The Jaguars didn’t come home with a win when they flew to London in October 2022, but off the field in Wembley Stadium that Sunday, a meeting between Jacksonville officials and top executives from London-based Paysafe finalized a plan for the company to open its North American headquarters in Jacksonville.
The session in the stadium came after a year of meetings between Paysafe and Jacksonville chamber leaders, both in person and on Zoom calls, setting the stage for putting the final touches on the talks while the Jaguars and Denver Broncos clashed on the field .
“We basically agreed to the entire framework between halftime and the end of the third quarter,” said Aundra Wallac e, president of JAXUSA Partnership, the economic development arm of JAX Chamber. “A lot of work had already gone into it, but we were able to finish out those parts at that point in time.”
A month later, the fintech company joined city and state leaders for an announcement in Jacksonville of a headquarters that will bring up to 600 jobs.