Markets.com CEO Stavros Anastasiou Departs ⋅ Crypto World Echo
Markets.com CEO Stavros Ch. Anastasiou has left the company.He is an experienced industry professional who previously worked at FXPro Groupas Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Internal Audit, and in BusinessDevelopment. He also served as Group Chief Compliance Officer at Finalto forover five years.
Experienced Industry Executive
Before entering the forex sector, Anastasiou worked in the professional services industry between 2005 and 2009, at majoraccounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte. He served as a SeniorAdvisor on Mergers and Acquisitions at PwC Greece, following an earlierposition as an Audit Senior at Deloitte.
In 2021, London-listed Playtech plc (LON: PTEC) announced it had reached an agreement to sell its financial trading division, Finalto, to Gopher Investments. The deal, disclosed via a filing on the London Stock Exchange, valued the business at $250 million in cash.
2021 Agreement for Finalto Sale
“We are very pleased to have successfully reached anagreement with Gopher regarding the sale of Finalto. This transaction deliverson our strategy to simplify the Group to focus on the high-growth B2B and B2Cgambling markets,” Mor Weizer, Playtech CEO, commented on the sale then.
Meanwhile, Markets.com has been expanding its offerings over the years. Last year, TradingView announced the addition of Markets.com to its platform. The company also collaborated with Worldpay to manage global payments processing and fund disbursements.
This article was written by Jared Kirui at www.financemagnates.com.