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OpenFX growth playbook

Diagnosis

OpenFX is scaling fast ($70B annualized volume in June 2026, a $94M Series A, acquisitions in Europe and banking) and its hiring shows where next: a London Growth Lead and a European currency PM, a Head of Marketing to build inbound, events and case studies, a Growth engineering pod for onboarding, activation and the API, and client success teams in LatAm, North America, APAC and MENA.

The site lags those plans: the currency roadmap shows past-due dates and captures no demand, claims about speed, cost and volume differ between pages, there is no Europe page, no Spanish version, no customer stories and no pages for banks or exchanges.

This playbook fixes those first, with Compliance reviewing every claim, then builds activation, developer, cross-sell and partner programs.

Growth Score

7/10

Biggest Opportunity

Turn every new corridor into a measured launch: capture demand before it goes live, then sell it to the clients and prospects who asked.

Biggest Risk

BVNK, Bridge, Conduit and banks compete for the same institutional flow, and regulatory approvals in Europe set the pace of expansion; inconsistent public claims can slow compliance reviews by prospects.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Turn the currencies page into a live corridor roadmap with "notify me" sign-ups, starting with Europe

    Update the seven past-due Q3 entries this week with their real status.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    One approved claims sheet for speed, cost, volume and onboarding, used on every page

    List every speed, cost, volume and onboarding claim on the site.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  3. 3

    A Europe page for the London team: corridors, the regulatory path and the people

    Draft the page outline with the Growth Lead.

    High impact First result in 1 month

02

Your idea portfolio

22 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 8 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
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Showing 22 of 22 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    OpenFX is hiring a London Growth Lead and a European currency PM whose job includes driving adoption after launch. Yet the currencies page still lists seven currencies as "Coming Soon Q3 2026" three weeks after Q3 ended, and a treasurer waiting for SEK, NOK, DKK or CHF has no way to say so or to be told when they go live. The page is where demand for each new corridor could be counted before launch.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Product Manager

    First action

    Update the seven past-due Q3 entries this week with their real status.

    How to measure it

    Qualified corridor requests

    Now
    –
    Target
    100 a quarter
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Fix past dates

      Real status for the seven Q3 currencies.

      Product Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe 1 day

    2. 2

      Agree wording

      Status labels approved by Compliance and Legal.

      Compliance 3 days

    3. 3

      Add the form

      Corridor, volume, use case on each planned currency.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 week

    4. 4

      Route leads

      To the regional growth lead in the CRM.

      Business Operations Manager 2 days

    5. 5

      Launch emails

      Notify requesters when a currency goes live.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    6. 6

      Prioritise

      Use requested volume in the currency roadmap.

      Product Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe monthly

    7. 7

      Report

      Requests to first trade per corridor.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Product Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments Europe

    Smallest test

    Fix the Q3 labels and add one "notify me" form to SEK, NOK, DKK and CHF.

    Why it works

    Replace quarter labels with live statuses (Live, Beta, In testing, Planned) maintained by the currency PMs, and add a "Notify me / tell us your volume" form on every planned currency that asks for corridor, monthly volume and use case and routes to the regional growth lead. On launch day, everyone who asked gets an email and a call. Have Compliance and Legal approve the status wording before it goes live.

    Counting demand per corridor tells the PM which currencies to launch first, gives the Growth Lead a warm list for every launch, and stops the page from looking out of date to the institutions OpenFX wants to win.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistCorridor roadmap page

    [ ] No past-due quarter labels
    [ ] Status per currency: Live, Beta, In testing, Planned
    [ ] Wording approved by Compliance and Legal
    [ ] "Notify me" form: corridor, monthly volume, use case
    [ ] Requests routed to the regional growth lead
    [ ] Launch-day email to requesters
    [ ] Requests reviewed in roadmap planning

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Statuses read as commitments

      Use "planned" wording approved by Compliance, never promised dates.

    • Low-quality requests

      Ask for monthly volume and company type.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteCurrencies page (checked October 22, 2026): "40+ currency pairs supported"; active: AED, AUD, BRL, EUR, EURC, GBP, MXN, USD, USDC, USDT, COP, with ARS and PHP "Just Launched". Still listed as "Coming Soon Q3 2026": CAD, HKD, INR, IDR, SGD, VND and THB, three weeks after Q3 ended. Q4 2026: KRW, CLP, DKK, MYR, NZD, NOK, PEN, SEK; Q1 2027: CHF, SAR, ZAR, TRY. There is no way on the page to ask for a corridor or be told when one goes live.Source
    • HiringGrowth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets (London, posted October 16, 2026): owns "the region's client acquisition strategy", closes "multi-million dollar deals with banks, fintechs, PSPs, exchanges and remittance players", builds relationships with "Founders, CEOs, CFOs, Treasurers and Heads of Payments", and is "the Face of OpenFX in Europe". The post says OpenFX "most recently raised a $94 million Series A", and that Europe drives "nearly half of all global FX trading" and that MiCA "gives the region a clear foundation".Source
    • HiringProduct Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe (London): "Every new currency unlocks new corridors"; owns every European currency "from Alpha through General Availability", sets pricing for new pairs, and drives post-launch adoption: "A currency is not done at launch. You track whether clients are actually trading new corridors, partner with GTM to drive activation".Source
    • Your websiteAPI page: "Quote, trade, deposit and withdraw via REST, FIX and streaming"; "No more manual steps or chat trades"; three steps starting with "Request sandbox access"; docs at docs.openfx.com. The PSP page says new pairs are "added roughly every six weeks".Source
  • 02

    The site gives different numbers for the same promise: "90% faster settlement and 80% lower costs" in search results, "99% Faster" and "90% Lower costs" on the homepage, "99% faster and cheaper" on the company page, "$20B+ processed" on the liquidity page against $70B annualized volume in June, and onboarding "in hours", "less than 72 hours" or "less than a week". Institutional buyers and their compliance teams notice inconsistencies.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Head of Marketing

    First action

    List every speed, cost, volume and onboarding claim on the site.

    How to measure it

    Pages matching the claims sheet

    Now
    –
    Target
    100%
    By
    30 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inventory

      Every claim, page and meta description.

      Head of Marketing 2 days

    2. 2

      Source each

      Data and period behind it.

      Business Operations Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Approve

      Compliance and Legal review.

      Compliance 1 week

    4. 4

      Update pages

      Site, decks, reports.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    5. 5

      Footnotes

      Dates and conditions where needed.

