Steve Naudé

Managing Director - Wise Platform @ Wise

About

Leading Wise Platform globally - the new infrastructure for the world’s money.We work with the worlds largest banks and enterprises (including Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered, Raiffeisen, Unicredit, Google and many more)For years international payments have been slow, expensive and complex. Our infrastructure moves >£150bn in FX volumes around the world each year, with >74% of payments arriving in less than 20 seconds. Wise Platform helps you offer this same experience to your customers.Previously led Wise's expansion into new markets and connections to payment schemes - including Swift and becoming the first non-bank to directly connect to the UK Faster Payment Scheme

Country

City

United Kingdom

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

CEOs, Payments Licence, Regulatory Compliance, Payments Compliance, Transaction Banking, Faster Payments, Payment Schemes, Project Management, Product Leadership, Sales Leadership, Cross-Border Payments, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Sales Management, New Business Development, Payments, Mobile Payments, Electronic Payments, New Market Expansion, International Expansion, Banking Relationships

Experience

Managing Director - Wise Platform

Wise

2019-1 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

Building and running Wise Platform - the new infrastructure for the world’s money. Working with the world’s largest banks and enterprises - Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered, Unicredit, Raiffeisen, Google and more. Lead the cross functional team globally - sales, delivery, product, marketing, compliance, operations etc. We operate as a startup within Wise - a full stack team to deliver new deals, products and a world class customer experience. Get in touch if you're interested in using Wise Platform for your bank/business, or if you're an operator wanting to help us build this to the next level.

UK Faster Payments Service (FPS) and SWIFT connectivity

Wise

2017 - 2019 · 2 yrs

TransferWise became the first non-bank to directly connect to the UK Faster Payments Scheme and the first non-bank to hold settlement accounts at the Bank of England. Worked with the Bank, regulators and payment scheme to make the model and setup a reality.

Head of Expansion - Middle East and Africa

Wise

2016 - 2018 · 2 yrs

Opening new markets in MEA region - working with regulators, banks and other partners to bring TransferWise to a new region. Obtained licences and regulatory authorisations in various new markets across the region, structured and negotiated bank partnerships and built compliance policies to launch our product successfully.