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Fintech recruitment for payment platforms, EMIs and neobanks

Hirexel is a fintech recruitment agency for payment platforms, EMIs, neobanks and lending services. We hire people who keep clients in an industry where trust matters more than features, and who know how to work with a regulator.

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90-day replacement guarantee. If a candidate we place doesn't work out in the first 90 days, we fill the role again free of charge.

Fintech roles we hire

Compliance and AML

Payments, risk and operations

Commercial

  • Sales and partnerships
  • Business development
  • Key account management

Executive and C-level

  • CEO and managing director
  • COO and CFO
  • CMO and CPO
  • CTO for fintech

Key functions need regulator approval. Our guide explains what regulators check before they approve a hire. Read the guide

What we check before you meet a candidate

We check experience and results before a candidate reaches your interview, so your shortlist is short.

  • Experience in a similar regulated business and product
  • Real results they can explain, checked in interviews
  • For key functions: a record that passes the regulator's fit and proper review
  • How they work with a regulator and with compliance teams

Compliance searches we have closed

We do not name our clients. These are real searches we have closed.

Compliance, DubaiSearch closed

MLRO

What we screen for in this role

  • Hands-on AML in the same type of business
  • Suspicious activity decisions they owned personally
  • A record that passes the regulator's fit and proper review
LegalSearch closed

Legal counsel for a compliance firm

What we screen for in this role

  • Regulatory legal experience in financial services
  • Turning regulation into clear client deliverables
  • Working alongside compliance consultants

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How a search works

  1. 1

    Brief

    A call to understand the role, the product, the market, your team and the exact profile that will solve the problem.

  2. 2

    Sourcing

    Our own network, closed communities and the open market, targeted to your niche. We approach people who are not looking.

  3. 3

    Screening

    Interviews and checks of real experience and results. For regulated roles, we also check candidates against the regulator's criteria.

  4. 4

    Offer and start

    We coordinate final interviews, help with the decision and the offer, and stay involved until the candidate starts.

Hiring guides

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Questions about Fintech hiring

Which fintech companies do you hire for?

Payment platforms, EMIs, neobanks and lending services, as well as crypto and iGaming companies with fintech teams.

Which fintech roles do you hire?

Compliance and AML, fraud and payments risk, payments and operations, sales and partnerships, business development and C-level roles.

Do you check candidates against the regulator's criteria?

Yes. For regulated roles we check candidates against the regulator's fit and proper criteria before you meet them.

Which markets do you cover?

We hire across MENA, EMEA, the EU, Asia, CIS and LATAM, for local roles, remote roles and relocations.

Is there a guarantee?

Yes. If a candidate we place doesn't work out in the first 90 days, we fill the role again free of charge.

How do your fees work?

We agree the search model for each role, such as contingency, retained or a fixed fee, and set out the terms in a formal contract before the search starts.

How do we start?

Send us the job description on WhatsApp or through the form on this page. We will come back with questions about the role and agree the next steps.

Tell us who you need to hire

Send the role and the market. We will come back with questions about the role and agree the next steps.

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