      Commercial Legal Counsel 2 days

    6. 6

      Review quarterly

      Refresh volumes and times.

      Head of Marketing quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Fix the homepage meta description to match the approved figures.

    Why it works

    Agree one sheet of approved claims with the basis for each (period, method, conditions), reviewed by Compliance and Legal, and update every page, meta description, deck and report to match. Add a dated footnote where a figure needs one, and review the sheet each quarter.

    Consistent, sourced claims build trust with treasurers and reduce regulatory risk in a licensed business; it also makes the site easier for AI assistants to summarise correctly.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Smaller numbers look weaker

      Sourced numbers win institutional deals.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHeadline claims differ across pages: the homepage description says "90% faster settlement and 80% lower costs"; the homepage body says "99% Faster settlement" and "90% Lower costs"; the company page says "99% faster and cheaper"; the liquidity page says "$20B+ processed" and "Settle 98% of transactions in under 60 minutes"; onboarding is "in hours" (homepage), "less than 72 hours" (API page) and "less than a week in most cases" (June blog).Source
    • Your blogJune 9, 2026 (CEO): OpenFX "crossed $70 billion in annualized payment volume this month, up from $60 billion four weeks ago"; "Latin America continues to drive"; "API transaction volume has jumped nearly 45%" in 30 days; onboarding is "less than a week in most cases, sometimes less than 48 hours"; clients build "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath".Source
    • HiringHead of Marketing (Miami or London): owns brand, demand generation, product marketing and events; build "a high-performance inbound engine that drives qualified enterprise leads"; "Lead marketing strategy for new products, currency pairs, and platform features"; deliver an enablement suite "from case studies to sales playbooks"; build "an event performance framework for lead capture, attribution, and ROI analysis".Source
    • Your blogJune 1, 2026: OpenFX agreed to acquire Embed, an Amsterdam-based embedded payments company with a Dutch Payment Institution and a UK Electronic Money Institution, "subject to regulatory approval", and opened offices in London and Amsterdam; "Europe is now our largest commitment outside the United States". It is also pursuing a MiCAR licence.Source
  • 03

    Europe is now OpenFX's largest commitment outside the US, with London and Amsterdam offices and the Embed acquisition (subject to regulatory approval). The new Growth Lead will be "the Face of OpenFX in Europe", but the site has no Europe page: EUR, GBP and EURC are live and the Nordic currencies are planned, yet nothing brings them together for a European buyer.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Growth Lead

    First action

    Draft the page outline with the Growth Lead.

    How to measure it

    Demo requests from Europe

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50%
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Outline

      Corridors, use cases, team.

      Growth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets 2 days

    2. 2

      Regulatory wording

      Approved status of each licence.

      Compliance 1 week

    3. 3

      Write

      Page copy.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    4. 4

      Build

      Page and London routing.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 week

    5. 5

      Use in outreach

      Sequences and events.

      Growth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      European demos and pipeline.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets

    Smallest test

    Publish a short Europe page with the corridors and team.

    Why it works

    Publish /europe: live and planned European corridors, use cases for banks, PSPs, exchanges and remittance firms, the regulatory status in wording approved by Compliance, the London and Amsterdam team, and a demo form routed to London. Use it in every European outreach and event.

    A regional page gives European prospects a reason to believe OpenFX is local, and gives the Growth Lead one link to send.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Implying licences not yet granted

      Compliance signs off every regulatory line.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets (London, posted October 16, 2026): owns "the region's client acquisition strategy", closes "multi-million dollar deals with banks, fintechs, PSPs, exchanges and remittance players", builds relationships with "Founders, CEOs, CFOs, Treasurers and Heads of Payments", and is "the Face of OpenFX in Europe". The post says OpenFX "most recently raised a $94 million Series A", and that Europe drives "nearly half of all global FX trading" and that MiCA "gives the region a clear foundation".Source
    • Your blogJune 1, 2026: OpenFX agreed to acquire Embed, an Amsterdam-based embedded payments company with a Dutch Payment Institution and a UK Electronic Money Institution, "subject to regulatory approval", and opened offices in London and Amsterdam; "Europe is now our largest commitment outside the United States". It is also pursuing a MiCAR licence.Source
    • Your websiteCurrencies page (checked October 22, 2026): "40+ currency pairs supported"; active: AED, AUD, BRL, EUR, EURC, GBP, MXN, USD, USDC, USDT, COP, with ARS and PHP "Just Launched". Still listed as "Coming Soon Q3 2026": CAD, HKD, INR, IDR, SGD, VND and THB, three weeks after Q3 ended. Q4 2026: KRW, CLP, DKK, MYR, NZD, NOK, PEN, SEK; Q1 2027: CHF, SAR, ZAR, TRY. There is no way on the page to ask for a corridor or be told when one goes live.Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (147 English URLs plus a full Portuguese copy under /br/, checked October 22, 2026): six solution pages (remittance companies, payment service providers, on and off ramps, FX brokers, neobanks, money transfer operators); no Spanish version; no customer stories or case-study section; corridor guides only for the Americas (USD to MXN, COP, ARS, CLP, BOB; one in Spanish, "corredor-cambiario-usd-mxn") and country guides for Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong, none for European currencies.Source
  • 04

    Latin America "continues to drive" OpenFX's volume, led by Mexico, Colombia and Argentina, and the LatAm client success team must speak Spanish and Portuguese. The site has a full Portuguese copy, but only one Spanish blog post.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Head of Marketing

    First action

    Pick the ten pages to translate first.

    How to measure it

    Spanish-market demos

    Now
    –
    Target
    +40%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick pages

      Ten core pages.

      Head of Marketing 1 day

    2. 2

      Translate

      Native financial translation.

      Head of Marketing 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Review

      Compliance check on claims.

      Compliance 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish

      With hreflang.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 week

    5. 5

      Route demos

      To the LatAm team.

      Business Operations Manager 2 days

    6. 6

      Measure

      Traffic and demos by country.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Translation budget
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Publish the Spanish homepage and Mexico guide first.

    Why it works

    Translate the core pages (home, currencies, the six solution pages, API, demo form) into Spanish under /es/, with hreflang, starting with the Mexico, Colombia and Argentina corridor guides. Route Spanish demo requests to the LatAm team.

    Buyers in Spanish-speaking markets find and trust a provider faster in their language, and the corridor guides already rank for the right searches.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Regional terms differ

      Use neutral Latin American Spanish, reviewed by the LatAm team.

