OpenWay employees
| N° | ID | Name | Photo | URL | Role | Description |
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| 1 | 81830589634 | Anton Klimov |  |
/in/antonklimov | Pre-Sales Consultant | Anton Klimov is a Senior Consultant at OpenWay. Anton has over 11 years of experience in the payments industry. He has made his way from an implementation engineer to a senior consultant. |
| 2 | 88714781395 | Hans Van Buylaere |  |
/in/vanbuylaere/ | Managing Director (Middle East) | Hans Van Buylaere, Managing Director at OpenWay Middle East. Hans has been skillfully expanding OpenWay’s business in the Middle East for more than a decade. He has successfully onboarded new clients, established a local delivery and support team, and solidified his understanding of the local payment market since relocating to the Middle East in 2007. |
| 3 | 202888858849 | Hans Van Buylaere [Q] | |
/in/vanbuylaere/ | Managing Director (Middle East) | "Digital wallet solutions have evolved dramatically from niche payment products to globally predominant payment tools. The current market demands integrated ecosystems offering diverse services based on accounts, cards, wallets, and now also fiat and digital currencies. Through Way4, OpenWay is at the forefront of delivering such comprehensive solutions. Our legacy of leading the digital wallet wave continues, exemplified by clients like SmartPay in Asia, who have skyrocketed to 40 million customers in four years using Way4 Digital Wallet." |
| 4 | 81830589636 | Jean-Philippe Wolyniec |  |
/in/jpwolyniec | Jean-Philippe Wolyniec Regional Director of Business Development (France & Europe) | Jean-Philippe Wolyniec is the Regional Director of Business Development France and Europe at OpenWay, the top-rated vendor of the Way4 digital payment software platform. He has extensive experience in international projects and issues in payment services, as well as business development with leading institutions in their market, focused on payment, banking, merchant services and mobility solutions. |
| 5 | 115261075656 | Jean-Philippe Wolyniec [2] | |
/in/jpwolyniec | Jean-Philippe Wolyniec Regional Director of Business Development (France & Europe) | Jean-Philippe Wolyniec is the Regional Director of Business Development in French-speaking countries and Europe at OpenWay. With over 17 years of experience in payments and smart cards, he has actively collaborated with major banks, MNOs and retailers, also payment and public transport industry stakeholders, to launch innovative services and engineer sales strategies. Prior to his current role, Jean-Philippe served as Sales Director at FIME and held various senior positions in sales and business development, product marketing and project management at Gemalto. |
| 6 | 116402107332 | Hatim Frederic Richel |  |
/in/richel | Pre-Sales Consultant | Hatim Frederic Richel is a payment technology expert with 15 years of experience in the field. He has contributed into projects in the Netherlands, Bahrain, Nigeria, Taiwan, and other countries around the world. At OpenWay, Hatim consults financial institutions on the best strategies to migrate from legacy systems to in-house modern processing solutions and profit from digital innovations. He has also designed several training courses and authored case studies that help people test their knowledge of the payment industry. |
| 7 | 85729600965 | Alex Sanchez | Regional Director (Latin America) | |||
| 8 | 85732558312 | Hermann Mike |  |
Regional Director (Sub-Saharan Africa) | ||
| 9 | 85730777847 | Leidi Turatti |  |
Digital Marketing Manager | ||
| 10 | 85732561886 | Valentin Alexeev |  |
/in/valentinalexeev/ | Business Relationship Manager | Valentin has been working at OpenWay since 2013, transforming new technology ideas into everyday use cases. He co-designed a payment wallet for insurance companies. Valentin is a primary contact person for OpenWay’s clients in Africa. He serves as a consultant to banks on the efficient implementation of payment processing and self-service channel solutions. His background includes R&D, business development and sales projects in telecom and media industries. |
| 11 | 88714781392 | Rudy Gunawan |  |
Managing Director (Asia) | Rudy Gunawan is the Managing Director of OpenWay Asia, the top-rated vendor of the Way4 digital payment software platform. He has been active in the payment industry for 20 years, serving as a consultant to businesses in the Middle East and Asia Pacific. In his current leadership role at OpenWay, he oversees the company's operations in Asia while promoting the board's strategic initiatives. Rudy, who started his career as a process and technology consultant, is focused on people, innovation and corporate strategy. His passion is converting technology and ideas into better, everyday use. |
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| 12 | 232069341391 | Rudy Gunawan [2] | |
