Eric Barbier (entrepreneur)
Eric Barbier | |
|---|---|
| Born | France |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Known for | Founding Mobile 365, TransferTo, Thunes and Triple-A |
| Title | Founder and Chief Executive Officer |
Eric Barbier is a French entrepreneur and business executive. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Triple-A, a Singapore-based digital payments company. Previously, he co-founded the mobile messaging company Mobile 365 and founded the cross-border payments company TransferTo, whose payments business later became Thunes.[1][2]
Career
In 1999, Barbier co-founded Mobile 365, a mobile messaging company.[3] The company was acquired by Sybase in 2006.[1]
After the acquisition, Barbier moved to Singapore and founded TransferTo, which focused on cross-border mobile payments and remittances.[4] TransferTo's payments business later became Thunes.[5]
Triple-A
In 2020, Barbier founded Triple-A, a Singapore-based financial technology company focused on cryptocurrency and digital-asset payments.[6] The company received a Digital Payment Token licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 2021.[7][8]
In 2022, Triple-A raised US$4 million in seed funding led by zVentures, the corporate venture arm of Razer.[2] In 2023, Triple-A raised a US$10 million Series A funding round led by Peak XV Partners.[7] At the time, TechCrunch described Barbier as a serial fintech founder whose previous ventures included Mobile 365 and Thunes.[1]
In January 2024, Singapore payment platform AXS partnered with Triple-A to enable users to pay selected bills, taxes, fines and other services using digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ether, Tether and USD Coin.[9]
The following year, Triple-A partnered with travel platform Wego to introduce stablecoin payments for flight and hotel bookings[10][11][12] and with FARFETCH Partner to bring digital currency payments to luxury shopping.[13]
In 2026, Triple-A's French entity, PayTop, obtained a Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets framework from the Financial Markets Authority.[14][15][16]
References
- 1 2 3 Shu, Catherine (24 October 2023). "Triple-A gets funding from Peak XV to help more businesses use crypto". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- 1 2 Cheung, Jayde (17 June 2022). "Gaming Hardware Giant Razer's Venture Arm Leads $4 Million Investment In Singapore Crypto Payment Startup". Forbes. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ Call with Insignia Ventures (20 June 2022). "S04 Call #18: Pioneering Mainstream Adoption from Mobile Payments to Crypto Payments and Building the Crypto Treasury Partner of Businesses Globally with TripleA CEO and Founder Eric Barbier". Insignia Business Review. Insignia Ventures Partners. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "TransferTo CEO Eric Barbier Talks Money Transfer". FXC Intelligence. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "TransferTo Announces Rebrand with the Creation of Two Market-Defining Companies: DT One and Thunes". Singapore FinTech Association. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Eric Barbier". Money20/20 Europe. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Singapore-licensed Triple-A to offer PayPal stablecoin support". The Business Times. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Crypto Payments Company TripleA Grabs Monetary Authority of Singapore License". PYMNTS. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Singapore AXS Users Can Make Payments in Digital Currencies". Bloomberg News. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Travel tech news briefs: Wego adds stablecoin payments". PhocusWire. 22 May 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Wego partners with Triple-A". Travel News. 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Wego adds stablecoin payments via Triple-A for travel bookings". The Paypers. 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Triple-A and FARFETCH Partner to Bring Digital Currency Payments to Luxury Shopping". French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore. 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "De Gaulle Fleurance accompagne l'entité française du groupe Triple-A, la société PayTop, dans l'obtention de son agrément PSCA". De Gaulle Fleurance (in French). 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Triple-A secures French CASP license for EU crypto payments". B2B Daily. 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Triple-A secures CASP licence in France". FinTech Futures. 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.