Pivot Search has a long-standing fintech practice placing technical, commercial, and finance talents across the region's most demanding financial services firms: from crypto exchanges and digital banks to quant trading desks, payments infrastructure, and RegTech.
Exchanges, custody platforms, and on-chain infrastructure firms hiring to meet regulatory and scaling demands. Legal and compliance are the most urgent hires in this space right now.
Regional payment platforms, cross-border remittance networks, and card infrastructure hiring for compliance, scheme relations, and commercial growth.
Retail and Institutional brokerage platforms building out capital markets capability, compliance infrastructure, and operations as they expand.
Licensed neobanks and challenger banks scaling from launch to profitability. Regulatory credibility is the competitive moat — and the talent around it is the hire that matters.
Proprietary trading firms, systematic hedge funds, and family offices building quantitative capability and the operations infrastructure to support it.
Examples of roles that reflect the range of talent we place in financial services — across CXO, Enterprise Sales, Institutional Partnerships, Investor Relations, Marketing & Growth, Risk & Compliance.
A scaling fintech or regulated firm where financial strategy has outgrown the startup CFO model — this hire signals board-level accountability, institutional investor relations, and a balance sheet that needs serious stewardship.
Where we place themDigital banks and licensed fintechs · Series C+ platforms preparing for IPO or institutional fundraise · APAC headquarters of global financial services firms
A brokerage, exchange, or asset manager expanding product depth — derivatives, structured products, or cross-border listings. This hire signals a move from retail to institutional capability.
Where we place themOnline brokerages scaling institutional desks · Digital asset exchanges building regulated product suites · Regional banks expanding capital markets capability
A firm where compliance is now a strategic function — not a checkbox. This hire often precedes or accompanies a licensing application, a major institutional client, or an expansion into a new regulatory environment.
Where we place themDigital banks under MAS · Crypto exchanges pursuing licensing under MiCA, VARA, or SFC · Payments firms entering Australia, Japan, or Hong Kong · Regulated fintechs with institutional counterparties
A scaling fintech or regulated firm where financial strategy has outgrown the startup CFO model — this hire signals board-level accountability, institutional investor relations, and a balance sheet that needs serious stewardship.
Digital banks and licensed fintechs · Series C+ platforms preparing for IPO or institutional fundraise · APAC headquarters of global financial services firms
A brokerage, exchange, or asset manager expanding product depth — derivatives, structured products, or cross-border listings. This hire signals a move from retail to institutional capability.
Online brokerages scaling institutional desks · Digital asset exchanges building regulated product suites · Regional banks expanding capital markets capability
A firm where compliance is now a strategic function — not a checkbox. This hire often precedes or accompanies a licensing application, a major institutional client, or an expansion into a new regulatory environment.
Digital banks under MAS · Crypto exchanges pursuing licensing under MiCA, VARA, or SFC · Payments firms entering Australia, Japan, or Hong Kong · Regulated fintechs with institutional counterparties
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