OpenPayd Founder Ozan Ozerk Awarded 'Enterprise Entrepreneur of the Year' at 2025 Enterprise Awards

Dr. Ozan Ozerk, founder of OpenPayd, has been awarded "Enterprise Entrepreneur" at the 2025 Enterprise Awards Dinner, held at the historic Drapers' Hall in London on 18 June. The event, celebrating high-growth UK technology businesses and their founders, spotlighted Ozerk for his role in scaling OpenPayd into one of Europe's most prominent financial infrastructure platforms.

The accolade comes on the back of a milestone year for OpenPayd. The company reported over 100% growth for the second year running, surpassing €130 billion in annualised volume and whilst sustaining profitability. Its infrastructure now powers over 800 businesses across fintech, digital assets, marketplaces, and SaaS - delivering real-time access to banking and payments through a single API.

Commenting on the recognition, Ozerk said: "I'm pleased to accept this on behalf of the team behind OpenPayd. It's a testament to the work we've done over the last year, building infrastructure that actually scales with our clients. In a market where sustainability is everything, we've kept our focus on real problems and lasting solutions."

Founded in 2015, OpenPayd was created to solve the growing need for better financial infrastructure for the digital economy - enabling businesses to offer payment accounts, FX, and local and cross-border transfers as part of their core product. Today, its services are relied on by clients like eToro, Wirex, and B2C2. In mid-June this year, OpenPayd announced its partnership with Circle to integrate stablecoin infrastructure into its financial platform.

Ozerk's entrepreneurial journey has been defined by a belief in infrastructure over hype. At a time when many fintechs chased scale through capital alone, OpenPayd's approach has been methodical: combining regulatory licences, banking partnerships, and API-first engineering to quietly build the plumbing behind hundreds of brands.

"There's no shortage of innovation in financial services," Ozerk noted. "What's often missing is the connective tissue - the technology that lets those innovations reach the market safely, at scale. That's where we've chosen to operate, and that's where we've made our impact."

The Enterprise Awards, now in their thirteenth year, are known for recognising entrepreneurs rather than just company milestones. With past winners including founders of Just Eat, Sophos, and Monzo, the event has built a reputation for celebrating commercial focus, resilience, and leadership in UK tech.

As embedded finance shifts from niche to mainstream - with the European market forecast to generate over €600 billion by 2028 - OpenPayd's blend of regulatory rigour and developer-first infrastructure is positioning it as a key enabler of that growth.

Ozerk added: "This is just one moment. What matters more is that we continue to make it easier for businesses to build and scale with financial services at their core. If we do that right, awards will follow - but more importantly, so will real impact."

About OpenPayd
OpenPayd - https://www.openpayd.com/ is building the universal financial infrastructure for the digital economy. Our rails-agnostic platform enables any business to move and manage money globally - across fiat and digital assets - through a single, powerful API.
We provide embedded accounts, FX, domestic and international payments, Open Banking, and now stablecoin on/off ramps - delivering full interoperability between traditional finance and digital assets. With one of the most comprehensive banking networks in the market, OpenPayd enables real-time money movement, everywhere.

Trusted by global leaders including OKX, Bitstamp, B2C2 and Wincent, we process more than €130 billion in annual volumes for over 800 businesses. OpenPayd is the infrastructure layer powering the next generation of financial services.

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Website: https://www.openpayd.com/

OpenPayd is building the universal financial infrastructure for the digital economy. Our rails-agnostic platform enables any business to move and manage money globally - across fiat and digital assets - through a single, powerful API.
We provide embedded accounts, FX, domestic and international payments, Open Banking, and now stablecoin on/off ramps - delivering full interoperability between traditional finance and digital assets. With one of the most comprehensive banking networks in the market, OpenPayd enables real-time money movement, everywhere.
Trusted by global leaders including OKX, Bitstamp, B2C2 and Wincent, we process more than €130 billion in annual volumes for over 800 businesses. OpenPayd is the infrastructure layer powering the next generation of financial services.

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