Ozan Ozerk is often portrayed in the media—most recently in a flattering Türkiye Today profile—as a visionary Turkish entrepreneur reshaping global finance through his fintech ventures, most notably OpenPayd, EMBank, and Ozan Elektronik Para. But as regulatory actions mount and his companies increasingly surface in investigations tied to high-risk payments, scam facilitation, and money laundering,
The Israeli social investment platform eToro has partnered with OpenPayd, a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) infrastructure provider enabling eToro, to issue Euro virtual IBANs, unique to each of its customers, and gives eToro access to SEPA Instant rails for the first time. The solution is currently available in 12 countries and is being rolled out across Europe. eToro’s customers can now make deposits and withdrawals from their eToro Money accounts quickly and securely.
The FinTech entrepreneur Ozan Ozerk was born in Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. He moved to Norway. His father is a professor at the University of Oslo's Department of Education and his mother is a senior advisor at an institution specializing in children with learning disabilities. Ozerk is the beneficial owner of the Akce Group and a number of regulated and unregulated FinTech companies in Lithuania, Cyprus, Malta, and the UK. We would like to know more about Akce Group, OpenPayd Group, and its network.