OpenPayd brings in senior executives from crypto broker FalconX

Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform OpenPayd announced the introduction of two senior executives, Lux Thiagarajah and Richard Usher, from cryptocurrency broker FalconX. Thiagarajah will serve as director of growth, while Usher will serve as director of trading. It is worth noting that the two will remain in contact with FalconX as consultants to assist it in expanding its foreign exchange trading business. Thiagarajah served as head of commercial foreign exchange at FalconX, and previously served as chief revenue officer at crypto payment company BCB Group, and worked at investment banks such as JPMorgan Chase and HSBC. Usher was previously the head of foreign exchange trading at FalconX, responsible for over-the-counter trading at BCB, and has also worked at JPMorgan Chase and Royal Bank of Scotland. (Coindesk)