- Carlos Garcia, who has previously served as vice president for technology delivery services for the Americas and Europe at Western Union, has been appointed to the role of chief operating officer at Buckzy Payments.
- He will offer leadership skills at a time when the firm is looking to become a world leader in instant online money transfers across borders.
- “Carlos will drive operational strategy and planning, including treasury/FX systems and procedures so that the company can successfully achieve its end-to-end execution and oversight,” said a senior spokesperson for the company.
Buckzy Payments, a provider of international money transfer services and a leading fintech firm in Canada, has confirmed that it has hired a new chief operating officer.
Buckzy said that it had brought Carlos Garcia on board to run this part of its services.
Garcia has previously served as vice president for technology delivery services for the Americas and Europe at Western Union.
He has also previously worked in a number of other major organisations in the finance sphere.
These include Deloitte and the payments technology firm NanoPay.
He will now move over to Buckzy to provide leadership as it focuses on growing strategically.
The company is aiming to become a world leader in instant online money transfers across borders.
In a statement, a leading figure at Buckzy Payments said that the new appointment will see Garcia given a “highly strategic” role at the firm.
Abdul Naushad said that Garcia will be working hard on providing a top customer experience.
“With this position, Carlos holds a highly strategic role at Buckzy and will be responsible for Buckzy’s payments and banking operations with a focus on delivering a world-class customer experience,” he explained.
He went on to say that some of Garcia’s responsibilities will include planning and strategy, especially when it comes to treasury and foreign exchange systems.
“Carlos will drive operational strategy and planning, including treasury/FX systems and procedures so that the company can successfully achieve its end-to-end execution and oversight,” he said.
He also said that a push towards global expansion will be in Garcia’s to-do list.
“Along with building and strengthening Buckzy’s global banking network, he will be responsible for establishing licensing to drive global expansion and implementing other strategic initiatives in close collaboration with Buckzy’s executive team,” he said.
Garcia himself, meanwhile, said that Buckzy was responsible pushing forward new types of global payments.
“Buckzy Payments is driving the next generation of global payments,” he explained.
He went on to say that he was pleased to be operating in an environment that allowed money to move around the world in a speedy and cost-mindful manner.
“It’s really exciting to work in an environment that is passionate about innovation on how to move money globally in a way that is fast, safe, cost-effective and compliant for customers worldwide,” he added.
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