Rob Ayers

Rob Ayers is a Bates Business Development and Consulting Expert. A payments and remittance veteran with more than 25 years in the industry, he has held positions with a variety of companies, from publicly traded firms and global businesses to startups and early-stage entities.

During his career, Mr. Ayers has been an executive at three licensed money transmitters and has managed P&L for various regions around the world. He has also run sales and marketing organizations and worked both sides of mergers and acquisitions. At Bates, Mr. Ayers represents the Money Services Business, Fintech and Cryptocurrency practice, supporting client engagement and new business outreach.

In 2016, Mr. Ayers established Fintech-Advisors, focusing on supporting clients in the payments and remittance industries, both consumer and business-to-business. He navigates the U.S. state licensing process on behalf of his clients, develops business plans, oversees regulatory program development, refines financial projections for regulators, and introduces potential banking relationships to money service businesses. His many clients include “B2B” global payment firms, third-party payment processors, cryptocurrency firms, traditional money remittance firms, and others in the payments industry. Rob is on the Advisory Committee of CrossTech (IMTC) and is a frequent speaker at their conferences.