XYB

The Adaptive Financial
Infrastructure Company.

We created the AFI category and the banking orchestrator that delivers it, so financial institutions can meet the AI, real-time and decentralized era on their own terms.

XYB is the Adaptive Financial Infrastructure company. It created the AFI category and the banking orchestrator that delivers it, partnering with financial institutions to build infrastructure that adapts with them, on their terms and at their pace.

Our beliefs

What We Are Here to Do.

Mission

We partner with financial institutions to build adaptive infrastructure that empowers them to innovate, comply, and evolve. On their terms, at their pace.

Vision

Financial institutions build their future on infrastructure that adapts with them.

Values

Five Values, Held in Practice.

Not a poster in the office. These are the commitments the work is measured against.

01

Partners, not vendors

We are invested in your success and growth, not just selling you a product. We adapt to your needs, support your evolution, and share in your long-term vision.

02

Pragmatic innovation

Innovation means solving real problems, not chasing trends. We balance cutting-edge technology with proven, stable solutions that work in production.

03

Adaptive by default

Financial institutions face constant change: new regulations, market shifts, emerging threats. Our infrastructure is designed to evolve with you, not against you.

04

Control and composability

You should never be locked in. Our systems are built modular and transparent, so you choose what to adopt, how to customize, and when to evolve.

05

Transparent by design

Trust is earned through openness. We believe in clear communication, honest metrics, and visible decision-making at every level.

All five come back to the same commitment: the institution decides. On their terms, at their pace.

The team

The People Who Partner with You.

Leadership team

Portrait of Derek Joyce

Derek Joyce

Co-Founder & CEO

Derek Joyce is Co-Founder and CEO of XYB, bringing over 20 years of strategic leadership experience across fintech. Before XYB, he served as COO at Alloy, a $1.55B identity decisioning platform, and as President of Bread, where he helped drive its $450M acquisition by Alliance Data Systems. He has also held roles at Klarna and American Express. Derek played a key role in XYB's separation from Monese and its fundraising as an independent company.

Portrait of Jonas Kiiver

Jonas Kiiver

Co-Founder & CTO

Jonas Kiiver is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of XYB, where he leads the engineering vision behind the platform's composable, event-native architecture. Previously, Jonas served as CTO at Monese, where he built the technical foundation that ultimately became XYB. Based in Estonia, he studied at Tartu University and brings deep expertise in software development, Java, and agile methodologies.

Portrait of Melissa Donohue

Melissa Donohue

Chief Product and Operating Officer

Melissa Donohue is Chief Product and Operating Officer at XYB, where she oversees product strategy, operations, and go-to-market execution. Melissa brings extensive leadership experience from roles spanning product and go-to-market across Miro, Clyde, and Klarna, giving her a deep understanding of scaling platforms at the intersection of technology and financial services.

Life at XYB

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Want to Talk? We’d Like That.

Tell us what you are trying to change, and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right substrate for it.

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