Maksym Paraska

Director @ Bandera Agency | Fractional CMO for Banks, Neobanks & Online Lenders | CAC Reduction & Revenue Growth

London Area, United Kingdom

About

I help banks, neobanks and online lenders turn marketing into a measurable revenue engine. Most regulated financial institutions don’t have a marketing problem. They have a revenue alignment problem. Marketing runs campaigns. Sales chase targets. Compliance slows everything down. CAC creeps up. I step in to fix the system. As a Director at Bandera Agency and acting Fractional CMO, I work with financial institutions to: - Reduce CAC without killing volume - Align sales and marketing around one revenue number - Build structured acquisition frameworks - Integrate AI into marketing operations - Turn regulatory constraints into competitive advantage My focus is simple: Marketing must drive profitable growth - not impressions. Selected experience includes: - Revenue-focused marketing leadership - Scaling online lenders - Regulated market growth - Cross-border financial expansion If you run a bank, neobank or lending business and want marketing to behave like a P&L unit - let’s talk. Open to strategic agency partnerships, fractional CMO mandates and advisory roles.

Experience

  • Chief Marketing Officer at OJSC "Bank Eskhata"​
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • Co Head of Fintech Committee / Partnerships, International Cooperation at IT Ukraine Association
    Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

  • Committee Member / BIMA Bridge at BIMA (British Interactive Media Association)
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Director at Bandera Agency
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Leading a revenue-focused marketing agency specialising in banks, neobanks and online lenders. We partner with regulated financial institutions to: - Reduce CAC without sacrificing growth - Align sales and marketing around revenue - Build scalable acquisition frameworks - Integrate AI into performance operations In selected cases, I act as embedded Fractional CMO during transformation or high-growth stages.

  • Co-Founder at Hurtom Charity
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos