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iGaming payments and identity firm Yaspa opens Leeds tech hub to serve as engine room for global growth
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Fast-growing fintech plans to recruit 20 software engineers
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Teams to be led by former William Hill Head of Development David Turner
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Yaspa last month received $12m investment to fuel expansion
Yaspa, a hyper-growth UK fintech specialising in iGaming payments and identity, has announced the opening of a new tech hub in Leeds.
The award-winning company plans to build an initial squad of 10 senior software engineers in the next few weeks to fuel its global growth into new markets, in particular the US.
Yaspa already has an office in Shoreditch, London, and is now recruiting staff for its team based in Platform by Bruntwood in Leeds city centre. The ambition is to grow the team of backend Java developers to 20 before the end of 2025.
Teams at the Leeds office will be led by David Turner, who has joined Yaspa as Head of Engineering. Turner spent more than seven years at William Hill and played an instrumental role in introducing automated sports trading, eventually becoming Head of Retail Development. Turner was also previously Chief Technical Officer at Glean, where he built a cross-functional delivery team based in Leeds, growing the headcount from five to 40.
Yaspa leverages open banking technology and AI to help regulated businesses elevate customer intelligence – and cash flow – via its proprietary real-time payments solution, Intelligent Payments. Its products are particularly suited to online gambling companies, which are able to use the technology to meet compliance requirements, facilitate responsible gambling and optimise their customers’ payments experience.
Yaspa, which last month announced an investment of $12m led by Discerning Capital, currently serves partners in the UK and Europe and has now incorporated a US entity in Atlanta, Georgia, with plans to open an office there.
Yaspa is led by CEO James Neville, who co-founded the company in 2017 after having previously served as a CTO at Worldpay. The company has grown from 15 to 70 people in the past 18 months.
Leeds is home to several major gambling companies, including Flutter Entertainment’s Sky Betting & Gaming, Paddy Power and Betfair, and Evoke’s William Hill brands – a factor in Yaspa’s decision to open an office in the city.
Yaspa’s Chief People Officer Chris Watkins said: “We see Leeds as the ideal location to open our second UK office, with access to a strong pool of software engineering talent. It also has a strong reputation for talent with experience in iGaming, thanks to the companies that are also located there.
“Our office is at a premium address, just a few metres from Leeds train station. It’s a serviced office, with stunning views across Leeds centre from our sixth-floor office, coupled with amazing services to ensure Yaspa employees have the best experience possible when working onsite.
“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.
“Although we’re open to remote working, we’ve noticed a hybrid working model offers the best collaboration for success and employee growth. At Yaspa, we’re really big on culture, collaboration and transparency, so we want people regularly working together in-person.”
Yaspa’s Head of Engineering David Turner said: “When I heard about the opportunity to join Yaspa, it felt like the perfect role for me. I am passionate about creating a safe, supportive environment where engineers can do their best work and this role allows me to do exactly that – building a talented team in Leeds while delivering the technology to support Yaspa’s next stage of growth.
“What excites me most is that Yaspa has already done the hard part. It has found its value proposition, proved it works and is now scaling. My focus will be on growing the engineering team rapidly, with the aim of having two strong squads in place by the end of the year, initially dedicated to the US proposition, while making the most of the chance to apply best practice from the start.
“Yaspa 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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Entire Gaming Corps portfolio is now live with global operator
Gaming Corps, a publicly-listed game development company based in Sweden, has today announced that it has signed a deal to see its full portfolio of content available with the MozzartBet Group.
Players within multiple markets across the world, will now have the opportunity to play a whole host of games from Gaming Corps, which has become synonymous with providing world leading content. This includes the Smash4Cash series and recent releases Gates of Hellfire, Hoop Champion and the highly popular 3 Pigs of Olympus.
Mozzartbet Group has been operating since 2001 and during this time, it has continued to offer its player base a variety of betting and casino game action and this latest integration will add to its ever evolving game portfolio.
Commenting on behalf of Gaming Corps, Adam Pentecost, Director of Customer Success said: “From our initial conversations to getting the deal done, MozzartBet Group has been fantastic to work with.
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Jonas Groes, highly experienced technology, finance and policy leader will become co-CEO of EveryMatrix from January 1st 2026 alongside company Co-Founder Ebbe Groes.
A long-time advisor, Jonas will join his brother at the beginning of the New Year to lead the business as it continues to scale and provide advanced turnkey platform technology to an increasing number of the world’s biggest brands and lotteries.
Jonas has a long and distinguished business career including the last 10 years as Partner of EY’s Nordic Consulting practice consisting of more than 1,200 people leading high-level projects with a focus on strategy, innovation and digitalisation towards major Government and infrastructure clients.
He is a results-driven leader with extensive experience in both public and privately owned companies with strong knowledge of technology, finance and policy. He will be based in Copenhagen, Denmark where EveryMatrix has recently opened an office.
Ebbe Groes, Co-Founder and Group CEO, EveryMatrix, said: “As the company’s growth continues, tripling our headcount in the last five years, and as we work with more of the largest gaming brands and lotteries, I needed to find someone who knows what it takes to scale a business and reach the ambitious targets we have for the next five years.
“Doing this means I will have more time to work on strategy and execute all the things we want to do to become a global top three tier-1 technology provider by 2030.”
“To share a CEO position requires complete trust at both personal and professional level. Jonas is the perfect candidate and I know he will go on to do amazing things at EveryMatrix. I’m very excited to soon be sharing the CEO position with him.”
Jonas Groes said: “Stepping into this role at EveryMatrix alongside my brother Ebbe is a dream come true. What he, Stian Hornsletten, and the rest of the team have built is nothing short of phenomenal and I’ve seen close hand just what it takes. We work well together and our differences and combined strengths complement one another. I can’t wait to get started.”
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