Eric Barbier

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.

Career In 1999, Barbier co-founded Mobile 365, a mobile messaging company. The company was acquired by Sybase in 2006. TransferTo's payments business later became Thunes.

Triple-A In 2020, Barbier founded Triple-A, a Singapore-based financial technology company focused on cryptocurrency and digital-asset payments. The company received a Digital Payment Token licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 2021.

In 2022, Triple-A raised US$4 million in seed funding led by zVentures, the corporate venture arm of Razer.

The following year, Triple-A partnered with travel platform Wego to introduce stablecoin payments for flight and hotel bookings and with FARFETCH Partner to bring digital currency payments to luxury shopping.

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.