OKTO PAYMENTS appoints Marcos Techera to lead LatAm operations and growth

OKTO PAYMENTS has appointed Marcos Techera as managing director, LatAm, placing an experienced payments executive at the center of its regional operational and commercial strategy. Techera will work with the company’s local leadership teams across Brazil, South LatAm and Northern Latin America as OKTO PAYMENTS continues to develop its payments infrastructure for high-volume merchants.

The appointment follows Techera’s departure from OneKey Payments, where he served as global CEO. Techera has publicly described his move to OKTO as the next stage of his professional career, with more than 15 years of experience across fintech, global payments and cross-border infrastructure.

A leadership role focused on Latin America

In his new position, Techera will oversee operations and commercial development across Latin America while working alongside established market leadership teams. The role places particular attention on translating OKTO PAYMENTS’ existing infrastructure into further commercial growth for merchants operating across different jurisdictions.

Latin America is not a single payments market. Domestic payment rails, regulatory requirements, banking relationships and settlement structures can vary considerably between countries. As a result, providers serving the region must combine broader technological capabilities with market-specific execution.

OKTO PAYMENTS has developed its regional offering around pay-ins and payouts together with treasury, liquidity management and settlement capabilities. The company’s Latin American operations cover markets including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru, with each market supported through infrastructure designed around local payment conditions.

That approach creates a clear operating context for Techera’s appointment. His remit is not limited to business development. It also involves working with the regional infrastructure and teams responsible for delivering payment services in markets with distinct operational requirements.

Experience across fintech and payment infrastructure

Techera brings a background that combines technology with payment operations. He served as global CEO of OneKey Payments before joining OKTO PAYMENTS and previously held a senior operating position at Directa24 and AstroPay.

His professional profile also identifies him as a computer systems engineer. That technical foundation is relevant to payment infrastructure because transaction performance depends on how payment traffic is routed and processed as well as on the commercial relationship between a provider and its merchant clients.

For high-volume businesses, the underlying payment architecture can affect several operational areas. These include transaction routing, settlement timing, liquidity availability and the handling of different local payment methods.

The combination of technical knowledge and executive experience therefore forms an important part of the rationale behind Techera’s new mandate. His career has included both infrastructure-focused responsibilities and senior leadership roles across Latin American payments.

Building on local infrastructure

OKTO PAYMENTS has placed local infrastructure at the center of its strategy in Latin America. The company describes its model as combining local payment capabilities with treasury management, liquidity controls and settlement services through a broader payments infrastructure.

For merchants operating across multiple countries, this can reduce the operational complexity associated with managing different payment environments. However, the underlying requirement remains market-specific execution because domestic rails and regulatory structures cannot simply be treated as identical across the region.

Techera addressed this distinction directly in his comments on the appointment: “OKTO has done the hard part. Local licences, local rails, local banking relationships in each market, that takes years and there is no shortcut. What it creates is the ability to compete on things that are difficult to copy, approval rates, cost to serve, settlement speed, control over the money. It also takes people who know these markets from the inside and OKTO has built that talented team market by market alongside the infrastructure. My focus is to build on both and turn them into measurable commercial performance for our merchant partners.”

The focus on measurable performance reflects the practical role of payment infrastructure within a merchant’s wider operation. Payment acceptance, payout reliability, settlement cycles and access to liquidity can all influence how efficiently a digital business manages transactions.

Filippos Antonopoulos outlines the strategy

OKTO PAYMENTS founder and CEO Filippos Antonopoulos said Techera brings experience from both the technical and commercial sides of the payments sector.

“Marcos has run payments in this region from both sides: the engineering of how money actually moves and the commercial reality of what merchants need from a provider. Few people in this market understand so deeply both halves.

“We have spent years building local infrastructure across Latin America and with Marcos now on board, we will build on that foundation and turn it into an even greater value for the merchants who run on us.”

The comments underline the company’s intention to build its next phase of regional development around existing infrastructure rather than treating expansion as purely a sales exercise.

OKTO PAYMENTS’ current leadership structure includes dedicated general management positions for Brazil, South LatAm and North LatAm. The company also identifies Filippos Antonopoulos as founder and CEO on its corporate leadership page.

A broader portfolio of high-volume sectors

OKTO PAYMENTS serves merchants across several high-volume digital sectors, including iGaming and betting, FX and trading, digital content and the creator economy. These business categories can require payment systems capable of supporting frequent transactions, local payment methods and coordinated settlement processes.

