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London-based cloud-native core banking platform 10x Banking has appointed Tom Bentley as its new CRO as the FinTech expands across markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and APAC.

Bentley, a former chief commercial officer at Vodeno, brings over 15 years of global experience in core banking and FinTech, having also held senior roles at Temenos and Thought Machine.

His last role was part of the founding team at NatWest Boxed, the embedded finance venture from NatWest Group, where he served as head of growth.

Also joining the company’s senior leadership team is Lewis Ide. He will take on the role of senior vice president APAC, based in Sydney and responsible for the strategy, growth and execution of the business objectives across the region.

Bentley and Ide’s appointments come as 10x Banking approaches a decade of transforming banking infrastructure. 

The business is already working with several significant customers including Chase UK by J.P. Morgan, Westpac Group, Old Mutual, West Brom Building Society and Constantinople in Australia.

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“I’ve followed 10x for nearly a decade and have always admired the company’s customer-centric approach and Antony’s mission to reinvent banking from the core,” said Bentley.

“The industry is at a tipping point – the convergence of AI-driven migrations, modular product innovation and the rise of truly distributed embedded finance are reshaping what’s possible.

“I’m excited to bring my banking technology expertise and fintech growth experience to the team to help more institutions unlock the power of the 10x platform to deliver modern scalable banking propositions for their customers.”

Antony Jenkins CBE, founder and CEO of 10x Banking, added: “Tom’s appointment underscores our ability to attract world-class core banking talent and our investment in building the future of financial services. 

“Tom’s track record in expanding commercial operations and Lewis’ focus on forging strategic partnerships across APAC in supporting this region will play an important role as we grow to meet strong client demand. 

“The past nine years of focused R&D have brought our technology to a point of true scalability and repeatability – unique in the industry – with our cloud-native platform now powering significant banking transformations and live client environments at unprecedented scale and speed.”

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