- Fintech firm xpate, which is based in London, said that it had made a collection of new senior hires – bringing in people from firms such as PayPal.
- Overall, the company has hired a new chief risk officer, a head of card operations, and a chief commercial officer.
- The firm’s chief executive officer described the company as “thrilled” to be staffing its London office.
An online money transfer company from Britain has announced a wide range of new hires at leadership level after a year of successful growth.
xpate, which is a financial technology organisation based in London, said that it had scaled its business from just 15 employees to just under 100.
At the senior level, three hires in particular have gathered attention.
One of these is Anna Zotova, who will work as the firm’s chief risk officer.
Zotova has worked in the e-commerce field for many years, and has specialised in areas such as operations management.
She has previously worked for organisations such as CardPay.
At xpate, she will take on oversight of areas such as compliance and anti-money laundering.
David Backshall, meanwhile, will come on board as chief commercial officer.
Backshall has served in various roles across the industry, and has worked at big names such as PayPal.
He has also worked with Sage Pay, and overall has around two decades’ worth of experience.
He will be focused on business expansion.
Finally, Viktorija Raizina will start working for xpate as head of card operations.
She has previously worked at firms such as ECOMMPAY, and is skilled in creating relationships with companies including Mastercard.
The chief executive officer, Mike Shafro, said that strong growth for the firm had come despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’re proud of how rapidly we’ve grown this year and the strides we’ve made as a team here at xpate,” he said.
“It’s undeniable that 2020 has been a testing year for so many industries and businesses across the world,” he said.
However, he added that his firm’s promise to bring down the complexity of payments was a strong part of a wider trend within the sector.
“Our commitment to simplifying the processing of payments and, in particular, cross-border payments, is shaping the future of business,” he stated.
He also said that he was “thrilled” to staff the newly opened London office.
“To that end, we’re thrilled to announce that we have opened our London and Singapore offices this year to offer our clients and their customers the truly global service they require,” he said.
In a statement, xpate shed more light on how successful it has been in recent years.
It said that it now has almost 80 different payment types built into its platform, and that it has been working with over 20 financial firms to improve sending and receiving processes for firms.
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