About Our Company

Our story

Assembly was founded in 2013 with the vision to revolutionise payments and help businesses harness opportunities presented by the digital age.

Since then we have been helping customers automate payment workflows that push the boundaries of what’s possible and reduce the complexity of running both classic and digital-native businesses.
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Helping businesses compete and scale by managing payment complexity has always been a priority for Assembly and in February 2020 we joined forces with Standard Chartered to form a joint venture that will deliver the next generation payment solutions for businesses in Australia and beyond.
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We are now preparing to grow our presence across APAC, Europe, the US and Africa in the next few years and to continue helping customers navigate the payments ecosystem.

Milestones

2013

Assembly Payments is founded (then named Promisepay)

2014

First offices open in Melbourne and San Francisco

2015

Launched Real Time Payments API

2016

First offices open in Philippines

Entities in South Africa and New Zealand opened, with first customers going live

New office opens in St. Louis

2017

Re-branded to Assembly Payments

2018

LinkedIn Award Top 10 Start Up Winner for Best Employer

2019

LinkedIn Award Top 10 Start Up Winner for Best Employer

2020

Joint venture with Standard Chartered Bank to power the next generation of global payments

Singapore HQ established

Growing partnerships across APAC, EMEA and Americas

US$2bn+ total transactions to date, and growing

Leadership team

Tim Dickinson

Co-CEO

Tim brings 15+ years of technology industry experience having worked with some of APAC's most nimble organisations. He has helped banks and telcos maximise technology investments while supporting their adoption of cloud-based services. Since joining in 2017 he has been integral to Assembly's growth from start-up to a global scale-up.

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Rimal Gokani

Co-CEO

Rimal brings 15+ years of technology and banking industry experience across APAC and the UK. He is a digital payments expert for emerging and developing markets and prior to joining Assembly he was a senior member of Standard Chartered Ventures. Rimal holds a BA from Macquarie University and an MBA from INSEAD.

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Simon Jones

Co-founder & Global Head of Sales Engineering

Simon heads up technology, engineering and security at Assembly, where he leads the development of the company's ultra fast and highly secure payments engine. Simon holds a Bachelor of Computing and an MBA, and prior to founding Assembly he led large scale technology projects for Telstra, Ericsson, NEC, Fujitsu and GKN Aerospace.

Simon Lee

Co-founder

A serial entrepreneur, tech investor and co-founder of Assembly payments, Simon was Assembly’s CEO for 6 years before taking a position on Assembly’s board. He brings significant experience in payments and technology which he actively applies to help businesses thrive in this space.

Darren McMurtrie

Co-founder

Before founding Assembly, Darren spent 15 years as an awarded creative and strategy director for a number of design, branding, and digital agencies across Australia, the UK and Asia. During his time at Assembly, Darren was the Chief Experience Officer and Chief Marketing Officer leading Assembly’s experience and growth functions.

David Howes

Non Executive Director

David is an experienced leader in the development, transformation and implementation of financial crime compliance (FCC) strategies. Currently the Global Co-Head of FCC at Standard Chartered Bank he brings expertise in regulation, compliance and international business in over two decades of senior roles held in the UK, US and Asia.

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Gautam Jain

Non Executive Director

Gautam is an experienced banker, who has held several leadership roles in large financial institutions. He has expertise in transaction banking, especially payments and cash management. Currently a member of SC Ventures, Gautam is responsible for managing their investment fund, client engagements and several strategic ventures.

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Simon Lee

Non Executive Director

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Paul Naphtali

Non Executive Director

Paul is founding partner at Rampersand VC, one of Australia's leading early stage technology venture funds. Prior to Rampersand, Paul led marketing for a number of successful Silicon Valley tech companies after more than a decade working in strategic communications in the United Kingdom and Australia.

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