Ivaylo R Ivanov Email & Phone Number

I'm one of the founding members of the Bulgarian Fintech Association.The mission of the Association is to create a platform bringing together all parties in Bulgaria with interest in Financial Technologies and to provide a common ground for communication and exchange of ideas. The Association is the face of the Fintech in Bulgaria and represents the shared values of its members before regulators, investors, financial institutions, foreign associations, partners and any other party.

I was hired by the CEO with the mandate to establish the Digital Ecosystem Products Hub of one of the leading retail banks in CEE (over 2.6 million clients), part of OTP Group (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: OTP). Here we work in 'Founder mode' to design, create the strategy, develop the roadmap and scale to maturity all digital ecosystem products of the bank.

Tallinn, Estonia

I founded and scaled one of top 5 peer-to-peer investing marketplaces in EU: 370+m EUR marketplace turnover, 35'000+ investors from 50+ countries worldwide, 20+ integrated financial institutions.CNBC world's top 200 Fintech companies for 2022.Forbes Business Awards "Financial Service of the Year" winner for 2020.Central European Startup Awards "Best Fintech Startup" finalist for 2020.AltFi "People’s Choice Award" for best investment platform runner-up for 2019.Forbes "Startup of the Year" award finalist for 2016 and 2017.We were featured in Forbes, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, Silicon Canals, Capital magazine, AltFi, Brismo, Investor portal, Manager magazine, Bulgarian National Television and many more.

Sofia, Bulgaria

I co-founded the first buy now, pay later (BNPL) service in Bulgaria and scaled it to one of the fastest growing in SEE with 50+ integrated paying merchants (including one of top 3 in the country) and 3000+ active users in a period of 6 months after its launch.NewPay was selected as part of Visa Innovation Program 2021 for exceptionally promising startups.

New York, United States

ORBISE is an innovative business building the next generation Blockchain Banking ecosystem

Central And Eastern Europe

Financial due diligence and valuation projects. Process improvement and strategy advisory. Market researches, industry tracking and analysis.

Paris, France

I was one of the founding members of EECA - the first equity crowdfunding establishment in Europe.EECA’s mission is to represent and advocate the business of equity crowdfunding platforms in Europe and in particular to share knowledge and open technologies, to manage training and education, and to adopt a professional code of ethics. EECA wants also to offer assistance to the EU Commission and national authorities in understanding and utilizing the ever growing potential of crowdfunding.

Sofia, Bulgaria

I managed the expansion of the Bulgarian operations of the Group. I grew the revenue YoY by 20%, grew the client base by 56% and established a new business consulting service line which was not offered anywhere in the Group before.

Sofia, Bulgaria

I lead audit, assurance and due diligence engagements for clients such as Hewlett-Packard, Telenor, Germanos, Gebr. Heinemann, Lidl, Danone, FOX International Channels, American Chamber of Commerce, CEZ, Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy, Thermal Power Plant Varna, Thermal Power Plant Maritza-Iztok II and many others.I was part of EY's recruitment committee and lead the final assessment center for potential hires.

Judge Business School, Strategy And Innovation Management

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

I was one of six students to be awarded the COTRUGLI scholarship for high potential individuals

Finance, Business, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration / Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Joint German program in cooperation with The University of Köln, The University of Leipzig and Saarland University

German Language, Summa Cum Laude

Member of the Leistungsklasse

Mathematics