Managing Director (Asia) | Rudy Gunawan is the Managing Director of OpenWay Asia, the top-rated vendor of the Way4 digital payment software platform. He has been active in the payment industry for 20 years, serving as a consultant to businesses in the Middle East and Asia Pacific. In his current leadership role at OpenWay, he oversees the company's operations in Asia while promoting the board's strategic initiatives. Rudy, who started his career as a process and technology consultant, is focused on people, innovation and corporate strategy. His passion is converting technology and ideas into better, everyday use. |
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| 13 | 116926541780 | Rudy Gunawan [Q] | |
Managing Director (Asia) | “The world is increasingly adopting distributed systems, necessitating organizations to have a distributed architecture. OpenWay, employing representatives from over 30 nationalities, operates over 25 R&D, customer support and business development centers worldwide, including seven in Asia. These centers collaborate closely on joint projects, enhancing our global knowledge base. At OpenWay Asia, our highly skilled and diverse team is committed to delivering exceptional value and empowering our clients. With more than two decades of success and a strategic presence in vital Asian markets, we are focused on boosting operational capabilities and providing rapid, customized payment solutions that cater to the evolving needs of our clients. Our robust infrastructure, including an R&D center in Indonesia, ensures we effectively meet the dynamic demands of the APAC region, continually advancing the frontier of payment solutions.” | |
| 14 | 88714781393 | Lana Konakova |  |
Global Product Marketing Manager | Lana Konakova is OpenWay’s Global Product Marketing Manager who oversees go-to-market strategies to launch new digital payments solutions and projects in global markets. Based in Canada, she also manages OpenWay’s marketing activities in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Lana has 20 years of B2B marketing and communications experience, specializing in the payment processing and e-commerce domains. Earlier in her career, she worked on a team that developed one of the first global e-commerce software platforms. | |
| 15 | 88716333795 | Alexander Tikhomirov |  |
/in/alexandertikhomirov | Solution Lead | Alexander Tikhomirov, Business Development Manager at OpenWay Middle East. Alexander brings to his expertise in digital payments over 20 years of experience in the software industry. He has overseen the launching of numerous payment projects, including a payment ecosystem for 40 million customers. |
| 16 | 88791130309 | Dmitry Yatskaer |  |
fintechnews.ph/author/dmitry-yatskaer/ | CTO | Dmitry Yatskaer is the Chief Technology Officer of OpenWay, the top-rated vendor of the Way4 digital payment software platform. He oversees Way4 product development strategy and has over 25 years of experience advising banks, processors, fintechs, and other payment players in Europe, MENA, the Americas, and Australia on optimal payment system architecture, new business development, large-scale card and merchant portfolio migrations, and more. |
| 17 | 88791130310 | Maria Vinogradova |  |
/in/mvinogradova/ | Head of Strategy and Market Intelligence | Maria was among the first creators and ambassadors of white-label digital wallets. Coming from the product management and business analytics domains, Maria joined OpenWay in 2003 to head the marketing department. In her current role as Director of Strategy and Market Intelligence, she contributed to securing OpenWay’s top industry ranking for its card issuing, merchant management, and digital wallet solutions. Most recently, OpenWay was also awarded by Paytech as the best vendor of digital payments solutions in the cloud. |
| 18 | 88804101356 | Serge Robyns |  |
/in/serge-robyns-068459/ | Head of Pre-Sales | Serge Robyns is the Senior Consultant at OpenWay. He is a seasoned C-level payment technology expert with a truly international portfolio. He has led diverse projects across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, driving digital transformation for large processors and building infrastructure from scratch for startup PSPs. Before joining OpenWay, Serge worked at Mastercard Europe, Belgian Post Group, Kredietbank (now KBC), and other key players in the payment industry. As a consultant, he collaborated with Nokia in Finland and FöreningsSparbanken in Sweden. Starting his career as a system programmer, Serge also worked for a top Silicon Valley company. He is deeply passionate about the quality, reliability, and efficiency of payment solutions. |
| 19 | 88900442567 | Pavel Gubin |  |
/in/paul-gubin-a9071135/ | CEO | Pavel Gubin, CEO of OpenWay, the developer of a top-rated digital payments platform and a strategic partner of leading payment players in Europe, the Americas, MENA, and Asia-Pacific. Born and raised in Ukraine, Pavel now lives in Belgium and travels frequently to meet with OpenWay clients in the US, Italy, Australia, Kenya, UAE, and many other countries where they launch payment projects. |
| 20 | 260912544962 | Paul Gubin | |
