EDC Podcast EP39: James Neville, Founder of Yaspa, Building an Open Banking Solution in Payments-First Platform and Identity Services

EDC Podcast EP39: James Neville, Founder of Yaspa, Building an Open Banking Solution in Payments-First Platform and Identity Services

Mark Beresford
June 24, 2024

About This Episode

In this episode of the Leaders in Payments and Fintech podcast, James Neville, CEO, and founder of Yaspa, discusses his journey and insights in the fintech and payments industry. The conversation focuses on the evolution of Yaspa, a real-time payments business leveraging open banking technologies to reduce fraud, improve customer identification, and streamline transactions in regulated markets. Highlights include the impact of GDPR and FCA regulations, the challenges and strategies in consumer and merchant adoption, and future prospects for growth and innovation in the payments landscape globally.

 

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Guest Bio

James Neville is the CEO and co-founder of award-winning open banking payment platform Yaspa. Founded in 2017, it was one of the first companies licensed to provide payments and identity services using open banking, and now simplifies the way consumers and businesses pay in multiple industries across the UK and Europe.

Prior to founding Yaspa (formerly Citizen), James held leadership positions in a wide range of leading brands, including Just-Eat, Ascential, Babcock & Brown and Sportingbet. In 2015, while CTO at Worldpay, he launched their next-generation online payment platform amidst major legislative changes from GDPR and SCA to the EU’s PSD2.

Today James combines his decades of fintech experience with his long-standing interest in design to provide a laser focus on Yaspa’s user experience - ensuring Yaspa transcends the job of systems integrations and APIs to become a full-service, payments-first solution that is easy to adopt and a delight to use.

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