    Evidence

    • Your blogJune 9, 2026 (CEO): OpenFX "crossed $70 billion in annualized payment volume this month, up from $60 billion four weeks ago"; "Latin America continues to drive"; "API transaction volume has jumped nearly 45%" in 30 days; onboarding is "less than a week in most cases, sometimes less than 48 hours"; clients build "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath".Source
    • HiringClient Success, LATAM (Miami, posted October 13, 2026): requires fluency "in Spanish AND Portuguese"; owns account growth plans, monitors "client health and trading activity so you spot slowdowns early", and owns "the cross-sell pipeline for new currency pairs and products as they launch". Client Success roles are also open for North America, APAC (Singapore) and a Head of Client Success, MENA (UAE).Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (147 English URLs plus a full Portuguese copy under /br/, checked October 22, 2026): six solution pages (remittance companies, payment service providers, on and off ramps, FX brokers, neobanks, money transfer operators); no Spanish version; no customer stories or case-study section; corridor guides only for the Americas (USD to MXN, COP, ARS, CLP, BOB; one in Spanish, "corredor-cambiario-usd-mxn") and country guides for Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong, none for European currencies.Source
  • 05

    The Head of Marketing is asked for an enablement suite "from case studies to sales playbooks", yet the site has no customer stories. Yellow Card, VelaFi and Finmo already speak for OpenFX on the homepage, in one sentence each.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Head of Marketing

    First action

    Ask the three clients for a 30-minute interview.

    How to measure it

    Customer-page-assisted demos

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a quarter
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Ask clients

      Three interviews.

      Client Success, LATAM 1 week

    2. 2

      Interview

      Before and after.

      Head of Marketing 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Approve

      Client and Compliance sign-off.

      Compliance 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Publish

      /customers and solution pages.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    5. 5

      One-pagers

      For sales.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    6. 6

      Add more

      One story a month.

      Head of Marketing monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Publish the first story this month.

    Why it works

    Write a story with each: the corridors they use, the problem before (pre-funding, cut-off times), the change after, and figures they approve. Publish them under /customers, link them from the matching solution pages, and give sales a one-page version.

    Peers are the strongest proof for institutional buyers, and the clients have already agreed to be named.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Clients limit numbers

      Use ranges and their approved quotes.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage testimonials from three clients: Yellow Card ("When you move hundreds of millions daily..."), VelaFi ("we're excited to expand into new corridors with OpenFX") and Finmo ("zero downtime to date"). Each quote sits on the homepage only.Source
    • HiringHead of Marketing (Miami or London): owns brand, demand generation, product marketing and events; build "a high-performance inbound engine that drives qualified enterprise leads"; "Lead marketing strategy for new products, currency pairs, and platform features"; deliver an enablement suite "from case studies to sales playbooks"; build "an event performance framework for lead capture, attribution, and ROI analysis".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (147 English URLs plus a full Portuguese copy under /br/, checked October 22, 2026): six solution pages (remittance companies, payment service providers, on and off ramps, FX brokers, neobanks, money transfer operators); no Spanish version; no customer stories or case-study section; corridor guides only for the Americas (USD to MXN, COP, ARS, CLP, BOB; one in Spanish, "corredor-cambiario-usd-mxn") and country guides for Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong, none for European currencies.Source
  • 06

    The European Growth Lead targets "banks, fintechs, PSPs, exchanges and remittance players", and the Partnerships Lead works with banks and crypto institutions. The site has solution pages for six segments, but none for banks or exchanges.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Growth Lead

    First action

    Draft the bank page from the PSP template.

    How to measure it

    Bank and exchange demos

    Now
    –
    Target
    15 a quarter
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Template

      Reuse the PSP layout.

      Head of Marketing 1 day

    2. 2

      Write bank page

      Use cases and corridors.

      Growth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets 1 week

    3. 3

      Write exchange page

      Use cases and corridors.

      Partnerships Lead 1 week

    4. 4

      Review

      Compliance check.

      Compliance 1 week

    5. 5

      Publish

      Add to the solutions menu.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 2 days

    6. 6

      Measure

      Demos by segment.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets

    Smallest test

    Publish the exchange page first.

    Why it works

    Write two pages in the same format as the PSP page: what a bank or exchange gets (24/7 settlement, no pre-funding, API, FIX), the corridors that matter to them, and a demo path. Have Compliance approve the claims.

    Buyers look for their own segment; a missing page sends them to rivals who have one.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Different needs by bank size

      Start with mid-size banks and payment banks.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets (London, posted October 16, 2026): owns "the region's client acquisition strategy", closes "multi-million dollar deals with banks, fintechs, PSPs, exchanges and remittance players", builds relationships with "Founders, CEOs, CFOs, Treasurers and Heads of Payments", and is "the Face of OpenFX in Europe". The post says OpenFX "most recently raised a $94 million Series A", and that Europe drives "nearly half of all global FX trading" and that MiCA "gives the region a clear foundation".Source
    • HiringAlso open: Growth Lead, North America, a Business Development Manager and an Account Executive, North America (Miami); a Partnerships Lead for "banks, liquidity providers, and crypto institutions"; a Developer Experience Lead; Product Operations, LatAm (Sao Paulo).Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (147 English URLs plus a full Portuguese copy under /br/, checked October 22, 2026): six solution pages (remittance companies, payment service providers, on and off ramps, FX brokers, neobanks, money transfer operators); no Spanish version; no customer stories or case-study section; corridor guides only for the Americas (USD to MXN, COP, ARS, CLP, BOB; one in Spanish, "corredor-cambiario-usd-mxn") and country guides for Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong, none for European currencies.Source
    • Your websiteAPI page: "Quote, trade, deposit and withdraw via REST, FIX and streaming"; "No more manual steps or chat trades"; three steps starting with "Request sandbox access"; docs at docs.openfx.com. The PSP page says new pairs are "added roughly every six weeks".Source

This quarter 10

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    OpenFX has guides for USD to MXN, COP, ARS, CLP and BOB, and country guides for Latin America and Asia, but none for European currencies, although Europe drives nearly half of global FX trading according to its own job post.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Head of Marketing

    First action

    Pick the first four corridors.

    How to measure it

    European organic sessions

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick corridors

      Four first.

      Product Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe 1 week

    2. 2

      Research

      Market practice and cut-offs.

      Product Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Write

      Guides.

      Head of Marketing 1 month

    4. 4

      Review

      Compliance.

