Andrew is the Head of Banking for TransferWise’s operations in North America. At TransferWise, he progresses the digital payments space by closely studying existing banking infrastructures and unearthing solutions that better match and exceed customer expectations. Prior to TransferWise, he served as Director of International and Payments at Kickstarter, where he was instrumental in turning a nascent North American idea into an international phenomenon, launching the crowdfunding platform in 17 new markets. He graduated from Elizabethtown College with a BS in International Business and began his career with Financial Operations roles at Google and Eventbrite. Andrew lives in Brooklyn and in his downtime, he hopes to step foot on the last one or two continents that he hasn’t explored yet.
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Boyajian believes that there is a gap in the market to handle multi-currencies at the same time
The rates that Transferwise uses are obtained every few seconds from Reuters but the firm does not make money on the currency trade.
He added that a primary motivation for the firm is thinking how it can support a “global market without borders”