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Mike Laven

CEO of Currency Cloud, a Global Payment Platform

CEO of Currency Cloud, a Global Payment Platform

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Mike Laven Biography

With more than 25 years’ experience at the helm of a number of high growth FinTech and technology businesses, Mike is well-known for his ability to build venture-backed organizations and lead them to profitable growth. Having originally spent six years working for the United Nations, Mike has since gained a glowing reputation for FinTech expertise, with executive roles at Infinity Financial Technology, Cohera, Coronet and Traiana.

Behind Mike's avuncular exterior lies one of the sharpest minds in the financial technology industry. Over the last fifteen years, Mike has held leadership roles at a number of a FinTech firms. He joined Currency Cloud in 2011, growing the firm to processing over $10bn of international payments per annum. Under his leadership, Currencycloud has established itself as a leading force in the digital financial services revolution and has raised $61m in funding (as of March 2017).

As COO at Traiana, Mike played a pivotal role in ICAP's $274m purchase of a controlling interest. Mike was CEO at Infinity Financial Technology, Cohera and Coronet, and Chairman at FRS Global. As home in Silicon Valley as in the financial services world in London, you will be unsurprised if you meet Mike to learn that he has several degrees, including from Harvard. In his early career, he even spent six years working for the United Nations. In his spare time, Mike plays classical and jazz piano, a topic on which he can bore even the most ardent music aficionado rigid.

Mike Laven Videos

  • TechTalk; interview with Mike Laven, CEO, Currency Cloud
    Joy Macknight, technology editor at The Banker, talks to Mike Laven, CEO of Currency Cloud, a London-based fintech start-up which helps businesses...
  • Interview with Mike Laven CEO of Currencycloud
    Financial institutions and the disruptors Mike Laven, CEO of Currencycloud talks of the relationship between start-ups and larger financial...
  • Jumping Through Compliance Hoops as a Money Transfer Startup
    In a world where financial attacks happen everyday, we need to take a cue from hackers and "work hard to collaborate and innovate fearlessly", says...

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