It's been a while since we last checked in with Founder and President of AptPay, Suganthan Vishnu Krisnarajah — or Kris as he's better known
Since our last catch-up, Kris has appointed Shams Syed as CEO – freeing up Kris as president and chairman of the company to focus on their aggressive expansion plans which include new market entries across South America, Europe, the Middle East, and South East Asia. Everything we can see suggests that AptPay has continued to go from strength to strength - whilst living up to early predictions of truly revolutionising the payments and disbursements industry and well on its way to becoming the FinTech unicorn that’s on everyone’s lips .
This growth can be attributed Kris and his team’s unrelenting desire for perfection, whilst remaining at the forefront of tomorrow’s technology. It all started by trying to answer one simple question: When it comes to payments and disbursements, why is the gaming and casino industry so different from other sectors?
Kris has been keeping a close eye on all things gaming and gambling for a number of years now. It’s from his insights around both industries and the clear gap in the market that AptPay was born. It’s a platform with the sole objective of helping people, businesses and governments to make simpler, safer, and faster online payments. In fact, Kris is already in advanced discussions with the Guyanese government to roll out AptPay services a across the nation. Via this platform individuals and organizations of all sizes are able to send money both locally and internationally in an instant – cementing AptPay’s reputation as the the go-to payment processor.
As for key milestones, the company recently partnered with Mastercard and NRT Technology to revolutionise digital payments in the casino and gaming sector. Gamers and patrons can now expect to receive payments in near real-time into their bank accounts, mobile wallets, or prepaid cards.
The transformational service has a name – it’s called smartSEND. Launched at the recent G2E - The Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas - it utilizes MasterCard Send, the global push payments platform. It’s available for all types of casinos, land-based and online, across North America through NRT Technology.