MoonPay Appoints Anne Giviskos as Global CFO
Cryptocurrency payment company MoonPay has appointed Anne Giviskos as its Global Chief Financial Officer. A company spokesperson stated that Mouna Ammari Siala will continue to serve as the interim CFO for MoonPay's U.S. operations.
Giviskos previously served as the interim CFO and Chief Accounting Officer at AI business travel and expense platform Navan. She has over twenty years of experience in financial infrastructure, including nearly a decade at the New York Stock Exchange and serving as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Euronext until 2023, where she was involved in regulatory and merger integration work in related markets.
MoonPay founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright stated that Giviskos has the experience to help the company responsibly expand during this critical phase, and she will be responsible for leading the finance organization, developing financial and capital strategies, and building the infrastructure to support the next phase of growth. Giviskos herself noted that the way funds flow is being rebuilt, and MoonPay is at the center of this transformation.
This appointment comes as the company continues to expand. MoonPay recently launched MoonPay Trade, providing access to over 200 blockchains and protocols through a single API; acquired Solana trading infrastructure DFlow, which has processed approximately $45 billion in transaction volume by 2026; and reached an agreement in September to acquire North Capital to expand on-chain capital markets, with the latter's platform supporting over $8.7 billion in primary and secondary trading volume.
In response to questions about whether it is preparing for an initial public offering, a company spokesperson stated that the current priority is to build a "flagship private company" while continuing to expand its payment, stablecoin, and financial market-related businesses. The company is currently private, with a secondary market valuation estimated between $3.7 billion and $3.9 billion.
The appointment reflects the company's shift of financial resources and expertise from its core payment business to stablecoins, trading infrastructure, and regulated capital markets. On the capital path, acquisitions and product expansion require stronger financial discipline and regulatory compliance support; official channels and institutional business may benefit from this, while pure retail payment growth faces higher compliance and capital planning requirements.
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During her time at Navan, Giviskos assisted the company in transitioning from private to public markets, and she was responsible for risk, compliance, and financial infrastructure at the NYSE and Euronext for a long time, participating in the exchanges' transition from private to listed and subsequent merger integration. She previously served as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Euronext and held board positions at Borsa Italiana and Nord Pool, accumulating experience in cross-market regulation and capital operations.
MoonPay is shifting its capital and product resources from fiat-crypto payment gateways to on-chain trading infrastructure and regulated securities infrastructure. The acquisition agreement with North Capital reached in September will bring in SEC-registered broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, transfer agents, and investment advisor licenses, enabling the company to directly participate in primary and secondary private securities trading; at the same time, the integration of trading infrastructures like DFlow enhances on-chain liquidity processing capabilities. The change in financial leadership aims to align with this shift from payment tools to capital market infrastructure.
Similar to how Stripe is gradually building Treasury and Banking-as-a-Service on top of its payment business, or how Circle is constructing issuance and clearing infrastructure around USDC, cryptocurrency payment companies are expanding from a single gateway function to regulated financial infrastructure. Currently, MoonPay is in a phase of expanding from payment channels to controlling capital and compliance nodes, strengthening its position in stablecoin and tokenized asset distribution through acquiring licenses and bringing in financially experienced executives from exchanges.
This essentially represents a restructuring of the industry chain. Payment companies originally relied on third-party banks and exchanges to complete value transfers, but now, through acquiring regulated brokerage and custody capabilities, they are internalizing issuance, clearing, custody, and secondary trading processes. This move is occurring because the scaling of stablecoins and tokenized securities requires an auditable financial system and licensing support; a simple API payment gateway is no longer sufficient to support institutional-level capital flows, making capital and regulatory capabilities new control nodes.
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