Yaspa eyes global growth with city office move

A fintech firm is targeting global growth after completing an office expansion.

Yaspa has opened a Leeds base.

Bosses at the payments and identity technology company say the move will create 20 jobs and boost ambitions to broaden its US and wider international footprint.

They add it will build an initial ten-strong senior software engineer team, with a blueprint in place to grow its team to 20 by the end of the year.

Its Leeds office – in the city’s Platform high-rise – complements a base in Shoreditch, and will be led by head of engineering David Turner, formerly of William Hill and Glean.

Chris Watkins, Yaspa’s chief people officer, said: “We see Leeds as the ideal location to open our second UK office, with access to a strong pool of software engineering talent.

“We’re growing quickly but we’ll walk before we can run.

“The immediate goal is to get a squad of mid to senior level engineers on board.

“They will focus on building the US product for us.

“As soon as that squad is at full capacity, we’ll hire for a second squad, taking us up to 20 within the year.”

David added: “Yaspa has found its value proposition, proved it works and is now scaling.

“It has the momentum, the vision and the team culture to make a real impact, and I am looking forward to helping take that even further.”

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