103 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN APRIL 2021 WiPay structure then.” WiPay offers a wide range of online payment services touching on different sectors of commerce and the economy. Its long list of services is divided into personal services like peer-to-peer (P2P) payments and digital savings and business services such as online invoicing, bulk payments, B2B payments, and an out-ofthe-box e-commerce solution called WiShops. Behind WiPay’s solutions is an integrated online payments platform designed to be extensible over multiple-use cases. Wayne says this architecture is the reason behind its ability to offer such a comprehensive ecosystem of products, with more in the pipeline, including a POS terminal solution and the WiCard. Driving this wide range of products and aggressive innovation is a team of 83 employees working out of the company’s head office in Port of Spain, Trinidad and another physical office in Jamaica, along with representative offices in Barbados and other islands within the Caribbean. “As our company grows, we are considering moving our headquarters to either Jamaica or Miami to provide us with more strategic access to capital,” says Wayne. “We intend to list an entity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange towards the end of 2021.” Following in the footsteps of other tech startups, WiPay has embraced a focused yet fun work culture that Wayne believes reflects the people who work in the company, including himself. He notes, “People always say they want to work at WiPay because we have a fun culture that balances work and play in a very distinct fashion.” The company’s average age is 25, a significant factor that has informed the company’s corporate culture. “While we do understand that we are in a very regulated space in terms
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