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§ — About Ulltimate Rewards

Building the bank
the next generation actually wants.

Ulltimate Rewards is the investment platform we wished existed when we started saving — beautiful, fast, transparent, and built on real institutional infrastructure. Today 120,000 investors across 87 countries trust us with $2.4B in crypto, stablecoin, and equity assets.

Ulltimate Rewards co-founders Elena and Daniel
Our story

A platform built by investors, for investors.

Ulltimate Rewards was founded in 2021 in London by a small team who had spent a decade building infrastructure for the biggest names in fintech and crypto. We had watched friends and family struggle with the same three problems: legacy banks paying near-zero interest, crypto exchanges with confusing UX and shaky custody, and investment apps that treated everyone like a beginner. We believed there was room for something better — an editorial-grade platform that combined the yield of crypto, the simplicity of a neobank, and the security of an institutional custodian.

The first version of Ulltimate Rewards launched in 2022 with one product: a USDC yield plan paying 10% APY, settled into your USD balance every twenty-four hours. Within six months we had ten thousand customers. By the end of 2024 we had passed half a billion in assets, opened offices in Berlin and Singapore, and earned SOC 2 Type II certification. Today we serve investors in 87 countries and manage over $2.4 billion across crypto, stablecoin, and equity products.

Our mission

Make institutional investing feel personal.

For decades, the best investment infrastructure — segregated custody, real-time settlement, daily yield, deep liquidity — was reserved for hedge funds and family offices. We are dismantling that wall. Every Ulltimate Rewards retail account uses the same custody architecture, same settlement rails, and same risk controls as our institutional desk. The difference is the experience: a beautifully designed app, twenty-four-hour human support, and zero jargon.

Leadership

The team behind the platform.

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Elena Marchetti
CEO & Co-founder

Former product lead at a top-5 European neobank. 12 years building consumer fintech for European retail investors.

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Daniel Okafor
CTO & Co-founder

Built core trading infrastructure at a major exchange. Speaks at Devcon on custody architecture and zero-trust security.

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Priya Raman
Chief Compliance Officer

Former regulator at the UK FCA. Leads our global licensing strategy and KYC/AML programme across 87 markets.

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Marcus Lindqvist
Head of Custody

Designed cold-storage systems for two top-10 institutional custodians. Holds CISSP and CCSP certifications.

Milestones

From four people to a global platform.

  1. 2021

    Founded in London by four ex-fintech engineers.

  2. 2022

    First 10,000 investors. Launched USDC yield plans.

  3. 2023

    Crossed $500M in assets under management. SOC 2 Type II certified.

  4. 2024

    Opened EU and APAC offices. Expanded to 87 countries.

  5. 2025

    Reached $2.4B AUM and 120,000+ active investors.

  6. 2026

    Launched fractional US equities and 24/7 institutional desk.

Ulltimate Rewards team in a strategy session
Working at Ulltimate Rewards

A team of 180 across London, Berlin, Singapore and New York.

We are engineers, designers, traders, compliance leads, and customer-success specialists building what we believe to be the best retail investment experience in the world. We hire for craft, ownership, and a deep care for the investor on the other end of the screen.

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Important risk disclosures
Investment risk

All investments involve risk of loss, including loss of principal. Crypto-asset prices are highly volatile and may decline rapidly. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Advertised APY figures are variable and not guaranteed.

Regulatory status

Ulltimate Rewards operates as a digital-asset platform. We are not a registered broker-dealer in the United States and not authorised as a bank. Services may be restricted, suspended, or unavailable in certain jurisdictions. Users are solely responsible for compliance with local laws and tax reporting.

No financial advice

Content on this site is for general information only and does not constitute investment, legal, accounting, or tax advice. Consult a licensed financial adviser before making any investment decision. Yield products are not bank deposits and are not protected by FDIC, SIPC, FSCS or any equivalent insurance scheme.

Ulltimate Rewards Ltd. Registered as a Money Services Business with applicable authorities where required. By using this site you acknowledge the full risk disclosure, terms of service and AML policy.