      Compliance 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Publish

      Linked to currencies.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Traffic and demos.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Publish the GBP guide first.

    Why it works

    Write guides for EUR, GBP and the planned Nordic and Swiss currencies: how the corridor works today, settlement times, cut-offs and what changes with stablecoin settlement. Link each to the currency's status and the Europe page.

    Corridor guides attract treasurers researching a specific route, and they support every European launch.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Claims about rivals or banks

      Describe market practice, not named firms.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (147 English URLs plus a full Portuguese copy under /br/, checked October 22, 2026): six solution pages (remittance companies, payment service providers, on and off ramps, FX brokers, neobanks, money transfer operators); no Spanish version; no customer stories or case-study section; corridor guides only for the Americas (USD to MXN, COP, ARS, CLP, BOB; one in Spanish, "corredor-cambiario-usd-mxn") and country guides for Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong, none for European currencies.Source
    • HiringGrowth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets (London, posted October 16, 2026): owns "the region's client acquisition strategy", closes "multi-million dollar deals with banks, fintechs, PSPs, exchanges and remittance players", builds relationships with "Founders, CEOs, CFOs, Treasurers and Heads of Payments", and is "the Face of OpenFX in Europe". The post says OpenFX "most recently raised a $94 million Series A", and that Europe drives "nearly half of all global FX trading" and that MiCA "gives the region a clear foundation".Source
    • Your websiteCurrencies page (checked October 22, 2026): "40+ currency pairs supported"; active: AED, AUD, BRL, EUR, EURC, GBP, MXN, USD, USDC, USDT, COP, with ARS and PHP "Just Launched". Still listed as "Coming Soon Q3 2026": CAD, HKD, INR, IDR, SGD, VND and THB, three weeks after Q3 ended. Q4 2026: KRW, CLP, DKK, MYR, NZD, NOK, PEN, SEK; Q1 2027: CHF, SAR, ZAR, TRY. There is no way on the page to ask for a corridor or be told when one goes live.Source
  • 08

    The Growth pod is bringing onboarding in-house and building activation checklists and lifecycle messages, and the CEO says onboarding takes "less than a week in most cases". Every day between approval and first trade is revenue waiting.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Engineering Manager Growth

    First action

    Measure the median for clients approved last quarter.

    How to measure it

    Days from approval to first trade

    Now
    –
    Target
    -40%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Baseline

      Days per stage.

      Business Operations Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Checklist

      In-app activation list.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 month

    3. 3

      Reminders

      Stall alerts and emails.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 month

    4. 4

      Assist

      Client success call at day 3.

      Client Success, LATAM ongoing

    5. 5

      Report

      Weekly median.

      Business Operations Manager weekly

    6. 6

      Fix bottlenecks

      Top three causes.

      Engineering Manager - Growth quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Engineering Manager Growth

    Smallest test

    Track the next ten approved clients by hand.

    Why it works

    Track each client's days from application to approval to first trade, show an activation checklist in the app (documents, sandbox, first quote, first trade), and send reminders when a client stalls. Report the median weekly.

    Faster activation raises revenue per new client and shows where onboarding needs work.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Compliance steps cannot be rushed

      Speed up the steps around them, not the checks.

    Evidence

    • HiringEngineering Manager - Growth: the Growth pod owns "the public API", "the onboarding and verification journey", "the activation surface that gets them to their first trade, and the marketing site". Onboarding is moving off third-party tools; new segments include "self-serve signup through to first trade with no sales touch", channel partners and "platform-of-platforms"; the activation surface includes "in-product activation checklists, recovery and lifecycle client comms".Source
    • Your blogJune 9, 2026 (CEO): OpenFX "crossed $70 billion in annualized payment volume this month, up from $60 billion four weeks ago"; "Latin America continues to drive"; "API transaction volume has jumped nearly 45%" in 30 days; onboarding is "less than a week in most cases, sometimes less than 48 hours"; clients build "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath".Source
  • 09

    API volume jumped nearly 45% in a month and the API page asks developers to "Request sandbox access". OpenFX is hiring a Developer Experience Lead. Developers judge a payments API in the first hour.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Developer Experience Lead

    First action

    Time a new developer through the current docs.

    How to measure it

    Sandbox-to-first-quote rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    70%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Time it

      A new developer test.

      Developer Experience Lead 1 day

    2. 2

      Quickstart

      Five-minute guide.

      Developer Experience Lead 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Collection

      Postman and samples.

      Developer Experience Lead 1 week

    4. 4

      Instrument

      Funnel events.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Stalled developers.

      Developer Experience Lead weekly

    6. 6

      Report

      Monthly funnel.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Developer Experience Lead

    Smallest test

    Publish the quickstart.

    Why it works

    Publish a five-minute quickstart (auth, first quote, first trade in sandbox), a Postman collection, and sample code, then measure each step from sandbox request to first sandbox quote to production. Follow up with developers who stall.

    An easy first hour wins technical evaluations and shortens sales cycles.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Sandbox differs from production

      Document differences clearly.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteAPI page: "Quote, trade, deposit and withdraw via REST, FIX and streaming"; "No more manual steps or chat trades"; three steps starting with "Request sandbox access"; docs at docs.openfx.com. The PSP page says new pairs are "added roughly every six weeks".Source
    • Your blogJune 9, 2026 (CEO): OpenFX "crossed $70 billion in annualized payment volume this month, up from $60 billion four weeks ago"; "Latin America continues to drive"; "API transaction volume has jumped nearly 45%" in 30 days; onboarding is "less than a week in most cases, sometimes less than 48 hours"; clients build "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath".Source
    • HiringAlso open: Growth Lead, North America, a Business Development Manager and an Account Executive, North America (Miami); a Partnerships Lead for "banks, liquidity providers, and crypto institutions"; a Developer Experience Lead; Product Operations, LatAm (Sao Paulo).Source
  • 10

    Client success owns the cross-sell pipeline for new pairs, and the PSP page says new pairs arrive roughly every six weeks. Each launch is a reason to talk to every client who pays out in that region.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Client Success

    First action

    Run it for the PHP and ARS launches.

    How to measure it

    New-pair adoption

    Now
    –
    Target
    30% of target clients
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List clients

      By regional flows.

      Client Success, LATAM 2 days

    2. 2

      Write brief

      Pair and set-up.

      Head of Marketing 2 days

    3. 3

      Approve

      Compliance check.

      Compliance 2 days

    4. 4

      Send and call

      Top ten clients.

