International payment specialist expands via £200k acquisition

Cornerstone FS, a cloud-based provider of international payment, currency risk management and electronic account services to SMEs, has announced its acquisition of Pangea FX Limited, a specialist foreign exchange and treasury consultancy.

The total consideration payable for the acquisition is up to £200k, dependent upon future performance, which is to be satisfied by cash and loan notes.

Pangea FX was founded in 2017 by Joe Jones and Stuart Plummer who each have over eight years’ experience in foreign exchange, particularly in customer acquisition and sales positions.

Prior to establishing Pangea FX, Joe and Stuart worked at Vorto Trading Ltd, which is Cornerstone’s largest white label partner, alongside Robert O’Brien, who is now the Group’s chief operating officer and general manager APAC and Middle East.

The Board of Cornerstone believes that the acquisition will “accelerate the Group’s growth” through the addition of two senior sales executives, namely, Joe and Stuart, who will be responsible for leading the Group’s sales function.

Joe will be based in the Group’s London headquarters and Stuart will be located in Dubai, where the Group opened an office in September 2021.

The Group will also benefit from the migration of Pangea FX’s existing client base to the Cornerstone platform as well as certain operational synergies such as from closing the Pangea FX office and relocating the employees to the Group’s main office.

Gareth Edwards, chairman of Cornerstone, commented: “We are pleased to have completed this acquisition and welcome the Pangea FX team to Cornerstone. Joe and Stuart have done an excellent job of building the Pangea FX business and we look forward to benefiting from their skills and experience, both in the UK and in Dubai.

“As we stated at the time of our fundraising, our intention was to invest in our sales team to drive growth and we believe this is the optimum means of achieving that as we also gain a book of business in the short term, which we expect to be significantly expanded going forward.

“With Joe and Stuart having worked with our team members in the past, we are confident that they will be strong additions to Cornerstone and we look forward to updating the market on their success.”

By Matthew Neville – Correspondent, Bdaily

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