Payment service provider Unzer hires top manager

Robert Bueninck worked for the Swedish fintech Klarna for over eight years, most recently as Managing Director for the DACH region. Now he is moving to the Heidelberg-based start-up Unzer.

Heidelberg-based fintech Unzer (formerly Heidelpay) has found a new COO in Robert Bueninck. Bueninck is now responsible for business development in the areas of sales and marketing and thus for the sales strategy, onboarding and expansion of Unzer's customer base throughout Europe. "Robert is a true expert in the payments industry. I am therefore very pleased that we were able to win him for Unzer," says Dr. Axel Rebien, CEO of Unzer.

Unzer is a platform for international payments. The start-up handles various payment types with its technical solutions, analyzes customer behavior automatically and offers risk management. Bueninck's move from competitor Klarna could mean that the Heidelberg-based fintech will focus more on invoice and installment purchases in the future.

He is very excited to be a part of Unzer and help the startup "become a European heavyweight in payments," the new COO says.