As digital commerce continues to evolve, businesses increasingly need payment infrastructure that is flexible, developer-friendly, and built for modern use cases. Bead is a new pay

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Bead has announced the appointment of Chris Brewer as Director of Compliance Operations, reinforcing the company’s focus on building scalable, predictable, and partner-aligned comp

An operator-builder bringing systems thinking and risk discipline to modern payments

Chris Brewer Joins Bead as Director of Compliance Operations

Bead is thrilled to welcome Chris Brewer to the Bead team as Director of Compliance Operations.Chris brings a rare blend of fintech fraud and risk expertise, cultural insight, and 

As Bead expands across digital payments, Chris will strengthen the operating backbone that lets us move quickly and stay predictable for our banking partners.

Chris Brewer to Join the Bead Team as Director of Compliance Operations.

Bead has announced that Drew Davidson stepped into the role of Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in June 2025, marking an important milestone as the company continues to build payment

Strengthening a product-first approach to compliance in modern payments

Drew Davidson Joins Bead as Chief Compliance Officer

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