BitPay was founded in 2011, while Bitcoin was still in its infancy. We saw the potential for bitcoin to revolutionize the financial industry, making payments faster, more secure, and less expensive on a global scale.
We started BitPay because we wanted to make it easy for businesses to accept bitcoin payments. We are currently the largest bitcoin payment processor in the world, serving industry-leading merchants on six continents. We've created a seamless, secure bitcoin payment experience used daily by hundreds of thousands of bitcoin users.
Payment processing was our first contribution to the Bitcoin ecosystem, but it is not our last. With Bitcore, we're building an open source platform to power the next applications of Bitcoin. The BitPay secure bitcoin wallet is giving consumers a powerful toolkit for getting started right with bitcoin payments, and the BitPay Card gives bitcoin users a fast way to convert bitcoin into dollars and spend their funds anywhere Visa® is accepted.
Bitcoin's future looks very bright, and we plan on remaining on the forefront of this technology, creating more tools and services for everyone to use in innovative new ways.
Stephen Pair
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Stephen has over 20 years of experience building software systems in the financial and telecommunications industries.
Bryan Krohn
Chief Financial Officer
Bryan has 20 years of experience as CFO for several technology companies including CTS, OmniVue, and American Data Corporation.
Sonny Singh
Chief Commercial Officer
Sonny was the first VP of Sales at Jumio and previously was at InMage Systems (acquired by Microsoft) and Niku (acquired by Computer Associates).
Timo Dijkstra
Chief Compliance Officer
Timo and his team have built a strong risk and compliance framework to make sure BitPay follows the applicable rules and regulations on different continents.
Stephen Pair
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Max Chee
Head of Aquiline Technology Growth
Carl Stern
Former Boston Consulting Group and Goldman Sachs
Arthur Levitt
Former Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission
Jim Aviles
Co-Founder, Merchant e-Solutions