Stablecoin payments infrastructure company TransFi has appointed Victor Lucena as Chief Executive Officer for Latin America, based in São Paulo, to lead the company’s expansion across LATAM, the company said on Monday.
Lucena’s mandate covers TransFi’s stablecoin-enabled cross-border payments strategy and partnership development with financial institutions, PSPs and fintech operators in the region.
“Now it’s about building the right partnerships, local infrastructure and long-term strategy to scale,” said Raj Kamal, co-founder of TransFi.
Cross-border payments executive Lucena has spent more than a decade at Worldpay, PayU, Rapyd and Thunes. At Thunes, he served as Head of LATAM from 2023, also based in São Paulo, where he oversaw regional operations and partnership expansion, according to the company at the time.
The appointment follows TransFi’s $19.2 million financing round in March, which included a $14.2 million Series A and a $5 million liquidity facility. The company said at the time that proceeds would fund expansion into Latin America and other emerging-market corridors, FinTech Global reported.