      Client Success, LATAM 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Track

      Adoption in 60 days.

      Business Operations Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Learn

      What drove adoption.

      Product Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe per launch

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Client Success, LATAM

    Smallest test

    Run it for the next launch.

    Why it works

    For each launch, list clients with flows in that region, send a short brief (pair, settlement times, how to enable it) and book calls with the top ten. Track adoption of each new pair in its first 60 days.

    A new corridor sells best to clients already moving money nearby, and tracking shows which launches pay off.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Pricing pressure

      Escalate exceptions early, as the role says.

    Evidence

    • HiringClient Success, LATAM (Miami, posted October 13, 2026): requires fluency "in Spanish AND Portuguese"; owns account growth plans, monitors "client health and trading activity so you spot slowdowns early", and owns "the cross-sell pipeline for new currency pairs and products as they launch". Client Success roles are also open for North America, APAC (Singapore) and a Head of Client Success, MENA (UAE).Source
    • HiringProduct Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe (London): "Every new currency unlocks new corridors"; owns every European currency "from Alpha through General Availability", sets pricing for new pairs, and drives post-launch adoption: "A currency is not done at launch. You track whether clients are actually trading new corridors, partner with GTM to drive activation".Source
    • Your websiteAPI page: "Quote, trade, deposit and withdraw via REST, FIX and streaming"; "No more manual steps or chat trades"; three steps starting with "Request sandbox access"; docs at docs.openfx.com. The PSP page says new pairs are "added roughly every six weeks".Source
  • 11

    OpenFX attends Money20/20, Consensus and Stablecon, and the Head of Marketing must build "an event performance framework". Without it, events are judged by impressions.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Head of Marketing

    First action

    Tag the last three events' leads in the CRM.

    How to measure it

    Pipeline per $ spent

    Now
    –
    Target
    tracked per event
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set targets

      Per event.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    2. 2

      Capture

      CRM tags.

      Business Operations Manager per event

    3. 3

      Book meetings

      Before the event.

      Growth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets per event

    4. 4

      Report

      30 and 90 days.

      Business Operations Manager per event

    5. 5

      Review

      Yearly event plan.

      Head of Marketing yearly

    6. 6

      Share

      Results with sales.

      Head of Marketing quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Score the next event.

    Why it works

    Before each event, set targets for meetings and named accounts; capture every conversation in the CRM with an event tag; report pipeline at 30 and 90 days. Use the results to choose next year's events.

    Events are expensive; measuring them makes the budget defensible and points it to the best ones.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Long cycles hide results

      Track meetings and pipeline, not only revenue.

    Evidence

    • HiringHead of Marketing (Miami or London): owns brand, demand generation, product marketing and events; build "a high-performance inbound engine that drives qualified enterprise leads"; "Lead marketing strategy for new products, currency pairs, and platform features"; deliver an enablement suite "from case studies to sales playbooks"; build "an event performance framework for lead capture, attribution, and ROI analysis".Source
    • Your websiteContent and events in the sitemap: reports ("The FX Iceberg", "Modern Payment Rails for Emerging Markets", a 2026 stablecoins cross-border payments report); event pages for Money20/20 USA and Europe, Consensus and Stablecon; blog posts such as "Chat trades: a brief history of moving billions over Telegram", "The weekend gap: when traditional finance goes dark", "NGO cross-border FX payments now at cost", "A taxonomy for agentic treasury" and "Introducing OpenFX Ventures"; an /impact page and a /ventures page.Source
  • 12

    The CEO says clients are building "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath", and the Growth pod is adding channel partners and "platform-of-platforms" onboarding. That is a partner channel without a program.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Partnerships Lead

    First action

    List clients reselling or embedding OpenFX today.

    How to measure it

    Partner-sourced volume share

    Now
    –
    Target
    15%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List partners

      Current builders.

      Partnerships Lead 1 week

    2. 2

      Design program

      Tiers and terms.

      Partnerships Lead 1 month

    3. 3

      Legal

      Agreements.

      Commercial Legal Counsel 1 month

    4. 4

      Onboarding

      Partner client flow.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Directory

      Partner page.

      Head of Marketing 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Volume and clients.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Staff and legal time
    Owner
    Partnerships Lead

    Smallest test

    Sign three partners.

    Why it works

    Define a partner tier with technical support, co-marketing and referral terms, list partners on the site, and give them onboarding for their own clients. Start with the clients already building on OpenFX.

    Partners multiply reach, and every partner's client adds volume.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Compliance responsibility for partner clients

      Set clear KYB rules with Compliance.

    Evidence

    • Your blogJune 9, 2026 (CEO): OpenFX "crossed $70 billion in annualized payment volume this month, up from $60 billion four weeks ago"; "Latin America continues to drive"; "API transaction volume has jumped nearly 45%" in 30 days; onboarding is "less than a week in most cases, sometimes less than 48 hours"; clients build "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath".Source
    • HiringEngineering Manager - Growth: the Growth pod owns "the public API", "the onboarding and verification journey", "the activation surface that gets them to their first trade, and the marketing site". Onboarding is moving off third-party tools; new segments include "self-serve signup through to first trade with no sales touch", channel partners and "platform-of-platforms"; the activation surface includes "in-product activation checklists, recovery and lifecycle client comms".Source
    • HiringAlso open: Growth Lead, North America, a Business Development Manager and an Account Executive, North America (Miami); a Partnerships Lead for "banks, liquidity providers, and crypto institutions"; a Developer Experience Lead; Product Operations, LatAm (Sao Paulo).Source
  • 13

    OpenFX is hiring a Head of Client Success in the UAE and client success in Singapore. AED is live and several Asian currencies are on the roadmap, but the site has no regional pages for either.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Head of Client Success

    First action

    Draft the UAE page.

    How to measure it

    Regional demo requests

    Now
    –
    Target
    +40%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Draft pages

      UAE and Singapore.

      Head of Client Success, MENA 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Review

      Compliance check.

      Compliance 1 week

    3. 3

      Publish

      With routing.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 week

    4. 4

      Event

      Dubai roundtable.

      Head of Client Success, MENA 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Event

      Singapore roundtable.

      Client Success, APAC 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Measure

      Regional pipeline.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Event budget
    Owner
    Head of Client Success, MENA

    Smallest test

    Publish the UAE page.

    Why it works

    Publish regional pages with live and planned corridors, use cases and the local team, and run a small local event in Dubai and Singapore with clients and prospects.

