HONG KONG, October 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Fast-growing Company Strengthens Resources

Monaco, the pioneering payments and cryptocurrency platform, today announced that Brent Diehl has joined Monaco as Senior Vice President, International Expansion. Diehl will be based in Monaco'sSingapore office and will lead Monaco's global rollout efforts as the company expands further into Asia-Pacific and into Europe and North America.

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Diehl previously founded and served as Managing Director for the Singapore-based Alliance Payment Solutions, a digital payments consultancy firm with clients throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, United States, and the Middle East. He has over 20 years of experience in payments and international business development, including roles at Visa, where he managed Prepaid Partner Solutions, Visa's prepaid consultancy division, for the AP-CEMEA regions; Western Union, where he led international expansion efforts for their prepaid cards; and Home Depot, where he was responsible for card portfolios outside of the United States. Diehl also served on Monaco's advisory board in a payments capacity.

"Brent's wealth of industry experience and knowledge makes him a key hire as we continue to expand into new markets and bring cryptocurrency to every wallet," said Kris Marszalek, Co-Founder and CEO of Monaco. "With his extensive experience, we are confident that Monaco's expansion to Europe and North America will be a smooth and successful process, and we look forward to introducing our Monaco cards to the rest of the world."

"I am thrilled to be part of the core team at Monaco and for the opportunity to apply my expertise to lead our rapid growth across the markets," said Diehl. "Having served on Monaco's board, I'm confident and eager to push forward our mission of delivering innovative financial products that make it easier for consumers to transact using cryptocurrency."

For more information on Monaco, please visit Monaco's website at mona.co. The Monaco app is available for download for iOS and Android users.

About Monaco

Founded in June 2016, Monaco is the pioneering payments and cryptocurrency platform allowing users to buy, exchange, and spend bitcoin and ethereum at perfect interbank exchange rates. Monaco raised over US$26.7 million through one of the most successful Token Sale events to date. The company is headquartered in Switzerland with operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. For more information, please visit mona.co .

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