CEO, Founder and Future of Payments | Rupert Lee-Browne at Caxton

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Speaker Biography

Rupert Lee-Browne is Chairman of Caxton and a FinTech investor. He founded Caxton with £25,000 capital and has driven the business towards its £1bn turnover and status as one of the UK’s finest entrepreneurial success stories.

Prior to establishing Caxton, Rupert launched several successful innovative businesses in the finance and media sectors, all with a focus on new technology. He is now innovating payment solutions by investing in smart blockchain tech both within Caxton and in other businesses.

Keen to champion today’s technology entrepreneurs, Rupert regularly speaks at industry events about cyber security, how the future lies in blockchain for the finance industry, and the British start-up ecosystem.

Before founding Caxton in 2002, Rupert had an extensive career in media; working for broadcasters, publishers, as well as founding internet start-ups. He started his first business aged 22. As CEO he leads Caxton’s strategy of building innovative technology for payments and ensures the company remains at the forefront of our industry. Outside the business he’s a regular speaker and media commentator on fintech and payments as well as investor in tech start-ups. Rupert holds a degree from London University and is visiting lecturer at Bayes Business School.

Caxton: One Payment Every Platform

How many different services can one company need for performing one of their most important functions? Finance teams today are inundated with single-issue services that don’t talk effectively to the other services they use. It’s a blocker to efficiency and takes up valuable time – so it was one of the core reasons we opened up the CXTN platform to our clients. One login, one platform, every payment. Listen to our CEO and Founder Rupert Lee-Browne share his thoughts on how our API simplifies complex processes and takes the manual work out of payments.

2022:12 FT Live The Global Boardroom

The Global Boardroom returned for its sixth edition in December 2022 to debate the most effective strategies for sustainable growth in a world of geopolitical and economic disruption. Rupert's contribution focussed on cyber security risk, without doubt one of the biggest risks facing firms in the Financial Sector. The importance the role of the CEO plays in tackling these issues cannot be understated.

2022:11 Unlocking Growth in a Downturn

Rupert spoke at a Growth Manifesto Architects event on how to quickly deliver customer experiences that move the metrics that matter to your business.

2022:10 FT Cyber Security Summit

It’s easy to say that it’s a board’s job to manage the risk of cyber security. It’s even easier still to say that it is entirely the Chief Information Security Officer’s (CISO) or the CTO’s role to carry the weight of responsibility – and of course the blame when things go wrong. At Caxton, our culture embeds that it’s the whole company’s responsibility - to understand the gravity of the threat, to give it the attention it needs and to make a real effort to understand what it means. Founder and CEO at Caxton Payments, Rupert Lee-Browne discusses this culture and what we do to embed security at the FT Cyber Security Summit 2022 #FTCyber Media is provided by, edited and published with permission from Financial Times Live.

2022:06 Money 20/20 Fireside with David Birch

Exploring the AI quantum blockchain in the cloud and the future of money, Rupert has a fireside chat with renowned Fintech Influencer, David Birch (LinkedIn). Dave was named one of the global top 15 favourite sources of business information (Wired magazine) and one of the top ten most influential voices in banking (Financial Brand); was found to be one of the top ten Twitter accounts followed by innovators, along with Bill Gates and Richard Branson (PR Daily); was ranked in the top three most influential people in London’s FinTech community (City A.M.), was voted one of the European “Top 40” people in digital financial services (Financial News), was listed of the world’s top 100 most influential FinTech leaders (Hot Topics) and rated Europe’s most influential commentator on emerging payments (Total Payments). Dave writes regularly for Forbes.

2019:06 Banking Cyber Security Forum

Navigating Cyber Threats in the Financial Services Sector

Visiting Lecturer: Bayes Business School

Bayes Business School in London is one of the top UK business schools with programmes ranging from undergraduates to masters, MBA, PhD and executive training. Rupert is a regular guest lecturer giving the excellent students at Bayes a small glimpse of the real world as part of their Business Management course.

Visiting Lecturer: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses London

As part of the Goldman Sachs 10KSB initiative, Rupert delivered regular talks to fellow entrepreneurs on corporate strategies and tactics for scaling successful businesses.

Peer-Reviewed Journal: Cyber Security

Rupert wrote a whitepaper called 'A strategic approach to cyber security risk reduction for FX in the cloud using people, processes and technology', for Cyber security: A Peer Reviewed Journal Volume 3

The Fintech Playbook: Navigating Uncertainty

A Vox Pop report powered by SAP Pioneer. For many fintechs this will be their first downturn. Without the security of new investor money coming through for their 'growth-at-any-cost' strategy they will need a fresh approach to business. Read the Vox Pop report at https://bit.ly/3Gdevwd powered by SAP with a foreword from Andy Hirst and published by the wonderful Victor Cruz, Lisa Moyle and Alexandra Green for a few tips. #strategy #sap #fintechtalents #fintech