    Local presence is decisive for institutional buyers in these regions.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Corridors not live yet

      Show status honestly.

    Evidence

    • HiringClient Success, LATAM (Miami, posted October 13, 2026): requires fluency "in Spanish AND Portuguese"; owns account growth plans, monitors "client health and trading activity so you spot slowdowns early", and owns "the cross-sell pipeline for new currency pairs and products as they launch". Client Success roles are also open for North America, APAC (Singapore) and a Head of Client Success, MENA (UAE).Source
    • Your websiteCurrencies page (checked October 22, 2026): "40+ currency pairs supported"; active: AED, AUD, BRL, EUR, EURC, GBP, MXN, USD, USDC, USDT, COP, with ARS and PHP "Just Launched". Still listed as "Coming Soon Q3 2026": CAD, HKD, INR, IDR, SGD, VND and THB, three weeks after Q3 ended. Q4 2026: KRW, CLP, DKK, MYR, NZD, NOK, PEN, SEK; Q1 2027: CHF, SAR, ZAR, TRY. There is no way on the page to ask for a corridor or be told when one goes live.Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (147 English URLs plus a full Portuguese copy under /br/, checked October 22, 2026): six solution pages (remittance companies, payment service providers, on and off ramps, FX brokers, neobanks, money transfer operators); no Spanish version; no customer stories or case-study section; corridor guides only for the Americas (USD to MXN, COP, ARS, CLP, BOB; one in Spanish, "corredor-cambiario-usd-mxn") and country guides for Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong, none for European currencies.Source
  • 14

    Client success is asked to "spot slowdowns early and bring accounts back before they go quiet". A simple score makes that systematic across North America, LatAm, APAC and MENA.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Client Success

    First action

    Define the score with five inputs.

    How to measure it

    Saved volume share

    Now
    –
    Target
    50% of flagged
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define

      Five inputs.

      Client Success, LATAM 1 week

    2. 2

      Build

      Weekly score.

      Business Operations Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Alerts

      To owners.

      Business Operations Manager 1 week

    4. 4

      Playbook

      Save actions.

      Client Success, LATAM 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Run

      All regions.

      Client Success, LATAM ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      What worked.

      Client Success, LATAM monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Client Success, LATAM

    Smallest test

    Score the top 20 clients by hand.

    Why it works

    Score each client weekly on volume trend, corridors used, failed or delayed trades and support tickets; alert the owner when a score drops; and log the save action.

    Catching a slowdown early saves volume that would otherwise move to another provider.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Normal seasonality

      Compare with each client's own history.

    Evidence

    • HiringClient Success, LATAM (Miami, posted October 13, 2026): requires fluency "in Spanish AND Portuguese"; owns account growth plans, monitors "client health and trading activity so you spot slowdowns early", and owns "the cross-sell pipeline for new currency pairs and products as they launch". Client Success roles are also open for North America, APAC (Singapore) and a Head of Client Success, MENA (UAE).Source
  • 15

    OpenFX writes about "the weekend gap" when traditional finance goes dark and sells 24/7 settlement. Its own data can show how much money moves when banks are closed.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Head of Marketing

    First action

    Pull last quarter's out-of-hours share.

    How to measure it

    Index citations

    Now
    –
    Target
    10 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define

      Method and regions.

      Business Operations Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Pull data

      Aggregated volume.

      Business Operations Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Review

      Compliance and Legal.

      Compliance 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish

      Report page.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    5. 5

      Pitch

      Payments press.

      Head of Marketing 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Quarterly.

      Head of Marketing quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Publish one chart this quarter.

    Why it works

    Publish a short quarterly index: share of volume outside banking hours and on weekends, by region, with Compliance-approved method notes. Pitch it to payments press and use it in sales decks.

    A recurring data point makes OpenFX the source on 24/7 money movement and gives press a reason to return.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Reveals client activity

      Aggregate and round.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteContent and events in the sitemap: reports ("The FX Iceberg", "Modern Payment Rails for Emerging Markets", a 2026 stablecoins cross-border payments report); event pages for Money20/20 USA and Europe, Consensus and Stablecon; blog posts such as "Chat trades: a brief history of moving billions over Telegram", "The weekend gap: when traditional finance goes dark", "NGO cross-border FX payments now at cost", "A taxonomy for agentic treasury" and "Introducing OpenFX Ventures"; an /impact page and a /ventures page.Source
    • Your blogJune 9, 2026 (CEO): OpenFX "crossed $70 billion in annualized payment volume this month, up from $60 billion four weeks ago"; "Latin America continues to drive"; "API transaction volume has jumped nearly 45%" in 30 days; onboarding is "less than a week in most cases, sometimes less than 48 hours"; clients build "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath".Source
  • 16

    OpenFX launched a venture arm and backs payments start-ups. Portfolio companies are natural early users of its rails.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Founder & CEO

    First action

    List portfolio companies with cross-border flows.

    How to measure it

    Portfolio clients live

    Now
    –
    Target
    50%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List

      Portfolio companies.

      Founder & CEO 1 week

    2. 2

      Offer

      Onboarding support.

      Client Success, LATAM 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Onboard

      Priority path.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 month

    4. 4

      Feature

      Stories.

      Head of Marketing ongoing

    5. 5

      Track

      Volume.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    6. 6

      Review

      Yearly.

      Founder & CEO yearly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Founder & CEO

    Smallest test

    Onboard one portfolio company.

    Why it works

    Offer each portfolio company onboarding support and a launch package, feature their use in stories, and track their volume.

    Start-ups that grow on OpenFX become long-term clients and proof points.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Conflict of interest

      Same pricing rules and approval as other clients.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteContent and events in the sitemap: reports ("The FX Iceberg", "Modern Payment Rails for Emerging Markets", a 2026 stablecoins cross-border payments report); event pages for Money20/20 USA and Europe, Consensus and Stablecon; blog posts such as "Chat trades: a brief history of moving billions over Telegram", "The weekend gap: when traditional finance goes dark", "NGO cross-border FX payments now at cost", "A taxonomy for agentic treasury" and "Introducing OpenFX Ventures"; an /impact page and a /ventures page.Source
    • Your blogJune 9, 2026 (CEO): OpenFX "crossed $70 billion in annualized payment volume this month, up from $60 billion four weeks ago"; "Latin America continues to drive"; "API transaction volume has jumped nearly 45%" in 30 days; onboarding is "less than a week in most cases, sometimes less than 48 hours"; clients build "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath".Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 17

    OpenFX opened a waitlist for multi-currency accounts that will sit next to its liquidity product, starting with USD accounts. Existing FX clients are the easiest first users.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Head of Banking

    First action

    Invite the 20 most active clients.

