About Nick Kerigan

Nick Kerigan Managing Director, Head of Innovation at Swift. Inventive innovation leader who applies strategic thinking, curiosity about customers and extensive engagement with FinTech to his deep expertise in growing payment businesses. Expertise grounded in over 20 years’ experience from developed and emerging markets. Top 100 financial sector influencer on social media (Thomson Reuters Refinitiv list). With a wealth of expertise in customer trends, growth strategies, product development and creating next-gen payments experiences, He thrives on leading, delivering, and achieving results. Nick Kerigan creates diverse and effective teams to drive business success. In that role, he is responsible for stewarding the innovation strategy, executing on the portfolio of innovation sprints and leading the response to disruptive 'new frontier' trends such as digital currencies and tokenised assets. Nick Kerigan has a wealth of experience from over 20 years working in payments and banking across developed and emerging markets. Prior to joining Swift in July 2020, he was Managing Director for Future Payments at Barclays, creating next-gen customer experiences and partnering with FinTechs. His expertise is in digital payments, growth strategies and product development, grounded in behavioural trends. Nick Kerigan is a thought leader and top-100 financial sector influencer. He is responsible for driving innovation globally across the Cards and Payments businesses, creating customer and commercial opportunities from the rapid changes in payments. His team is responsible for designing and developing exciting new innovations such as the award winning grab+go and dine & dash. Nick Kerigan has an established presence as a thought leader in payments as the author of many articles and active on social media. Nick Kerigan has been with Barclaycard since 2011 and with Barclays since 2006, in various digital, market intelligence and strategy roles including Head of Strategy for Retail and Business Banking. Prior to that, Nick was Principal Banker in private equity at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where his role included restructuring financial institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. Earlier in his career, Nick worked for the Financial Services Authority supervising banks. Nick Kerigan has a First Class Honours Degree in Philosophy, Politics, Economics from Magdalen College, Oxford University.