ChainCatcher reported that Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform OpenPayd has made two senior appointments in London, hiring Lux Thiagarajah and Richard Usher from cryptocurrency major broker FalconX. Thiagarajah joins the payment company as growth director and Usher will serve as trading director.

The new employees will retain their ties to FalconX, where they joined in May as consultants to help the company expand its foreign exchange trading products.