Brian Hamilton

Brian Hamilton is a seasoned fintech executive and business leader, with more than 25 years of experience in fintech, banking and payments. Brian is currently on the Board of Directors, and President of the fintech division (CCBX), at Coastal Financial Corp (CCB), one of the premier sponsor banks in the industry, enabling innovative products at companies such as Robinhood, Dave, Carta, Prosper and T-Mobile. A serial founder and entrepreneur, with deep expertise in domestic and international payment systems, he has had successful exits to, and held senior leadership roles at, Capital One, serving as President of their Merchant Services division, Wells Fargo and Verifone. Prior to Coastal, Mr. Hamilton was co-founder and CEO of One Finance (now OnePay) which was acquired by a Walmart led joint venture in 2022. Prior to co-founding One, he was also the founder of Azlo, a digital bank for freelancers and small businesses, and helped to build out the BBVA Open Platform for sponsor banking services. Earlier, Brian also founded Isomer Labs, a start-up accelerator in San Francisco, and was co-founder at PushPoint, a location based marketing platform later acquired by Capital One. He is an active angel investor and serves as a board member and advisor to multiple early stage fintechs, is an honors graduate of Oregon State University, and holds technical certifications from Wells Fargo’s commercial banking school and various industry groups.