/in/paul-gubin-a9071135/ | CEO | Paul Gubin, CEO of OpenWay, the developer of a top-rated digital payments platform and a strategic partner of leading payment players in Europe, the Americas, MENA, and Asia-Pacific. Born and raised in Ukraine, Paul now lives in Belgium and travels frequently to meet with OpenWay clients in the US, Italy, Australia, Kenya, UAE, and many other countries where they launch payment projects. |
| 21 | 88845030626 | Mr. Nguyen Manh Ha [Q] |  |
General Director (Vietnam) | "Consumer credit has shown strong growth in the Asian region, and OpenWay's role is to help financial institutions and fintechs with the best payment solutions to create differentiated competitive products. We are excited to partner with JIVF and fully committed to delivering best-in-class payment technologies and contributing to the company's strategic goals. OpenWay's leadership globally and in Vietnam of over 15 years with help us to meet the high standards of JIVF and ensure that JIVF will receive the best support in achieving its aims." | |
| 22 | 208434055383 | Mr. Nguyen Manh Ha [Q2] | |
General Director (Vietnam) | “BNPL projects have skyrocketed recently due to the pandemic and the global growth in digital payments adoption. OpenWay has implemented such projects in Asia, Europe and other regions. This geographical diversity, as well as the in-built flexibility of the Way4 platform, helped us realize different visions of BNPL for our clients.” | |
| 23 | 88900442569 | Nguyen Ba Tu | Emerging Solution Director | |||
| 24 | 88905372634 | Walter Van Huyck |  |
/in/walter-van-huyck-a587632/ | Fleet Solution Consultant | Walter Van Huyck is a unique fleet card industry expert. He started his career in a fleet card processing company and has since then worked with technology vendors in the payments industry. He joined OpenWay, the top-ranked digital banking and payments software provider, in 2018. His role in the company as an industry expert has given him deep insight into what fleet clients need and how OpenWay technology can help them achieve it. |
| 25 | 105209795046 | Ricardo Contreras Arcos |  |
Regional Sales Manager (LAC) | Ricardo Contreras Arcos is the Regional Sales Manager for LAC at OpenWay. With 14+ years of diverse experience in business and technology, Ricardo excels in project management, sales, and strong client relations across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Over the past 9 years, his focus has been on banking, mastering diverse challenges in issuing, acquiring, process optimization, data and treasury management. Drawing from his tenure at the Central Bank of Chile and BancoEstado, Ricardo possesses keen insight into the needs of financial institutions. This enables him to deliver innovative customized solutions that fuse business acumen with technological expertise. | |
| 26 | 88905372633 | Sophocles Ioannou |  |
/in/sophocles-ioannou-20256a1 | Regional Director, Business Development (the Americas) | Sophocles Ioannou is Regional Director, New Business Development at OpenWay. Sophocles manages a full portfolio overseeing business management in Europe and Latin America. He has over 25 years of experience in managing some of the most complex customer solutions for card issuing, merchant acquiring, payment switching and digital wallets. This involves managing various lines of interest, multiple decision layers and complex commercial models, and making sound decisions in a fast-paced and complex environment. He is instrumental in OpenWay Group's activities around the globe and a key contributor to OpenWay’s impeccable reputation in the payment industry. |
| 27 | 89477437661 | Robert Manderson |  |
Director of Partnerships | ||
| 28 | 104093821398 | Laura Peltokangas |  |
Editor | Laura Peltokangas is a multilingual professional with 20+ years of experience in researching, creating and editing content for fintech, banking, and other industries. She has been writing for OpenWay for over a decade, reporting on emerging trends in the payments industry and collaborating on relevant, insightful analyses with the Marketing team. She is committed to contributing valuable perspectives that shape conversations and inform decision-makers within the rapidly evolving world of financial technology. | |
| 29 | 116926541781 | Denis Kvitka [Q] |  |
Head of Delivery | "We adopt a phased implementation approach customized to each client's priorities when required. This strategy enables the swift delivery of a minimum viable product, applying an off-the-shelf solution swiftly to address the most critical functional requirements. The journey doesn’t stop there; additional functionalities are methodically introduced in dedicated phases. Each phase is carefully planned to sync with the client's unique needs and is adapted to ongoing feedback, market reactions, and evolving business conditions.” | |
| 30 | 231415559412 | Olena Bilenka |  |
/in/belenkaya | Product Marketing Consultant | |
| 31 | 236136290528 | Irina Kamkhadze |  |
Business Development Consultant | ||
| 32 | 246333752532 | Romana Rajput |  |
Business Development Director (Sub-Saharan Africa) |
Partners
| N° | ID | Name | Photo | URL | Company | Role | Description |
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| 1 | 88844964807 | Mr. Taniguchi Noboru [Q] |  |
