Kani Payments Appoints New CTO to Lead Next Phase of Platform Innovation

Kani Payments appoints CTO Panos Savvas to be in charge of the next stage of its platform innovation. This strategic hire shows how ambitious and visionary Kani is as the payments fintech grows and improves its digital capabilities.

The appointment follows Kani’s Series A investment in February and comes at a pivotal moment as the company expands its global client base and deepens its role in powering scalable, compliant payment operations.

Savvas brings over 20 years’ experience leading product and engineering teams in fintech and banking across the UK, US, Europe and Latin America. He has held senior roles at both high-growth startups and global institutions, leading platform overhauls and scaling cloud-first infrastructure. Most recently, he founded and successfully exited a fintech venture focused on real-time financial data solutions.

“There’s a clear opportunity here to build the most trusted source of truth for payments data,” said Panos Savvas, CTO at Kani. “Kani already has a strong foundation, trusted partnerships and serious momentum. My focus is on scaling what already works, embedding more deeply into client workflows and setting new standards for what intelligent payments infrastructure should deliver.”

In his new role, Savvas will lead Kani’s technology strategy, focusing on platform scalability, real-time analytics and data quality. He will work to deepen Kani’s role within client ecosystems, establishing the platform as the go-to source for payments data in a fragmented and increasingly regulated global market.

“Panos brings the right mix of deep technical leadership, product vision and international experience,” said Aaron Holmes, CEO of Kani Payments. “He understands the complexity of financial infrastructure and how to make it scalable and resilient. His appointment is a huge moment for Kani as we continue to grow.”

With clients across Europe, the Middle East and APAC, and expanding demand for intelligent, audit-ready payments infrastructure, Kani is building the tools modern financial institutions need to reconcile, report and act on their data in real time.

As Kani CTO, Panos Savvas will be very important in shaping the company’s future by leading innovation and growth on its fintech platform.