Former Global VP of Skrill and WorldPay joins as General Manager

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, 10th March 2016 – Betcade, the first dedicated app store for real money gaming on Android, today announces the appointment of Paul Barclay, former Global VP at WorldPay and Skrill, to its expanding executive team and the opening of its London office.

Paul Barclay joins the business as General Manager of Betcade Europe Ltd to lead payments and operations for the company in addition to heading up Betcade’s new London office. Paul brings a wealth of experience in both the payments and gambling sectors, coming to Betcade from payments service provider Skrill after the company’s successful sale to Optimal Payments (Paysafe PLC), where he was Global VP for the business from 2013. Previously, Paul was Global VP at WorldPay (RBS) for 15 years, where he was instrumental in initiating and developing its Global Regulated Sectors. Additionally, he steered WorldPay’s divestment from RBS to Advert & Bain in 2010 and has prior to that headed up sales and account management at TrustMarque (Payment Trust). His extensive payments background is further enhanced by 14 years spent at Barclaycard and Barclays Bank.

On his new appointment, Paul Barclay said “I started working with online payments when this thing called the internet came along. No one really new what they were doing and we had to build out the businesses by trial and error. 20 years on, the boundaries and possibilities of mobile/internet payment are continually changing and evolving. Why? Because of the consumer. I wanted to join Betcade because they are delivering a solution, driven by consumer demand.”