    How to measure it

    Account adoption among FX clients

    Now
    –
    Target
    40%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Invite

      Top clients.

      Client Success, LATAM 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Onboard

      Account set-up.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 month

    3. 3

      Messaging

      Approved by Compliance.

      Compliance 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Add currencies

      By demand.

      Product Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe quarterly

    5. 5

      Measure

      Accounts and balances.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    6. 6

      Story

      First client case.

      Head of Marketing 1 quarter

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Product time
    Owner
    Head of Banking

    Smallest test

    Open accounts for five clients.

    Why it works

    Invite current clients first, show how holding funds near the trade cuts settlement steps, add currencies in the order clients ask, and measure accounts opened and balances held.

    Accounts deepen each relationship and make clients less likely to move flow elsewhere.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Banking-partner limits

      Grow in line with partner capacity.

    Evidence

    • Your blogAugust 6, 2026: OpenFX opened a waitlist for multi-currency accounts after acquiring Global Ledger, "starting with named USD accounts", sending and receiving over ACH, Fedwire and SWIFT, with virtual account numbers per counterparty; the accounts "will sit alongside our liquidity product".Source
    • Your blogJune 9, 2026 (CEO): OpenFX "crossed $70 billion in annualized payment volume this month, up from $60 billion four weeks ago"; "Latin America continues to drive"; "API transaction volume has jumped nearly 45%" in 30 days; onboarding is "less than a week in most cases, sometimes less than 48 hours"; clients build "cross-border payment products with OpenFX as the infrastructure underneath".Source
  • 18

    OpenFX writes about agentic treasury and the Growth pod plans for "agent-based customers". Treasury software that acts on its own will need a clear, safe API to quote and settle.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 4 quarters Developer Experience Lead

    First action

    Write the permission model.

    How to measure it

    Agent or automated volume share

    Now
    –
    Target
    tracked
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design permissions

      Scopes and limits.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 month

    2. 2

      Compliance review

      Controls.

      Compliance 1 month

    3. 3

      Build

      Scoped keys.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Guide

      Agent docs.

      Developer Experience Lead 1 month

    5. 5

      Pilot

      Two partners.

      Partnerships Lead 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Measure

      Volume.

      Business Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    4 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Developer Experience Lead

    Smallest test

    Run one sandbox pilot.

    Why it works

    Publish an agent guide (permissions, limits, approvals), add scoped keys and spend limits, and partner with two treasury software firms to pilot automated flows.

    Being the easiest FX rail for automated treasury positions OpenFX for the next wave of clients.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Errors from automation

      Hard limits and approvals.

    Evidence

    • HiringEngineering Manager - Growth: the Growth pod owns "the public API", "the onboarding and verification journey", "the activation surface that gets them to their first trade, and the marketing site". Onboarding is moving off third-party tools; new segments include "self-serve signup through to first trade with no sales touch", channel partners and "platform-of-platforms"; the activation surface includes "in-product activation checklists, recovery and lifecycle client comms".Source
    • Your websiteContent and events in the sitemap: reports ("The FX Iceberg", "Modern Payment Rails for Emerging Markets", a 2026 stablecoins cross-border payments report); event pages for Money20/20 USA and Europe, Consensus and Stablecon; blog posts such as "Chat trades: a brief history of moving billions over Telegram", "The weekend gap: when traditional finance goes dark", "NGO cross-border FX payments now at cost", "A taxonomy for agentic treasury" and "Introducing OpenFX Ventures"; an /impact page and a /ventures page.Source
    • Your websiteAPI page: "Quote, trade, deposit and withdraw via REST, FIX and streaming"; "No more manual steps or chat trades"; three steps starting with "Request sandbox access"; docs at docs.openfx.com. The PSP page says new pairs are "added roughly every six weeks".Source
  • 19

    OpenFX's main promise is speed, and its liquidity page says it settles 98% of transactions in under 60 minutes. A measured figure per corridor is stronger than one headline.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Head of Marketing

    First action

    Pull last month's times per corridor.

    How to measure it

    Sales usage

    Now
    –
    Target
    tracked
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define method

      Medians and percentiles.

      Business Operations Manager 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Pull data

      Per corridor.

      Business Operations Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Approve

      Compliance and Legal.

      Compliance 1 month

    4. 4

      Build page

      Monthly update.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 month

    5. 5

      Use in sales

      Decks.

      Growth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      Monthly.

      Head of Marketing monthly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Share the data privately with five prospects first.

    Why it works

    Publish median and 95th-percentile settlement times per live corridor, updated monthly, with method notes approved by Compliance. Link it from the currencies page and use it in deals.

    Transparent performance is rare in FX and makes the speed claim verifiable.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Bad months are visible

      Show context; that is the point of transparency.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHeadline claims differ across pages: the homepage description says "90% faster settlement and 80% lower costs"; the homepage body says "99% Faster settlement" and "90% Lower costs"; the company page says "99% faster and cheaper"; the liquidity page says "$20B+ processed" and "Settle 98% of transactions in under 60 minutes"; onboarding is "in hours" (homepage), "less than 72 hours" (API page) and "less than a week in most cases" (June blog).Source
    • Your websiteCurrencies page (checked October 22, 2026): "40+ currency pairs supported"; active: AED, AUD, BRL, EUR, EURC, GBP, MXN, USD, USDC, USDT, COP, with ARS and PHP "Just Launched". Still listed as "Coming Soon Q3 2026": CAD, HKD, INR, IDR, SGD, VND and THB, three weeks after Q3 ended. Q4 2026: KRW, CLP, DKK, MYR, NZD, NOK, PEN, SEK; Q1 2027: CHF, SAR, ZAR, TRY. There is no way on the page to ask for a corridor or be told when one goes live.Source
    • Chrome UX ReportReal Chrome users on openfx.com: Largest Contentful Paint 1.5 s and Interaction to Next Paint 73 ms at the 75th percentile (LCP 30% faster than before), so the site is already fast; speed is not the problem.Source

Wildcards 3

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 20

    OpenFX wrote that a share of FX still moves over Telegram and Signal chats, and its API page says "No more manual steps or chat trades". Those desks are a defined target.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Growth Lead

    First action

    List 30 desks that trade by chat.

