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Our service is now back online and operational with major improvements

Team BitwageApril 11, 2025
Our service is now back online and operational with major improvements

Key Takeaways

  • (Scheduled Server Maintenance: Login & Signup Unavailable from April 17 at 5pm EST)

  • We are excited to announce that our service is now back online and operational with major improvements and new functionalities that will streamline your payment process.

  • These new functionalities are designed to improve and streamline your payment process.

(Scheduled Server Maintenance: Login & Signup Unavailable from April 17 at 5pm EST)

We are excited to announce that our service is now back online and operational with major improvements and new functionalities that will streamline your payment process.We understand that the recent downtime may have caused some inconvenience, but we want to assure you that it was necessary to bring these amazing changes online.

Here are the update highlights:

  • Brand new onboarding experience, with streamlined KYC
  • 2FA upgrades, SMS code changed from 7 to 6 digits and automatically enters when all 6 digits are entered
  • Invoice & Employer contract upgrades:
  • Ability to edit Client and Employer currency
  • No need to always Update Client information when creating an invoice
  • Memo added for USD invoices so that memo needs to be included in the payment for the invoice
  • No longer asking for the next payroll date or how the employer will transfer the funds when adding an Employer
  • No longer asking for how the Client will transfer the funds or the volume of the transaction
  • Addition of unique Euro bank accounts per user
  • Operational scaling & controls improvements
  • Numerous improvements and changes on the back end
  • In addition to the major upgrades mentioned above, we have also made several smaller changes to enhance your overall user experience

These new functionalities are designed to improve and streamline your payment process. We have listened to your feedback and made significant upgrades to ensure a smoother experience for all users.

We have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to bring these major improvements online and we hope you find them as exciting as we do.

Thank you for your continued support, and please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or feedback.

OLD MAINTENANCE NOTICEWe have an important update coming up and as a result, our servers require maintenance. Therefore, our login and signup functions have been down and temporarily unavailable from April 17 at 5 pm EST.

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However, all transactions received during this time will be processed normally.

We put up banners on our website yesterday, but since the maintenance is taking longer than expected, we are now putting out notices across multiple channels. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and hope to be back online by 9 am PT. Please stay tuned for updates on our progress.

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The Bitwage team covers global payroll, international contractor payments, stablecoin adoption, and the future of work. Bitwage helps companies in 60+ countries pay their teams with zero monthly fees.

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