Banking Platform OpenPayd Hires Two Senior Execs From Crypto Prime Broker FalconX
Summary
OpenPayd, a banking-as-a-service platform, has appointed Lux Thiagarajah as director of growth and Richard Usher as director of trading in London. Both previously worked at FalconX, a crypto prime broker, and will continue as advisers there to enhance its foreign-currency trading. FalconX aims to expand its electronic FX trading platform and has welcomed Hilal Mehydene to its FX team. Thiagarajah and Usher bring extensive forex experience, having held senior roles at FalconX, BCB Group, JPMorgan, HSBC, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. They aim to enhance OpenPayd's commercial and trading capabilities.