    How to measure it

    Chat-desk clients

    Now
    –
    Target
    10
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List desks

      Thirty targets.

      Growth Lead, North America 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Offer

      Migration package.

      Growth Lead, North America 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Approve

      Compliance.

      Compliance 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Outreach

      Sequences.

      Business Development Manager, North America 1 month

    5. 5

      Pilot

      Five desks.

      Client Success, LATAM 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Story

      First migration.

      Head of Marketing 1 quarter

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Lead, North America

    Smallest test

    Pitch five desks.

    Why it works

    Build a "from chat to API" offer: a guided migration, a FIX or simple dashboard option, and a pilot with pricing approved by Compliance. Target OTC desks and remittance firms known to trade by chat.

    A specific pain with a specific fix converts better than general messaging.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Risk profile of some desks

      Full KYB before any pilot.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteContent and events in the sitemap: reports ("The FX Iceberg", "Modern Payment Rails for Emerging Markets", a 2026 stablecoins cross-border payments report); event pages for Money20/20 USA and Europe, Consensus and Stablecon; blog posts such as "Chat trades: a brief history of moving billions over Telegram", "The weekend gap: when traditional finance goes dark", "NGO cross-border FX payments now at cost", "A taxonomy for agentic treasury" and "Introducing OpenFX Ventures"; an /impact page and a /ventures page.Source
    • Your websiteAPI page: "Quote, trade, deposit and withdraw via REST, FIX and streaming"; "No more manual steps or chat trades"; three steps starting with "Request sandbox access"; docs at docs.openfx.com. The PSP page says new pairs are "added roughly every six weeks".Source
  • 21

    OpenFX offers at-cost FX for NGOs and has an impact page. NGO stories build reputation with banks, regulators and talent.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Head of Marketing

    First action

    Ask two NGOs for stories.

    How to measure it

    NGO applications

    Now
    –
    Target
    20
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Ask

      Two NGOs.

      Head of Marketing 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write

      Stories.

      Head of Marketing 1 month

    3. 3

      Approve

      NGO and Compliance.

      Compliance 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Form

      Applications.

      Engineering Manager - Growth 1 week

    5. 5

      Events

      Feature.

      Head of Marketing ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      Program.

      Founder & CEO yearly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Publish one story.

    Why it works

    Publish two NGO stories (corridor, amounts saved in their words), add an application form, and feature them at events.

    Mission stories build trust in a market where trust decides deals.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Seen as marketing

      Let the NGOs speak.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteContent and events in the sitemap: reports ("The FX Iceberg", "Modern Payment Rails for Emerging Markets", a 2026 stablecoins cross-border payments report); event pages for Money20/20 USA and Europe, Consensus and Stablecon; blog posts such as "Chat trades: a brief history of moving billions over Telegram", "The weekend gap: when traditional finance goes dark", "NGO cross-border FX payments now at cost", "A taxonomy for agentic treasury" and "Introducing OpenFX Ventures"; an /impact page and a /ventures page.Source
  • 22

    OpenFX sells 24/7 settlement and writes about the weekend gap. A treasurer stuck on a Saturday payment is the most receptive buyer.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Head of Marketing

    First action

    Set up a weekend-only ad group.

    How to measure it

    Weekend cost per demo

    Now
    –
    Target
    -30% vs weekday
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Ad group

      Weekend schedule.

      Head of Marketing 1 day

    2. 2

      Copy

      Approved claims.

      Compliance 2 days

    3. 3

      Landing page

      Weekend message.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    4. 4

      Run

      Six weekends.

      Head of Marketing 6 weeks

    5. 5

      Measure

      Cost per demo.

      Business Operations Manager weekly

    6. 6

      Decide

      Scale or stop.

      Head of Marketing 1 week

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Small ad budget
    Owner
    Head of Marketing

    Smallest test

    Run two weekends.

    Why it works

    Run LinkedIn and search ads on weekends and evenings only, with a "settle now" message and a demo or sandbox offer, and compare cost per demo with weekday ads.

    Timing the message to the pain makes it obvious.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low weekend volume

      Measure cost per demo, not volume.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteContent and events in the sitemap: reports ("The FX Iceberg", "Modern Payment Rails for Emerging Markets", a 2026 stablecoins cross-border payments report); event pages for Money20/20 USA and Europe, Consensus and Stablecon; blog posts such as "Chat trades: a brief history of moving billions over Telegram", "The weekend gap: when traditional finance goes dark", "NGO cross-border FX payments now at cost", "A taxonomy for agentic treasury" and "Introducing OpenFX Ventures"; an /impact page and a /ventures page.Source
    • Your websiteHeadline claims differ across pages: the homepage description says "90% faster settlement and 80% lower costs"; the homepage body says "99% Faster settlement" and "90% Lower costs"; the company page says "99% faster and cheaper"; the liquidity page says "$20B+ processed" and "Settle 98% of transactions in under 60 minutes"; onboarding is "in hours" (homepage), "less than 72 hours" (API page) and "less than a week in most cases" (June blog).Source

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 306 ideas

    Corridor roadmap and demand capture, one claims sheet, the Europe page, Spanish site, customer stories and bank and exchange pages.

  2. Days 31 to 6012 ideas

    European corridor guides, time to first trade, the developer quickstart, launch-day cross-sell, event scorecards, partners, regional pages, account health, the weekend index and Ventures; NGO stories and weekend ads.

  3. Days 61 to 904 ideas

    Multi-currency accounts for existing clients, agent-ready APIs, a public settlement-time page and the chat-desk offer.

The research behind the plan

3 research areas, each summarised in a few lines. Open any of them for the full detail.

Customers

What customers say

Customers value settling multiple times a day at any volume. The most cited problem: pre-funding and idle capital.

  • Reliable API integration
  • Bank cut-off times and weekends
  • In their words: “pre-funding”

Market

Competitive landscape

4 competitors compared: BVNK, Bridge, Conduit and Banks and legacy FX providers.

  • Gap to exploit: Visible corridor roadmaps
  • BVNK: Less emphasis on exotic FX corridors
  • Bridge: Developer-first, less institutional FX

Hiring signals

OpenFX is building regional go-to-market teams and a growth engine.

  • Growth Lead, Europe | Institutional Markets: European acquisition. Ideas 1, 3, 6.
  • Product Manager, Currency Expansion & Payments - Europe: Post-launch corridor adoption. Ideas 1, 7.
  • Head of Marketing: Inbound, case studies, events. Ideas 2, 5, 11.

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