Yellow Card appoints Maria Oldham COO

By Chinenye Anuforo

Yellow Card, a stablecoin-based payment platform operating across 34 countries, has announced the appointment of Maria Oldham as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Oldham joined at a key moment as the company scales its pan-African digital payment rails and expands its stablecoin-powered cross-border infrastructure into South East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

A global finance and technology executive with over 20 years of experience, Oldham has held senior leadership roles at PayPal, dLocal, and Brazilian unicorn Loft. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Strategy, Corporate Development, and Finance at dLocal, Vice President of Marketplace at Loft, and Head of Latin America for PayPal’s SME business. Earlier in her career, she led the growth of iZettle Brazil, a company later acquired by PayPal in a $2 billion deal, and began her professional journey in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London.

“Over the past two decades, I have witnessed multiple waves of disruption in the payments industry. The next wave is here with the rise of stablecoins,” Oldham said. “Yellow Card has built a compliance-first infrastructure that makes cross-border payments simple, transparent, and reliable. I’m excited to join Chris and the team to accelerate the company’s global growth and scale the next generation of financial infrastructure.”

In her new role, Oldham will lead Yellow Card’s revenue and expansion functions, overseeing Strategy, Operations, Partnerships, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success. She will report directly to Founder and CEO, Chris Maurice.

“Maria has scaled some of the most successful fintech companies in the world and brings deep expertise across emerging markets,” Maurice said. “Her strategic vision and operational leadership will be instrumental as we expand into new regions and continue bridging global and local financial ecosystems.”

Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, and now based in London, Oldham holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from EAESP-FGV São Paulo and an MBA from London Business School.

Her appointment reflects Yellow Card’s continued push to strengthen its leadership bench and accelerate its mission to modernise financial infrastructure across Africa and emerging markets.