Nium appoints general counsel

As general counsel at Nium, Lowrey will lead the fintech’s legal, regulatory and policy teams, while continuing to implement new product and licensing strategies

B2B payments provider Nium has appointed Dylan Lowrey as general counsel to lead the fintech’s efforts to reduce regulatory complexities in global money movement.

The appointment is a promotion for Lowrey, who joined Nium in 2021 as head of regulatory affairs and product law.

In that role, Lowrey helped the fintech to launch new services in complex emerging markets, while expanding its global licence portfolio. 

He previously led the global payments product legal team at Stripe and served as vice president and acting US head of legal for corporate banking at Barclays. 

As general counsel at Nium, Lowrey will lead the fintech’s legal, regulatory and policy teams, while continuing to implement new product and licensing strategies.

A key mission of Lowrey’s will be to “work closely with Nium’s customers to eliminate the regulatory complexities associated with their global payments”, according to the fintech.

He will continue to report to chief executive officer and co-founder Prajit Nanu and is based in the fintech’s San Francisco co-headquarters.

Commenting on the appointment, Nanu said: “We’re proud to elevate Dylan to the role of general counsel at Nium. It’s his deep payments expertise, legal acumen and outstanding leadership that have earned him this trusted opportunity.”

“As we continue to grow and expand operations around the world, Dylan will be instrumental in ensuring we have the best-in-class legal and regulatory strategies to achieve our aggressive goals, for both our customers and our company.”

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Mark Dugdale