Earthport, the cross-border payment specialist based in London, UK, has appointed Peter Klein as Global Head of FX, effective immediately.

Peter joins Earthport with an unparalleled wealth of experience in financial services and FX from start-ups to major banking roles. Most recently, Peter co-founded a start up in the P2P lending space. Prior to that, Peter served as Global Head of FX Brokerage and Clearing at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Head of FX Prime Brokerage at JP Morgan, and CEO of Saxo Bank UK among other major roles. In his new role, Peter will report to Daniel Marovitz, President of Europe, and Head of Product.

Daniel Marovitz said, “We are delighted to have Peter join the team. Our mission is simple and bold- to be the leading cross-border payments provider in the world.  A strong FX product offering complementing our core payments and compliance capability is key to fulfilling this mission: we plan to expand the functionality and treasury sophistication within the Earthport product suite. Peter will lead the execution of a powerful integrated strategy to support our global payment network.”