A business built on breaking barriers
Through superior decision science, intelligent cyber security algorithms, proprietary in-house delivery and omnichannel marketing, we’re building a better future for financial services.
Our services are fast, simple and smart, and we use the technological power at our fingertips to build the barrier-free products and services our customers demand and deserve.
A track record of excellent performance
£48.5 million
Revenue
Achieved last year - a 6% rise against the previous year.
£3.2 million
Operating profit last year
While fintechs across the world are struggling to deliver profit, we’ve been profitable for the past 9 years
£20 billion
Payments processed
For our customers, paid-into their accounts.
Meet the team propelling the entire industry forward – our board and executive committee, with years of combined financial services management experience at some of the world’s biggest companies, across four continents
- Board Members
- Executive Committee
Rich Wagner
Chief Executive Officer & Board Director
Rich employed every bit of his nearly 30 years of global financial services experience to found Cashplus and turn it into the leading digital challenger to banks in the UK.
Mark Sismey-Durrant
Chair of the Board
Mark was appointed Chair of the Cashplus Board on its gaining its banking licence in February 2021. He joined the Board in October 2018 as an Independent non-executive director and Chair of Board Audit Committee and subsequently also chaired the Board Remuneration and Nominations Committee. Mark has over 40 years’ experience in banking starting at Midland Bank in 1978. His career has a particular focus on specialist challenger banking and he was CEO of three such banks over a period spanning 23 years – Sun Bank plc, Heritable Bank plc and more recently, Hampshire Trust Bank Plc. He is currently also Senior Independent Director of specialist lender PCF Bank and Chair of Swedish finance group Yourban. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Jim Jones
Non-Executive Director
Jim has over 35 years of senior management experience in the banking, consumer lending and payment processing sectors. He's currently Executive Chairman at Qualpay.
Alessandro Hatami
Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
Alessandro is the managing partner of Pacemakers.io, a digital advisory firm. He has a track record of delivering digital transformation and growth as a senior executive at firms such GE Capital, PayPal and Lloyds Banking Group. He is a mentor of start-ups, an investor in early-stage tech firms and a published author on banking transformation.
Francesca Shaw
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee
Francesca has 40+ years of experience across a wide range of senior governance and commercial roles within UK and international banks, having most recently served as a Chief Financial Officer at C Hoare & Co. in London, before retiring in 2020.
Peter Elcock
Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Risk Committee
Peter brings 40+ years of experience in financial services, including 27 years at Barclays. He specialises in risk management, having been CRO of Coventry Building Society & Executive Director and CRO of Charter Court Financial Services. Peter is also the Chairman of the Suffolk Building Society.
Paul Schooley
Chief Commercial Officer
Paul's 22+ years in credit, risk and pricing optimisation for unsecured payment products has seen him facilitate significant revenue growth for the likes of NatWest and GE Capital.
Richard Bastin
Chief Technology Officer
Richard has over 25 years IT experience providing highly scalable and secure solutions for global organisations, including Barclays and HSBC. He has also held CTO roles at RateSetter, Lebara and Currencycloud.
Jackie Gray
Internal Audit Director
Jackie has a wealth of experience in leading internal audit functions and conducting governance, risk management and assurance projects in the financial services sector, both within the UK and internationally.
Nick Biggam
Commercial Director
Nick's spent 25 years leading startups and established businesses in the UK and Europe. His expertise runs from B2B product innovation to service delivery and customer acquisition.
Solomon Osagie
General Counsel
Solomon is an experienced corporate lawyer with an extensive in-house and private practice background in payments and banking. He was appointed to the Law Society’s Company Law Committee in 2011 and sits on several advisory and industry boards and has recently been recognised in the Lawyer hot 100 list.
Aris Asimakis
Chief Risk Officer
Aris has broad risk management experience across regulatory and UK banking institutions having worked in senior roles at Vanquis Bank, the PRA and Tesco Bank over the last 10 years, as well as being awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter in 2014
Colin Webb
Operations Director
Colin has over 20 years experience working in operations roles across the financial services, retail and telecomms sectors including senior positions at Santander, Barclaycard and Asda.
Tatiana Lipiyaynen
Chief Customer and Marketing Officer
Tatiana brings 30+ years of experience across strategy consulting and marketing at the likes of American Express, British Telecom and Virgin Money Investments (joint venture between Virgin Money and Abrdn), where she was director of Sales and Marketing
Delve into the specifics of our success
Financial Statements 2022
Download Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022.
Financial Statements 2021
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Pillar 3 disclosures
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Advanced Payment Solutions Limited (APS), trading as Cashplus Bank, is registered in England and Wales at Cottons Centre, Cottons Lane, London SE1 2QG (No.04947027). APS is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority under Firm Reference Number 671140.
APS provides credit facilities subject to approval and affordability, and where accounts continue to meet APS credit criteria.
