Credit Finance Ltd set a firm direction after its stance at Sibos, marking a shift from a promising concept to a platform ready for broad adoption. Momentum has gathered around NOVA, the company’s cross-border transaction system, as CEO Leonardo Bonetti steers an expansion shaped by regional reach, workforce growth, and deeper ties with regulators. The plan signals confidence from partners who followed the debut closely and responded with firm commitments.
“Financial systems must evolve to meet the demands of a digital economy,” Bonetti said. “With NOVA, we are building bridges across borders, enabling institutions to operate with greater efficiency and trust. Expanding our workforce to 1,000 professionals by 2026 reflects both the scale of our ambition and the confidence the industry has placed in our vision.”
Regional Presence Growing
Credit Finance Ltd has long kept its base in London, yet the company’s next stage relies on a presence that stretches across several economic regions. North America, Europe, and Asia sit at the center of this plan. Each region will serve as a hub positioned to support banks, enterprises, and supervisory bodies seeking a smoother path toward upgraded transaction frameworks.
The strategy is grounded in practical needs voiced by institutions that work across borders daily. NOVA’s purpose is to help those institutions move assets with fewer delays and greater clarity. By placing teams in several regions, Credit Finance Ltd seeks to offer timely help when clients navigate liquidity rules, reporting demands, and settlement issues. Partners that viewed the Sibos demonstration urged the company to build out this structure quickly, pointing to demand that spread faster than expected.
Regional growth ties closely to the company’s direction under Bonetti, whose experience in economics, law, and computational finance has shaped NOVA from its earliest stage. His leadership reflects a view that updated infrastructure requires more than one central office. It requires teams that speak the language of each jurisdiction and understand how local systems interact with global flows. The coming expansion addresses that need directly.
Building A Larger Workforce
Scaling the team from 120 to 1,000 professionals by the end of 2026 marks one of the most ambitious elements of the plan. Credit Finance Ltd intends to bring in engineers, compliance specialists, product analysts, and other experts who work on both the technical and procedural sides of financial activity. The Sibos response made clear that demand for NOVA will soon exceed the current team’s capacity, prompting this rapid hiring plan.
Engineering roles will focus on platform reliability, speed, and secure processing pipelines. Specialists in compliance will support institutions that use NOVA to meet cross-border reporting rules. Additional roles will handle partner onboarding, systems guidance, and technical troubleshooting. Together, these teams aim to guide banks and enterprises through the early phase of implementation, then support long-term use as transaction volumes rise.
Workforce growth plays a second purpose as well. A larger team allows Credit Finance Ltd to refine NOVA’s features in response to feedback from its clients. It lets talent pool into small units that study liquidity friction, settlement lags, and documentation requirements. Bonetti has shared that the plan is built on direct conversations with institutions during and after Sibos, adding weight to the strategy that will carry the company into 2026.
Engagement With Regulators
Credit Finance Ltd has spent years cultivating ties with regulators. As NOVA expands, those relationships become more important. The platform’s goal is to help institutions meet reporting rules without extra strain, which requires continuous dialogue with supervisory bodies. The upcoming phase of regional growth includes a broader advisory presence and more structured exchanges with central banks.
Regulators have shown interest in NOVA’s ability to bring old systems and newer technologies together, particularly in fields where outdated reporting lines cause delays. During Sibos, several regulators raised questions about harmonization across borders, prompting Credit Finance Ltd to prepare a schedule of technical sessions for the coming year. These sessions will examine how liquidity rules, settlement windows, and data checks appear inside NOVA, offering supervisors a clear view of the system’s logic.
Bonetti’s view of that process appears rooted in collaboration. “As we expand NOVA globally, our mission is clear: to shape the future of financial infrastructure by fostering transparency, resilience, and systemic innovation,” he said. “This is not just about technology—it is about creating a financial ecosystem that is inclusive, compliant, and future-ready.”
The Sibos response showed the level of interest in such collaboration. Institutions asked for guidance on timelines, integration stages, and reporting flows. Regulators offered questions that helped refine expansion priorities. The company responded by weaving advisory channels into its three-pillar plan, treating those interactions as an anchor for the next chapter of NOVA’s growth.
