Banking and Partnerships Specialist

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Banking & Partnerships Specialist tasked with building banking relationships for a high-growth iGaming business. Focus on developing partnerships and securing stable, scalable banking setups.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeCyprus • 🇨🇾 CyprusMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identify, approach, and establish relationships with banks, EMIs, and acquiring partners
Lead conversations from first contact through onboarding and go-live
Build a diversified banking network across regions
Evaluate new partners based on approval rates, stability, cost, and scalability
Reduce dependency on single providers (no single point of failure)
Drive onboarding processes with banks (KYB, compliance, documentation)
Coordinate internally with Legal, Compliance, and Payments teams
Ensure smooth integration into existing payment flows
Negotiate fees, terms, and conditions with banking partners
Push for better economics while maintaining long-term relationships
Enable entry into new markets by securing local banking capabilities
Identify region-specific payment requirements and constraints
Anticipate and mitigate risks (account closures, processing disruptions)
Maintain backup options and contingency setups at all times

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience in: Banking partnerships / payments / fintech / iGaming
Or roles involving direct interaction with banks / acquirers
Experience independently sourcing or developing banking/payment partner relationships is considered a strong advantage (added)
Strong understanding of: High-risk merchant environments (iGaming, crypto, etc.)
KYB, onboarding processes, and compliance expectations
A track record of successfully opening banking relationships (this is key)
Commercial mindset - confident in negotiation and partner management
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Comfortable both developing external banking/PSP relationships and managing the onboarding/documentation processes required to operationalize them (added)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Close collaboration with Payments, Legal, Compliance, and Leadership
High level of ownership and autonomy

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Hard Skills & Tools

KYBonboarding processescompliancenegotiationpartner managementrisk mitigationpayment integrationbanking relationshipspayment flowscost evaluation

Soft Skills

relationship buildingcommunicationcommercial mindsetadaptabilityproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingnegotiation skillsteam coordinationrisk anticipationdecision making