Revolut GlobalHire: Revolut EOR fees, employer and FX

Written by Lucia AparicioFact-checked by Michael Ennis

Updated 8 Nov 2026~13 min read

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The contract structure matters most. Under terms Revolut published on launch day, the customer contracts with Revolut Ltd, registered in England and Wales, which supplies the software, keeps records and runs first identity checks. A separate employer of record is the legal employer: it issues the local contract, runs payroll, withholds taxes and administers benefits.

The product page puts it plainly: “Revolut Ltd does not act as an employer.” Revolut calls its partner licensed but does not name it on the product page or in its terms and privacy notice. Customers have no contract with the partner; Revolut manages that relationship as the single point of contact.

GlobalHire had users before launch. Revolut footnotes its claim of onboarding in two to five days, rather than one to two months, as the average for customers between October 2025 and March 2026. In March 2025, Revolut told FXC Intelligence that an EOR product was at an early, exploratory stage.

Fee	When it applies	Amount
Fee Monthly fee	When it applies Each active hire outside Saudi Arabia and Qatar	Amount USD 599 / GBP 499 / EUR 599
Fee Monthly fee	When it applies Each active hire in Saudi Arabia or Qatar	Amount USD 1,199 / GBP 999 / EUR 1,199
Fee Offboarding fee	When it applies Every time a hire is offboarded	Amount One month's fee
Fee Early termination fee	When it applies Offboarding within the first three months	Amount One month's fee
Fee Work permit fee	When it applies Hire's citizenship differs from the hiring country	Amount USD 250

Revolut claims savings of up to 5% on exchange costs against standard EORs, and its footnote describes the figure as an average across a sample of competitor rates from October 2025 to February 2026. Your saving depends on how payroll compares with your plan’s allowance; our guide to FX markups shows how to test the rate.

Revolut also says eligible Revolut Business customers can skip the security deposit, subject to an internal assessment. Separately, the terms let it require an “Advance Fee”: a prepayment of future fees that becomes Revolut’s property and is not safeguarded or held on trust. When a hire ends, Revolut settles final fees and repays any unused part within 30 days.

Employment risk does not move. The partner handles local contracts, payroll tax, benefits and lawful terminations, can refuse on-site work, and can decline or end engagements where you already have an entity, which you must disclose because of permanent establishment risk. You pay termination costs such as notice and severance.

Recourse is narrower than the brand might suggest. GlobalHire is not regulated by the FCA, complaints are unlikely to fall within the Financial Ombudsman Service’s remit, and only the payment service from your Revolut account is regulated. Except where the law says otherwise, Revolut excludes liability for losses caused by the partner’s services and passes complaints about the partner’s services on to it.

On our reading, GlobalHire suits incorporated companies already on Revolut Business that are hiring a few people where they have no entity. Charities, trusts and non-profits are excluded by the terms. Buyers who need a named employer per country, a published country list or written service levels should first weigh owned entities versus partner networks.

Coverage is the main open question. The product page gives a German company hiring a developer in Colombia as an example but lists no countries. Börsen-Zeitung reported on 16 April 2026 that hiring is meant to be possible in 160 countries; Revolut’s product and legal pages do not state that figure, so confirm each target country.

Availability outside the UK is also unclear. The terms require an incorporated company with a Revolut Business account and list no eligible countries, but the launch targeted UK businesses. Revolut is hiring GlobalHire staff in Barcelona and remotely in five EU countries, and one posting describes building the onboarding function from scratch.

Legal employer: which company employs your hire in each country, and is it the partner’s own entity or a subcontractor?
Coverage: is each target country live today, and at the standard rate or the Saudi Arabia and Qatar rate?
Deposit and Advance Fee: do you qualify for the waiver, and if an Advance Fee applies, how is it sized, for example as a share of monthly gross salary?
FX: how does your payroll compare with your plan’s exchange allowance, what applies above it or out of hours, and does each invoice show the rate?
Exit costs: do both exit fees apply when someone leaves within three months, and what notice and severance does local law add?
Support: who fixes a payroll error or handles an employee dispute, how fast, and what remedy applies if the partner is at fault?
Data: the terms list Google Cloud hosting in the UK and EU, so which partner entities receive employee data, and under which transfer safeguards?

The draw is distribution and money movement. GlobalHire is sold only to Revolut Business customers, nearly 800,000 worldwide according to Revolut’s launch announcement, and Revolut leads its pitch with exchange costs and deposits. Börsen-Zeitung described Revolut’s aim as becoming a kind of operating system for its business customers.

Expect payment-led entrants to compete on FX margins, deposits and invoicing rather than the headline fee, which Revolut set at Deel’s and Remote’s USD 599 starting price. The employment layer is unchanged: a fintech-branded EOR is only as reliable as the employer behind it, so the partner’s identity matters more than the app.

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