WorldRemit Appoints Scott Eddington as APAC Managing Director, to Lead Development in the Region
January 19 2020 - 04:00PM
Business Wire
Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit has appointed
seasoned digital executive Scott Eddington to lead the Asia Pacific
business as it positions itself to help even more customers make
secure, quick and affordable cross border payments.
Scott will be responsible for accelerating WorldRemit’s mobile
payments service in Asia Pacific, which currently allows customers
to send from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and
Singapore.
Developments in Asia such as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
envision free flow of labour and are likely to change the
traditional migration and cross border payments flows over the next
decade with more intra Asian migration. Scott will also be
responsible for the development of WorldRemit’s send and receive
network, helping deliver services into new geographies in a secure
and convenient way.
Prior to joining WorldRemit, Scott was responsible for digital
strategy at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Scott has over ten
years of international expertise in a variety of roles working for
McKinsey and Company and Linklaters LLP based in London, Japan and
Singapore.
“I am pleased to welcome Scott to WorldRemit at this exciting
time. Over the last ten years, WorldRemit has transformed the cross
border payments industry by making money transfers as easy as
sending a text. The digital insight Scott brings from his previous
roles will help continue our journey delivering a mobile first
service that is convenient, fast, secure and value for money,” said
Tamer El-Emary, Chief Commercial Officer at WorldRemit.
About WorldRemit
WorldRemit has disrupted an industry previously dominated by
offline legacy players by taking international money transfers
online - making them safer, faster and lower-cost. We currently
send from 50 to 150 countries, operate in 6,500 money transfer
corridors worldwide and employ over 800 people worldwide.
On the sending side WorldRemit is 100% digital (cashless),
increasing convenience and enhancing security. For those receiving
money, the company offers a wide range of options including bank
deposit, cash collection, mobile airtime top-up and mobile
money.
Backed by Accel, TCV and Leapfrog – WorldRemit’s headquarters
are in London, UK with a global presence in the United States,
Canada, South Africa, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia
and New Zealand.
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