UK payments platform Checkout.com has launched a new research and development hub in Israel as part of its international growth plans and to allow the company to tap into new technical talent pools.

Checkout.com says that the new office will serve as a hub for the development of several product lines and as such it will be hiring “in the double digits” across its product and engineering functions.

In line with this, the company’s Chief Product Officer Meron Colbeci has relocated to Tel Aviv where he joins Ido Lustig, the new Vice President of Product for Risk & Identity and General Manager of Israel.

Checkout.com has also appointed Avi Golan as Vice President of Engineering and Jonathan Junowicz as Vice President of Digital Marketing, both based in the new Midtown TLV hub office.

“The talent in the Israeli market represents some of the brightest minds in technology and will allow us at Checkout.com to continue attracting world-class developers and engineers to our business,”

said Meron Colbeci, Chief Product Officer at Checkout.com.

“Our Israeli operations will serve as a hub for the continued research and development into pioneering new applications of technology to serve our merchants with a robust toolkit to fight online fraud,”

said Ido Lustig, VP of Product and General Manager of Israel at Checkout.com.