Cross-border payments platform听xpate听has announced several senior hires after a year of explosive growth.听
The London FinTech took its total headcount from 15 to 90 in 2020, a six-fold increase.听
David听Backshall听joins as chief commercial officer and Viktorija听Raizina听as head of card operations. Anna Zotova, meanwhile, comes onboard as听虫辫补迟别鈥檚听chief risk officer.听
Backshall听has been in the payments processing and acquiring industry for nearly 20 years, working with market leaders PayPal, Sage Pay and听Cardpay. He is responsible for developing and implementing multiple strategies to expand the business.听
With听more than 11听years of experience at听a number of听banks, processing companies and PSPs including ECOMMPAY,听Raizina听accumulated extensive expertise in the cards and payments industry, built up successful relationships with Visa and Mastercard and is bringing unrivalled sector knowledge accompanied by strong leadership skills.听
Zotova, meanwhile, is an eCommerce expert skilled in various competences from AML to compliance and operations management with a track record of heading the听risk teams at听Paydoo听and听CardPay. She is responsible for numerous aspects of risk mitigation strategy: merchant, card scheme, compliance, AML, fraud and chargeback.听
xpate听says听its single, multi-fit solution听now听unites听79听payment听methods across the globe听and partners听with听24听financial institutions听to help听modernise听the way businesses receive and transfer funds.听
CEO听Mike Shafro听said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e proud of how rapidly we鈥檝e grown this year and the strides we鈥檝e made as a team here at听xpate. It鈥檚 undeniable that 2020 has been a testing year for so many industries and businesses across the world.听
鈥淥ur commitment to simplifying the processing of payments and, in particular, cross-border听payments, is shaping the future of business.听To that end, we鈥檙e 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.听
鈥淲ith exciting and ambitious plans for 2021, as well as onboarding some fantastic clients, we鈥檙e predicting it will be the year of cross-border payments. Increasing numbers of companies become familiar with this new payment trend, in part, due to one of the few opportunities afforded by the ongoing pandemic.听
鈥淎utomation is the next step for FIs, driven by advanced and focused Fintech partners like听xpate. If we are to truly seize the opportunities globalisation has brought with it, we must implement both technological and administrative processes that take over manual tasks, negate friction, and open doors for greater cost-saving measures while enhancing the customer experience.鈥�听