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Bumper
Buy-Now-Pay-Later for car repairs
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Cars
- Lending
- Financial Services
- Brackenbury Village, London, UK
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Company mission
To build payment solutions that enable our partners to help keep drivers safely on the road, whilst improving their profitability and customer experience
Our take
For nearly a decade now, Bumper has been helping car owners navigate dealerships and repairs. Now, its focus is predominantly on helping owners break down costly repair bills from trusted garages into affordable monthly payments, with the help of a 0% interest loan.
It’s a smart premise, and one that tapped into the trend for buy-now-pay-later services, in part accounting for Bumper's impressive growth that saw the FT name it as the eighth fastest growing fintech in Europe in 2021. It remains a leader in the space, and the largest company of its sort on the market, with little in the way of substantial competition to its unique focus or impressive footprint.
Bumper has ambitious goals for wide European expansion, having already grown from the UK into ROI, Spain, and Germany. The considerable funds raised by the company will support this expansion, and ensure it is able to continue its formidable growth trajectory.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Bumper Foundation - we're carbon neutral & offer paid leave each year to give back, in whatever way you choose
- Employee Options - we reward hard work with ownership in the company
- Private Medical Insurance
- Colleague Assistance Programme - access to support, guidance and counselling, available 24/7
- Annual Retreat
- Personal Enhancement Allowance - £250 a year to spend on your personal wellbeing and development
- Discount off Bumper loans for you, your friends, and family
- 26 days of paid leave each year to do whatever it is that recharges your batteries
Company values
- We think big together
- We make it happen together
- We celebrate success together
Funding (1 round)
Dec 2015
$0.5m
SEED
Total funding: $0.5m
Leadership
James Jackson
(CEO)Studied Ancient History at University of Nottingham. Previously worked in the Digital Marketing Department at Sky, Betfair, Gala Coral Group, and Wonga before moving on to BNPL company paylater.com.
Jack Allman
(CCO)Earned a BA in Business Economics and a MSc in International Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation from University of Exeter. Previously International Business Development Manager at BTC and Field Sales Executive at Molson Coors Brewing.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Bumper
- We've joined the Automotive Thirty Percent Club which has the purpose of achieving a better gender balance within the automotive industry, and with the aim of filling at least 30% of key leadership positions in the member organisations with diverse women by 2030 through a “30 by 30” strategy
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Bumper is a great place to work. The visions and values of Bumper shine through from the founders. The exciting nature of the Bumper product delights both other associates and customers. There are never two days the same at Bumper, which is super exciting and rewarding.
Operations & Strategy
Open and honest communication
Nov 2022
The onboarding process at Bumper is thorough. In the past when starting on new positions simple items such as having all IT equipment and set-up was difficult for new starters, at Bumper everything was there on day one! The physical onboarding plan was excellent, giving me an opportunity to understand each individual department
Operations & Strategy
Thoughtful onboarding
Nov 2022
Bumper is one big family. It's the simple bits that are impressive, such as every new starter receives a personalised "Welcome present" after a few weeks in the role. We wish everyone happy birthday and celebrate life events of our company Slack channel.
Operations & Strategy
Family friendly
Nov 2022
Bumper has just introduced Bumper Flex, where all colleagues have chosen their Flex policy and it sets out the expectation of when we want to work from home and when we are committed to being in the office. I'm on Bumper Flex 2, meaning I work 2 days a week in the Sheffield office which is perfect for my length of commute.
People, HR, Recruitment
Flexible working
Nov 2022
Bumper has just had 4 record months in a row, and in every Company Update we have each team is talking about their experiencing Growth. In the last 6 months the headcount has increased by 21, compared to the previous 6 months where it has increased by 9, and there are plans for that to only continue to scale up!
People, HR, Recruitment
Growing fast
Nov 2022
I've always considered myself to be a relatively intelligent person, but there are so many experts and geniuses at Bumper that I get lost listening to conversations and meetings, and following the threads on Slack. It's super helpful that a lot of the teams run Lunch & Learns to explain what their working on and how this will help to develop the company and the product.
People, HR, Recruitment
Intelligent people
Nov 2022
