A technologist at heart, Deep has passionately driven the adoption of digital platforms and products at population scale over the course of his 15 years’ experience across consumer technology, banking and payments.

At PhonePe, he oversees the entire payments suite of offerings and has been instrumental in driving PhonePe’s foray into multiple business lines and products which are first of their kind. An early proponent of UPI, his expertise lies in identifying white space opportunities and creating innovative offerings utilising open platforms and by forging strategic partnerships.

Prior to this, Deep was Executive Vice President, Digital Banking at YES Bank where he was responsible for setting up the emerging digital payments vertical. At YES Bank, he was also responsible for incubating and launching products such as YES Bank’s UPI and Aadhaar based payment solutions along with YES SIMsePAY with industry first solutions and partnerships resulting in market leadership for YES Bank in digital payments.

Samarth Bansal is the General Manager, Asia Pacific at Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks, financial institutions and enterprises around the world. He leads the Wise Platform team in APAC, and is responsible for driving the growth of Wise’s infrastructure offering to banks and enterprises in the region, including the partnerships with Mox Bank, Bank Mandiri and ZA Bank. Prior to joining Wise, Samarth has held leadership positions at other fintechs in the B2B cross-border payments space across product, expansion and business development.

Sam brings over 20 years of unique vantage point and global experience in Technology and Finance. Her track record spans across banking, investment and insurance in 4 continents, as an investor, entrepreneur and executive.  

She’s the co-founder and CEO of Habitto, Japan’s leading platform helping savers grow and protect their savings. She previously led the Singlife, Singapore’s homegrown life insurance, through its meteoric growth and exit in 2021. She previously spent a decade as an investor in Venture and Private Equity backing exceptional fintech entrepreneurs and businesses. She started her professional life in payments (Amex, First Data) and Banking (RBS). 

Consistently recognised as top cohort of women in fintech, Sam is a passionate steward of diversity and inclusion. Mother of two, she’s an intrepid traveller with her family. 

Natalia is the Group Chief Executive Officer of MariBank Group, which comprises MariBank Singapore and MariBank Philippines. She joined the group in July 2024 as Chief Executive Officer of MariBank Singapore. Prior to MariBank, she served as Chief Operating Officer of Trust Bank Singapore and held several key leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank Singapore, including Managing Director of Cards and Loans. She brings over 20 years of financial services experience across retail banking, customer segment management, banking operations, and regional strategy. Natalia holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Northwestern University.

Brad Jones is the Managing Director of Blue Lotus Partners, an advisory firm working with banks and fintechs across Asia and Africa, and a Non-Executive Director of Mixx by Yas in Tanzania. He was the founding Managing Director of Wing in Cambodia, co-founder and CEO of Wave Money in Myanmar, and CEO of PayMe at HSBC in Hong Kong. Before that he led mobile money and innovation for Visa across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, and consulted to the World Bank Group on digital financial services.

Brad is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and holds a Master of Financial Technology (with Excellence) from the University of New South Wales, a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Queensland and a Bachelor of Commerce from Griffith University.

Andrew McCormack is the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Nexus Global Payments. Andrew brings more than two decades of senior leadership experience across global payments, digital infrastructure, and financial innovation. He most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Etihad Payments, the national payments entity of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he played a key role in modernising the UAE’s domestic payment infrastructure. Prior to that, he was the founding Centre Head of the BIS Innovation Hub in Singapore and Chief Information Officer at Payments Canada, where he led the delivery of the country’s real-time payments platform. 

Steve Naudé is the CEO of Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks, financial institutions and enterprises around the world. Wise Platform provides these organisations with the capabilities, technology and network to enable fast, secure and cost-effective international payments for their customers. Previously, Steve has worked on payments international expansion, as well as direct connections to payment schemes such as UK Faster Payments and Swift.

Matt Parish is currently the Product Director for Banks at Wise Platform, responsible for leading the teams that build products for banks and financial institutions across Wise Platform’s API and Swift rails. Previously, he was a Group Product Manager at TrueLayer, focusing on eCommerce around the world. Over his tenure at TrueLayer, Matt Parish launched Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) in the UK, and managed the UK&I product, where he scaled Data usage by 10x and Payments volumes by over 100x. He also led the launch of TrueLayer’s first European market in Ireland, growing it to serve multiple clients and thousands of end-users. Before joining TrueLayer, he worked at Capco, specializing in architecture and open banking, and was part of the Capco team that helped launch Mettle, a new challenger bank funded by NatWest.

Ren-ren Reyes is the President and CEO of G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI), the company behind the GCash wallet. He leads the continued growth of GCash’s digital financial ecosystem, advancing the vision of Finance for All and expanding access to payments and financial services for Filipinos across both formal and informal sectors.

Under his leadership, GCash has deepened its presence across merchants, local government units, transport providers, public market vendors, and sari-sari stores, while extending its reach overseas through partnerships with government agencies and international financial institutions.

He has also helped strengthen the platform’s foundations of trust, security, and governance, reinforcing GCash’s role as a trusted digital financial service used by millions of Filipinos in their everyday lives.

Prior to joining GCash, Renren served as Chief Marketing and Sales Officer of Philippine Airlines and held senior leadership roles at PLDT and SMART as SVP and Head of Consumer Business and He has served as a Director for SMART and various PLDT subsidiaries. He also held leadership positions at L’Oréal, NutriAsia and Unilever across the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Renren holds a degree in Management Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University and completed executive programs at CEDEP-INSEAD in France.

SK Saraogi is the Head of Banking and Expansion, APAC, at Wise, leading a team spread across 10 countries. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for expanding and improving Wise’s regional product offerings and managing Wise’s relationships with regulators, governments, payment systems, and banking partners across the region. SK is also the Singapore Country Manager, providing leadership to local teams and functional leads to ensure smooth operations in Wise’s APAC Hub.

Prior to Wise, SK was the Head of Strategy at Funding Societies, a Singapore-based fintech which provides financial services to SMEs across SEA. SK started his career at DBS Bank, where he gained extensive experience in Corporate and Investment Banking. SK has an MBA from Duke University in the USA and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance from Singapore Management University in Singapore. He has also completed all levels of the CFA Program.