Shiva Tadikonda has been appointed Chief Compliance Officer at CoinSwitch
- ByStartupStory | November 11, 2022
To bolster the company’s compliance and legal framework, CoinSwitch has engaged Shiva Tadikonda as Chief Compliance Officer. Tadikonda has more than 35 years of experience in Compliance, Banking, Credit Analysis, Commercial Banking, Credit Risk Management, and Management Information Systems (MIS). He was previously the Senior Vice President of DBS Bank Limited, a Singapore-based global banking and financial services corporation.
“I am delighted to join CoinSwitch and contribute to our mission to make money equal for all. As VDAs continue to gain popularity, regulations will have to keep pace as this cutting-edge technology finds new dimensions to help innovators and investors to participate meaningfully,” said Shiva Tadikonda, Chief Compliance Officer, CoinSwitch.
CoinSwitch, founded in 2017, allows customers to immediately buy, sell, and exchange hundreds of cryptocurrencies. Its order-matching technology delivers the best rate at the stroke of a button, allowing Indian customers to purchase over 100 cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and others. “CoinSwitch is building a compliant investing ecosystem that investors and regulators can trust. Shiva’s experience across large regulated financial institutions will strengthen our contribution towards shaping a progressive regulatory framework for Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) and ensure ethics and compliance,” said Ashish Singhal, Co-founder, and CEO, CoinSwitch, in a release shared by the company. The CoinSwitch leadership team is made up of individuals with diverse expertise in technology, cryptocurrency, and financial services, both in established and startup organizations. Earlier this year, the firm announced the hiring of former WhatsApp India executive Ashish Chandra as General Counsel, Ramesh Bafna from Myntra as Chief Financial Officer, and Venkatesh R from MakeMyTrip as Policy Head.
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