About — Pyxis HK

Our Story

Built to Solve a
Fragmented World.

Pyxis HK was founded in 2020 by a team of former bankers, compliance officers, and fintech engineers who had each spent years inside the systems managing global money — and knew exactly what was broken about them.

Treasury platforms managed cash. Payment networks moved money. Compliance tools screened transactions. But none of them talked to each other — leaving finance and compliance teams stitching together point solutions, maintaining manual processes, and living with blind spots that regulators were increasingly unwilling to accept.

We set out to build the platform we wished had existed: one system where KYC, KYB, and KYT are woven into cash management, payments, and FX from the ground up — so compliance is never a cost of doing business, but a structural advantage.

2020

Founded

60+

Enterprise Clients

22

Team Members

Central, Hong Kong

Mission & Vision

What Drives Us

Our Mission

To build the infrastructure layer that makes global money movement safe, transparent, and efficient — where compliance isn't a regulatory burden but a strategic advantage embedded in every transaction, from day one.

Our Vision

A world where every business — from a Series A fintech to a global bank — can move money across any border with the same speed, confidence, and compliance clarity as a domestic transfer. That operating system is what we're building.

Our Values

The Principles We Build By

Compliance by Design

KYC, KYB, and KYT are not features we added to a payments product. They are the foundation we built everything else on top of. Compliance is never optional here.

Zero Tolerance for Risk

In global treasury and payments, a single compliance failure can end a business. We hold every transaction, every counterparty, and every data point to the highest standard — because the alternative is unacceptable.

Total Transparency

No black boxes. Every compliance decision on our platform is explainable, auditable, and timestamped. Our clients can show regulators exactly why every decision was made.

Global from Day One

We never built a local product and internationalised it later. The platform was designed to handle 200+ jurisdictions, 50+ currencies, and global regulatory variance from the very first line of code.

Client-Aligned Growth

We only succeed when our clients do. That shapes every product decision, every pricing conversation, and every support interaction. Long-term partnership, not short-term revenue.

Relentless Precision

Treasury and compliance demand exactness. We hold ourselves to that standard across our engineering, our data, and our client relationships — because good enough is not a risk profile we accept.

The Team

Built by People Who Lived the Problem

Former bankers, compliance officers, and fintech engineers — united by the conviction that global treasury infrastructure deserves to be rebuilt from scratch.

James Leung

Co-founder & CEO

Formerly Head of Global Treasury Technology at HSBC. 15+ years structuring cross-border payment and treasury systems for financial institutions across Asia, Europe, and North America.

Mei Lin Chan

Co-founder & CTO

Architect of the KYC and KYB engine. Previously built compliance infrastructure at Standard Chartered covering 50+ markets. MS Computer Science (HKUST), specialising in distributed financial systems.

Ryan Park

Head of Compliance Products

Former regulatory advisor at the HKMA with 10 years shaping AML and KYT policy across Asia. Authored three industry guidance papers on transaction monitoring standards still referenced by regional regulators today.

Angela Tse

Head of Partnerships

Former Head of Financial Institutions at SWIFT Asia, with deep relationships across correspondent banking networks, payment schemes, and financial infrastructure providers in 30+ markets.

Our Home

Why Hong Kong

Hong Kong is Asia's preeminent financial hub — home to one of the world's deepest capital markets, the HKMA's progressive regulatory framework, and direct connectivity into Mainland China, Southeast Asia, and global correspondent banking networks. For a company building world treasury infrastructure, there is no better base.

HKMA Regulatory Framework Operating under one of Asia's most respected financial regulatory environments — built for global credibility.

Asia's Finance Gateway Direct access to GBA, ASEAN, and global markets — the ideal launchpad for a platform serving 200+ jurisdictions.

Tier-1 Financial Infrastructure CHATS, SWIFT access, FPS, and deep correspondent banking relationships — wired into our platform from day one.

East-West Bridge Bilingual English and Cantonese/Mandarin operations — no language or cultural barriers across our client base.

About Pyxis HK

Built to Solve a
Fragmented World.