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United Fintech has appointed three new partners and formed a senior leadership team as part of a long-term partnership model, as the company positions itself as neutral infrastructure for wholesale finance.
Founded in 2020, United Fintech has built an institutional fintech platform used by banks, hedge funds, brokers, and asset managers. More than 250 financial institutions currently use the company's technology, including 11 of the 12 largest banks in the world. Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Danske Bank, and Standard Chartered are shareholders in the business, alongside growth investor Danske Growth Capital.
The company has welcomed Guy Hopkins, Rasmus Bagger, and Darren Coote as new partners. They join Tom Robinson, Marc Levin, and founder and CEO Christian Frahm, taking the partnership to six members.
Christian Frahm, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, United Fintech
Commenting on the announcement, Christian Frahm, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, United Fintech, said:
"Together, we proved that financial institutions are willing to build and share technology through a neutral platform. This partnership recognises the people who built this with me and gives them the opportunity to help build what comes next. Infrastructure is a long-term business. The people who build it should have the opportunity to own it for the long term. We built United Fintech 1.0 together. Now we are building the infrastructure layer for the future of wholesale finance."
Each of the six partners has played a role in United Fintech's growth to date.
Christian Frahm, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Partner, United Fintech, founded the company in 2020 and has led it from its original concept to its current platform. He founded the partnership and leads it as senior partner alongside his role as Chief Executive Officer.
Tom Robinson, Partner, United Fintech, has driven growth of the company's global customer base, building relationships with a number of the world's leading financial institutions.
Marc Levin, Chief Operating Officer and Partner, United Fintech, has held roles across multiple stages of the company's development, first as Group COO and most recently leading its Asset Management division. He returns as Group COO to support the platform's next phase of growth.
Guy Hopkins, Chief Product Officer and Partner, United Fintech, built FairXchange into an FX analytics and market intelligence platform and has contributed to shaping United Fintech's AI-first product strategy.
Rasmus Bagger, Chief Commercial Officer and Partner, United Fintech
Rasmus Bagger, Chief Commercial Officer and Partner, United Fintech, built United Fintech's global commercial organisation, helping to transform individual product sales efforts into a unified platform approach serving institutions globally.
Darren Coote, Partner, United Fintech
Darren Coote, Partner, United Fintech, built Cobalt into an institutional FX infrastructure network and has contributed to strengthening United Fintech's position within capital markets infrastructure.
United Fintech operates around two distinct groups. The partnership is the company's internal ownership group, founded and led by Christian Frahm, and sits alongside its external shareholders, including its five wholesale bank investors and Danske Growth Capital.
The senior leadership team, which runs the company on a day-to-day basis, comprises:
- Christian Frahm, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Partner
- Rasmus Bagger, Chief Commercial Officer and Partner
- Marc Levin, Chief Operating Officer and Partner
- Guy Hopkins, Chief Product Officer and Partner
United Fintech's stated ambition is to become an infrastructure layer through which financial institutions discover, adopt, build, and share technology, with the company developing AI-native products and enabling institutions to collaborate through shared infrastructure.
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