About Globapay

Building the plumbing for global value transfer

We're creating the infrastructure that lets any platform accept, process and settle payments - seamless, compliant and efficient across every corner of the global economy.

Founded 2025 · Dublin
Backed by Enterprise Ireland
First product GlobaGift - live
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What we're here to do

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Our Mission

To democratise access to global payment infrastructure - enabling platforms worldwide to accept, process and settle payments with the same ease as the world's largest companies.

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Our Vision

A world where geography doesn't limit opportunity, where any platform can serve customers globally with seamless, instant and compliant payment experiences.

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Our Approach

We combine traditional financial infrastructure with cutting-edge technology to build payment rails that are both reliable and innovative - reaching markets others can't.

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The story behind Globapay

Building the next generation of financial routing.

Before Globapay

The insight behind the business

Globapay was shaped by years of first-hand experience across payments, merchant networks, digital value transfer and emerging markets.

We saw a clear gap: businesses in frontier markets were ready to trade globally, but the infrastructure around them was fragmented, expensive or inaccessible.

2025 · Founded

Built in Ireland for scale

Globapay was founded to build practical commerce infrastructure for businesses operating beyond traditional financial centres - connecting local merchants to global payment, distribution and technology rails.

2025 · GlobaGift

First product focus

We chose digital gift cards as our first product because they solve a real problem for merchants: upfront revenue, new customers and new distribution - without building the infrastructure themselves.

Now

Live and building for scale

GlobaGift is live and launching with selected partners. Backed by Enterprise Ireland as a high-potential start-up, we're building to support more merchants, channels and use cases.

Next

Scaling the platform

Our long-term vision is to become a trusted technology layer for businesses that want to sell, settle and scale beyond borders.

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Our values

The principles guiding our mission and our architecture.

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Global by Design

We build for a borderless world - working seamlessly across cultures, currencies and compliance frameworks.

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Security First

Every decision prioritises the security and trust of our partners. Compliance is foundational, not an afterthought.

V3

Speed & Reliability

Payment infrastructure is mission-critical - built for high uptime and sub-second response times.

V4

Partnership Mindset

We're a partner in our clients' success, not just a vendor. Their growth is our growth.

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Innovation Drive

We keep pushing what's possible in payments, embracing technology that improves the global experience.

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Sustainable Growth

We build for the long term - durable value with a commitment to responsible business.

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Leadership

Industry veterans building the future of cross-border value routing.

Stuart

Stuart

20+ yrs
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Stuart Shanahan is a payments and fintech operator with over 20 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming businesses across Europe and LATAM / Caribbean. Stuart Shanahan is a payments and fintech operator with over 20 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming businesses across Europe and LATAM / Caribbean.

He has held senior leadership roles across global payment ecosystems, including Director of Strategic Partnerships at Ding, who manage relationships with partners such as Western Union, MoneyGram, Remitly, and major telcos worldwide. As a CEO in Digicel Financial Services in the Caribbean, he led a $250 million payments business through a major digital transformation, improving revenue performance, operational efficiency, and digital capability.

Stuart also held senior responsibility at PayPoint Ireland, part of a FTSE 250 multi-channel payments group.

He founded Globapay to solve a problem he has seen first-hand: businesses in emerging markets need better access to modern commerce, payment, and distribution infrastructure if they are to compete globally.
Eoin

Eoin

15+ yrs
Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer
Eoin is a hands-on CTO who has built and shipped production systems across payments, SaaS and enterprise infrastructure. Deep in systems architecture, integration and team management... Eoin is a hands-on CTO who has built and shipped production systems across payments, SaaS and enterprise infrastructure. At Globapay, he leads platform architecture, infrastructure and technical delivery across the GlobaGift and Globapay products.

Eoin's technical foundation was built as a senior network engineer, giving him a first-principles understanding of the systems that modern payment platforms depend on.

Eoin also brings close to two decades of experience working with major international brands - including Diageo, Jameson and Disney - managing high-budget productions and complex multi-stakeholder projects.
Nitin

Nitin

13+ yrs
Lead Software Engineer
Nitin is a senior software engineer across fintech platforms, payment gateways and B2B APIs. Previously at a unicorn paytech on core gateway services; now leads engineering for GlobaGift... A senior software engineer with over 13 years of experience building and scaling fintech platforms, payment gateways, blockchain systems and API-driven B2B infrastructure.

Before joining Globapay, he held senior engineering roles at a unicorn paytech business, where he worked on core payment gateway services, system modernisation and large-scale platform architecture. Nitin's background spans microservices, integrations, transaction processing and the technical foundations required to support high-volume financial products.

At Globapay, Nitin leads core engineering across the platform, building secure, scalable infrastructure for Globagift and the wider Globapay product ecosystem.
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Join our team

Help us build the future of borderless business routing.

Why work at Globapay?

Global Impact

Build infrastructure that connects emerging-market businesses to global payment pipelines.

Technical Excellence

Work on distributed systems, core API resilience and high-security compliance engineering.

Competitive Packages

Equity, competitive salaries and solid health and wellness benefits, aligned for the long term.

Flexible Operations

A high-autonomy hybrid and remote environment designed for focused, productive teams.

Open positions

No active openings

We're always looking for exceptional people. If you don't see a role that fits but believe you can contribute to Globapay, we'd love to hear from you.

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