The company currently reports an annual run rate of more than €17bn in total processed volume and more than 40 regulated e-commerce merchants onboarded and served. The figures are presented by OKTO PAYMENTS as part of its broader operating scale rather than as a figure limited only to Latin America.

Its wider infrastructure includes payment acceptance and payouts together with treasury, liquidity and settlement functions. This integrated approach is particularly relevant in markets where merchants may need to coordinate several local payment methods while maintaining oversight of funds across multiple jurisdictions.

The role of local payment rails

The importance of localisation is visible in some of Latin America’s largest payment ecosystems. Brazil’s Pix is an instant payment system created and operated within the framework of the Banco Central do Brasil while Mexico’s SPEI provides real-time interbank transfers under Banco de México.

These systems illustrate why regional payments require more than a basic cross-border connection. Merchant flows must be designed around the payment infrastructure available in each market, while settlement, compliance and operational controls must reflect local requirements.

For providers such as OKTO PAYMENTS, the challenge is therefore both technical and operational. Infrastructure needs to support different payment environments while giving merchants consistent visibility and control over their transaction activity.

What Techera’s appointment means for the next phase

Techera’s appointment gives OKTO PAYMENTS a regional leader whose career has been closely connected with Latin American payments, fintech operations and cross-border infrastructure. His responsibilities combine commercial development with the broader execution of the company’s existing regional model.

For merchants, the practical measure of such a strategy remains payment performance in real operating environments. Local market coverage, transaction routing, settlement arrangements, liquidity management and compliance controls all contribute to the overall payments experience.

As OKTO PAYMENTS develops its Latin American business, Techera’s role is expected to center on connecting those capabilities with measurable merchant outcomes. The company has already established teams and infrastructure across several markets. The stated objective is now to build further commercial value around that foundation while maintaining the local operating capabilities needed in each jurisdiction.

Conclusion

OKTO PAYMENTS’ appointment of Marcos Techera places renewed emphasis on the company’s Latin American strategy at a time when payment infrastructure is increasingly central to the operation of high-volume digital businesses.

Techera’s combination of fintech leadership, payment infrastructure experience and regional market knowledge aligns with a business model that depends on local execution as well as broader technology capabilities. His move from OneKey Payments also adds continuity to an executive career focused on Latin American and cross-border payments.

For OKTO PAYMENTS, the next stage will depend on how effectively its regional infrastructure, market teams and commercial strategy work together. The company’s stated ambition is to convert those capabilities into stronger value for merchants across diverse Latin American payment environments. Techera’s appointment places him at the center of that effort.

FAQs

Who is Marcos Techera?
Marcos Techera is a payments and fintech executive with more than 15 years of experience across fintech, global payment infrastructure and cross-border solutions. He has served as global CEO of OneKey Payments and held a senior operating role at Directa24 and AstroPay.

What role has Marcos Techera taken at OKTO PAYMENTS?
Marcos Techera has joined OKTO PAYMENTS as managing director, LatAm. His responsibilities cover regional operations and commercial development across Latin America.

What was Marcos Techera’s previous position?
Before joining OKTO PAYMENTS, Techera served as global CEO of OneKey Payments. He also previously worked in an operating leadership role at Directa24 and AstroPay.

What is OKTO PAYMENTS?
OKTO PAYMENTS is a payment service provider focused on high-volume and regulated e-commerce sectors. Its offering includes pay-ins, payouts, treasury, liquidity management and settlement services.

Which Latin American markets does OKTO PAYMENTS serve?
OKTO PAYMENTS identifies Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru among the Latin American markets covered by its regional payments infrastructure.

What sectors does OKTO PAYMENTS support?
The company identifies iGaming and betting, FX and trading, digital content and the creator economy among the sectors served through its broader payments infrastructure.

Why are local payment rails important in Latin America?
Local payment rails are important because payment methods, banking systems, settlement processes and regulatory requirements differ between Latin American countries. Providers therefore need market-specific capabilities.

What payment infrastructure does OKTO PAYMENTS provide?
OKTO PAYMENTS provides payment infrastructure covering pay-ins and payouts along with treasury, liquidity management and settlement capabilities designed for high-volume merchant operations.

What scale does OKTO PAYMENTS report?
OKTO PAYMENTS currently reports an annual run rate of more than €17bn in total processed volume and more than 40 regulated e-commerce merchants onboarded and served.

What is the focus of Techera’s new mandate?
Techera’s focus is to build on OKTO PAYMENTS’ existing regional infrastructure and local teams while translating those capabilities into measurable commercial performance for merchant partners.