: a steadily employed worker needed a small loan, the banks turned…

When medieval Europe raised its cathedrals, the master builder rarely carved the stone. They held the entire structure in their head,…

Every new business that applies to Mercury is like a new star appearing in the night sky. On its own, it’s a single point of light. But…

In 1954, architect Eero Saarinen designed a radically modern bank branch for Irwin Union in Columbus, Indiana. With glass walls, no private…

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." – Arthur Ashe There's a version of investment products legal work that's mostly…

By the 1970s, the travel industry had quietly figured out something that most businesses hadn't: growth at scale required three different…

As long as there have been buildings, there has been scaffolding. In the caves of Lascaux, sockets in the cave wall were used to build…

Mercury is built for the building class: those who act on their ambition, who see something that doesn't exist and decide to make it real…

“Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the…

In 1965, an engineer in Scotland was given a mundane task with a tricky problem to it - banks wanted to close on Saturdays and still serve…

In the days after the 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed most of San Francisco, the city's banks stayed shut, their vaults too hot to open…

At Mercury, we are building the banking* stack for startups and doing so with a focus on building a high-craft, simple, and powerful…

A race is won by the driver, but it's decided in the pit lane: the crew that changes four tires in under two seconds so the driver never…

In 1933, Harry Beck redesigned the London Underground map. Instead of preserving geography, he redesigned it around how people actually…

The Memphis Group burst onto the scene in the early 1980s with a belief that design could be more than purely functional, it could be bold,…

Mercury is building a whole stack of financial tools for startups. We work hard to create dashboards with thought and simplicity. You can…

In 1600, William Gilbert published De Magnete—the first systematic study of magnetism. He didn't just theorize; he built instruments,…

In the 1930s, Procter & Gamble wanted to sell more soap, so they started running radio ads. That might not sound radical now, but it was a…

In 1905, chief engineer John Stevens inherited one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in history: the Panama Canal. The…

"We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves." — Ada…

Medieval cathedral builders understood that the flying buttress wasn't the building. Visitors came to admire the stained glass and soaring…

Mercury's use of machine learning in risk decisioning is growing fast in scope and in stakes. Models increasingly drive real-time decisions…

In 1488, a thirteen-year-old named Michelangelo entered the Florence workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio as an apprentice. Ghirlandaio was the…

This senior engineering position offers location flexibility across multiple US cities or remote work within Canada or the United States. The role involves tackling fundamental…

This role involves tackling backend engineering challenges in a product-focused environment. It offers the opportunity to work remotely from various locations in the US and Canada.

With Mercury’s continued progress toward becoming a chartered bank, establishing a strong and forward-looking prudential compliance program…

In 1968, Stewart Brand published the Whole Earth Catalog — a now-iconic publication that inspired generations of builders to think…

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Workday Analyst to help take our rapidly growing organization to the next level.…

In the early days of the telephone, switchboard operators were the invisible infrastructure of modern communication. They connected calls…

“The most important figures that one needs for management are unknown or unknowable—but successful management must nevertheless take…

Every great show has a stage manager: the person backstage calling every cue so the audience experiences only the performance. Product…

For decades, online search followed a simple exchange: customers typed keywords, engines returned links, and brands competed for clicks. AI…

In the early 1900s, advertising pioneer Helen Lansdowne Resor helped popularize a new idea: people are more likely to pay attention to…