Exclusive FNG… FNG has learned that long-time FX and CFDs industry executive Stavros Anastasiou has become a Non-Executive Director at UK neobank Revolut’s EU-licensed entity, Revolut Digital Assets Europe.
Revolut Digital Assets Europe Ltd, formerly known as RT Digital Securities Cyprus Ltd, is registered with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) as a licensed Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP). Revolut has moved its Crypto customers living in the EEA from Revolut Ltd to Revolut Digital Assets Europe Ltd in order to comply with EU MiCA regulations.
We reported in August that Stavros, who stepped down as CEO of Retail FX and CFDs broker Markets.com earlier this year, was serving as a Board Advisor to Revolut as the company expanded into its traditional role of providing neobank services in areas such as Crypto trading. Revolut also recently hired Binance executive Reem Khayat as head of Crypto product marketing.
Stavros Anastasiou has been with the Markets.com / Safecap / Finalto group since 2016, initially joining as Chief Compliance Officer of Safecap / Markets.com, before being named Group CCO of parent company Finalto (formerly TradeTech Group) in 2018. He was promoted to CEO based at Kong20. Gopher Investments. Before joining Safecap / Markets.com in 2016, Stavros was Chief Compliance Officer at FxPro, working at FxPro from 2011-2016.