About Biren Zandani

Payment specialist with over 20 years of experience in Financial services dealing with Financial Institutions, Fintech, Digital cos and Payment Service Providers. Have in-depth knowledge and expertise in cross-border payments across business and consumer flows (B2B/ B2P/ P2P) with a strong track record of growing and building sustainable business across Asia-Pacific. Have a strong understanding of cross border payments and passion for payment innovation and development. I am SVP and Head of Business Development at Thunes for Asia Pacific, responsible for strategy and growth in the region. Prior to Thunes, I was head of Asia-Pacific for Transfast (a Mastercard Company), responsible for building and delivering revenue and also for establishing strong and resilient network partnerships. I was responsible for commercialization of a suite of consumer and business payment solutions across a wide category of clients including Financial Institutions, Fintechs, Digital companies and Payment Service Providers. Before I joined Transfast, I was Head of Business Development & Network Management at Earthport (now Visa Direct), for South East Asia, Australia & New Zealand. Prior to Earthport, I was Senior Vice President and Head of Public Sector for Asia Pacific at Bank of America Merrill Lynch a role I held since 2010. My role as Public Sector Head required me to work closely with regional teams and country sales teams to originate and drive new business across a wide spectrum of Govt clients. I was also with JPMorgan for 9 years and managed Senior lead roles in Sales functions covering Thailand, Vietnam and India markets where I was responsible for providing Financial Institutions with market leading and innovative solutions in areas of cross border payments and liquidity solutions. I was instrumental in aggressively growing JPMorgan's sales revenue and market share in these markets and for hiring and building sales teams.