Cryptocurrencies

Compliance veteran Vaishali Mehta joins TrustToken

Her LinkedIn profile says that she took on the role last month and was previously Senior Compliance Manager at Coinbase. Other roles include Head of BSA/AML risk and onboarding, Deutsche Bank, BSA Compliance Officer at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and Manager – Compliance, ICICI Bank.

TrustToken says that its vision is to “democratise financial opportunities and unlock capital through the trusted trade of assets worldwide. We aim to foster a new financial future. One that is more resilient to central points of fraud, failure, and greed. One that empowers people with new levels of access to capital, investments, and financial opportunities.”

In December, it announced that its TrueUSD stablecoin surpassed $200 million in market capitalisation, trading across 70 crypto exchanges. Further details here.

Scott Thompson

Scott has been working in technology and business journalism for nearly 20 years, with a focus on FinTech, retail, payments and disruptive technology. He has been Editor of such titles as FStech, Retail Systems and IBS Journal and also contributed to the likes of Retail Technology Innovation Hub, PaymentEye, bobsguide, Essential Retail, Open Banking Hub, TechHQ and Internet of Business.