Klarpay Appoints Deputy-CEO And Chief Legal & Compliance Officer!

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Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:28:32 +0000
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The FINMA-regulated fintech Klarpay was founded in 2019 by former BDSwiss executives with offices in Switzerland and Cyprus. They secured CHF 3 million in seed funding in 2022. The company announced the appointment of Markus Emödi as the Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Deputy CEO. He joins Klarpay from CIC, the fourth-largest banking group in France, and has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry.

The FINMA-regulated fintech Klarpay was founded in 2019 by former BDSwiss executives with offices in Switzerland and Cyprus. They secured CHF 3 million in seed funding in 2022. The company announced the appointment of Markus Emödi as the Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Deputy CEO. He joins from CIC, the fourth-largest banking group in France, and has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry.

Klarpay Key Data

Trading name | Klarpay

Business activity

Payment processor
Merchant service provider

Domain | https://klarpay.com
Legal entity | Klarpay AG
Social media | LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium
Jurisdiction | Switzerland
Regulator | FINMA

Related individuals

Mihkel Vitsur, Chairman (LinkedIn)
Beatrice Kern, Vice Chairwoman (LinkedIn)
Alena Nicolai, Board Member (LinkedIn)
Martynas Bieliauskas, CEO (LinkedIn)
Markus Emödi, CCO (LinkedIn)
Jeff-Richard Angehrn, CFO (LinkedIn)
Marc Evans, COO (LinkedIn)
Christos Alatzidis, CTO (LinkedIn)
Marianna Markidou (LinkedIn)
Persia Papafylaktou (LinkedIn)
Ugne Buraciene, Advisor (LinkedIn)

Investor | Payabl.cy Limited (prev. PowerCash21 Limited), Cyprus
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Short Klarpay Narrative

The FINMA-regulated Klarpay is a cyberfinance company focused on online merchants, affiliates, digital marketing businesses, and influencers. It offers multi-currency accounts and global payment processing. In February 2023, the company announced that it had achieved profitability in its first operational year, 2022.

Founded in 2019, the Swiss fintech looks like a spin-off of BDSwiss, the CySEC-regulated investment firm of Jan Eric Malkus. Some of the former BDSwiss executives are the fintech’s key people:

Mihkel Vitsur, co-founder and former BDSwiss Chairman, co-founded fintech and is its Chairman;

Martynas Bieliauskas, former director and co-founder of BDSwiss Group, is co-founder and CEO;

Christos Alatzidis, the former BDSwiss CIO & CTO, is co-founder and CTO;

The former BDSwiss Chief Financial Officer Marc Evans joined Klarpay in Feb 2022 as Chief Financial Officer;

The Head of the Back Office, Marianna Markidou, joined Klarpay in Jan 2022;

Persia Papafylaktou, former Marketing Manager at BDSwiss, joined Klarpay in March 2022.

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