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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CEO’ operating in the Transaction Processing space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Guillaume Pousaz
Founder & CEO of Checkout.com
Guillaume Pousaz is CEO and founder of Checkout.com, a leading digital payments solution company. Guillaume believes that financial complexity is a barrier to innovation which is blocking global economic prosperity. Having witnessed the growth of the internet since he was young, he founded Checkout.com in 2012 with a mission to build the banking that businesses deserve. Over the last decade, he has worked with some of the world’s most innovative companies to provide them with solutions to complex payment problems. Checkout.com is now one of the largest fintechs globally with 13 offices and a team of 750+ people. Originally hailing from Switzerland, he has since lived all over the world as he drove Checkout.com’s ambitious international expansion.
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About Checkout.com: Checkout.com is a global payments solution provider on a mission to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy
James Hind
Founder & CEO of Carwow
James is the big boss of carwow, so it’s hardly a surprise that cars are one of his biggest passions.He studied Finance but was put off a city career after just 2 months of trying one. He’s very competitive, especially when it comes to ping pong at the office. He invented the rule that if anyone loses a game 11-0 they have to buy donuts for the entire team!
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About Carwow: Carwow is a company that helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers.
Jeremy Nicholds
CEO of Judopay
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About Judopay: Judopay is a mobile-first payments platform.
Anders la Cour
Co-Founder & CEO of Banking Circle
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About Banking Circle: Banking Circle offers its Members the capability to make and receive cross-border transfers in seconds at a low cost.
Laust Bertelsen
Founders & CEO of Banking Circle
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About Banking Circle: Banking Circle offers its Members the capability to make and receive cross-border transfers in seconds at a low cost.
Ibrahima S K Soumano
Founder & CEO of SENDITOO
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About SENDITOO: Send airtime to any phone in the world
Tim Nicolle
Chief Executive Officer of PrimaDollar
Tim is the founder of PrimaDollar, which provides a low cost, transactional trade finance product on a global basis. Tim has been a senior investment banker (Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Unicredit Bank) and has also been a partner in a big-four global accounting firm (PwC). He has also founded two business previously: Demica (1998-2002) and Risk Limited (1989-1998). Demica is now a major global force in supply chain finance.
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About PrimaDollar: PrimaDollar is an ESGTech and Fintech for international supply chains.(real-time ESG data and Trade Finance)
David Nunn
Founder & CEO of Rvvup
David Nunn is the founder and CEO of Rvvup.
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About Rvvup: Bridging the 3 Generations of Payments
Stevan Bajic
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Manigo
Stevan Bajic is Founder & CEO at Manigo.
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About Manigo: Manigo is a full stack Banking as a Service (BaaS) provider
Torsten Hartmann
CEO of Credit Peers
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About Credit Peers: Credit Peers is a privately held company that makes commercial property lending accessible to everyone.
Martin Sweeney
CEO of Ravelin
Martin is the CEO of Ravelin, which prevents fraud for online businesses around the globe.Martin’s background is in software and Physics, and he believes in harnessing the power of technology to solve real world problems. He started Ravelin to use cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence in the fight against fraud. When not spending time with his three children, Martin is a keen fisherman, cricketer and rock climber.
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About Ravelin: Ravelin is a smart fraud detection and prevention platform that helps companies stop online payment fraud.
Abe Smith
Founder & CEO of Dealflo
Abe Smith is an experienced CEO with a successful 19 year leadership record in the FS and FinTech sectors. As the founder and CEO of Dealflo, he has built the company from nothing to processing over $10bn transactions pa within a few years. Prior to Dealflo, Abe built and sold a series of Fintech ventures including Proficient Europe (data analytics-driven customer engagement), Geneva Partners (technology brokerage) and Atomic (financial management tools), helping create over $1bn of shareholder value in the process.
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About Dealflo: Dealflo is a specialist provider of end-to-end agreement automation services to the financial sector.
Rob Jenkins
CEO of BARBOURNE BROOK
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About BARBOURNE BROOK: Barbourne Brook cuts customs duty expenses and provides stillness through the implementation of best-practice customs practices.
