On the 28th of October 2021, ING announced that its subsidiary Payvision would be terminated. The Amsterdam-based FinTech, founded by Rudolf Booker, had just been acquired by ING in 2018 for €360 million. However, it turns out that Payvision facilitated cybercrime and porn business with its payment services. Booker was forced to leave in April 2020. Evidently, he wants to build on his cybercrime expertise and develop the compliance venture Fourthline. Investor protection advocate Elfriede Sixt calls this a joke!
Effective March 30, 2022, FCA-regulated payment institution Safened Ltd has appointed payment veteran Antonios "Tony" Solomon as a director. Payvision founders Rudolf Booker and Gijs op de Weegh also serve as company directors. According to UK Companies House, Tony Solomon serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Solomon, born in May 1958, listed Molenpad 2 in Amsterdam as his correspondence address. Interestingly, this is the company headquarters of Payvision.