JIVF | General Director | "Our partnership with OpenWay has transformed our business. The new JIVF payment system, built on the highly configurable Way4 platform with its integrated online back- and front-office operations, ensures a digital-first customer experience. We're now equipped to offer more options faster to our customers." | |
| 2 | 116926541782 | Mr. Taniguchi Noboru [Q2] | |
JIVF | General Director | “The new JIVF payment system, built on the highly configurable Way4 platform with its integrated online back- and front-office operations, ensures a digital-first customer experience.” | |
| 3 | 195935022311 | Mr. Taniguchi Noboru [Q3] | |
JIVF | General Director | “We believe that to become a leader on a new market and keep your leadership, we need to work with trusted leaders. We have chosen OpenWay because it was critical for us the high quality of the Way4 platform, fast time to market, successful experience of OpenWay globally and locally, excellent client service, and high operational efficiency. Moreover, the OpenWay team has demonstrated deep technological knowledge and advanced expertise that will help us to grow our credit finance business and respond to the high demand for credit products from our customers in Vietnam.” | |
| 4 | 85728547830 | Edgardo Gutierrez | Clip Holding | President | |||
| 5 | 88810570226 | Daniel Baeriswyl |  |
Science Card | Founder and CEO | ||
| 6 | 88806085321 | Monika Liikamaa [Q] |  |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monikaliikamaa/ | Enfuce | Co-Founder and Co-CEO | “Collaboration is a core value of Enfuce. We believe that positive change within the payment industry can only be achieved through teamwork. We are happy about the recognition of our successful project with OpenWay and are looking forward to the many future projects that lie ahead of us.” |
| 7 | 88806085322 | Denise Johansson [Q] |  |
Enfuce | Co-Founder and Co-CEO | “Enabling card issuing for non-licensed fintechs in only 8 weeks is groundbreaking. This opens new opportunities for them to offer a more seamless, fun, effortless and most of all secure customer experience in a scalable way.” | |
| 8 | 88993730538 | Henry Nguyen [Q] |  |
Timo Digital Bank | CEO | ||
| 9 | 89477455047 | Zablon Ochomo |  |
iCon Transactions and Tracing Technologies Limited | CTO | ||
| 10 | 89477437662 | Edwin Gathuru |  |
Technote Limited | M.D. and Co-Founder | ||
| 11 | 89550450381 | Ilya Dubinsky [Q] |  |
Finaro | VP CTO Office | “We have a distributed infrastructure, with active-active data centers that provide services from two different points globally. It contributes to the payment speed, because wherever the merchant is located, they get the local connection. One of the things that powers it is the high availability framework that we have on the Way4 platform.” | |
| 12 | 204512429304 | Ilya Dubinsky [Q2] | |
Finaro | VP CTO Office | “For people to like payments, payments should become invisible. They should be very fast, reliable and secure. And I think that’s what we are doing. Some of these goals are achieved because of our superior infrastructure, others because of different value-added services that we provide to the merchant to help them achieve that convenience and security.” | |
| 13 | 190779702503 | Ilya Dubinsky [Credorax] | |
Credorax | VP CTO Office | ||
| 14 | 89611663548 | Wim Pardon [Q] |  |
Truevo | Chief Product Officer | "It is flexible enough to work with people on our site, and come to a result. In the end we have a few deadlines, and you need to follow those deadlines. You need to make sure that everything is up and running. And that’s for me is one of the key factors why we took the decision to go with OpenWay." | |
| 15 | 90439228145 | Jean-Daniel Guyot |  |
Memo Bank | Co-founder and President of the Management Board | ||
| 16 | 90446419927 | Markus Melin [Q] |  |
Enfuce | COO | “What we value from Way4 and OpenWay is the expertise in managing ledgers in different countries, the payment conditions, and the connectivity to schemas. And I think it’s said so often that one should always focus on one’s own strength and try to find partners that can sort of add to their strength, and together, make it more.” | |
| 17 | 260467688685 | Ron van Wezel [Q/Datos Insights] |  |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-van-wezel-19550b2/ | Datos Insights | Strategic Advisor | “The Datos Matrix helps acquirers identify the vendors best positioned to support their growth and innovation. OpenWay’s strong position in the 2025 Matrix reflects its clear product strategy, robust platform capabilities, and alignment with the needs of modern acquirers. Way4 stands out for its flexibility, breadth, and innovation — all critical for supporting the future of merchant services.” |
| 18 | 90468692468 | Ron van Wezel [Q/Aite-Novarica] | |
https://aite-novarica.com/users/ron-van-wezel | Aite-Novarica | Strategic Advisor | “Banks need to invest in payments modernization to stay competitive and generate new revenue. Selecting the right payments software platform is essential to achieve that goal. To inform the market, Aite Group assessed the competitive position of seven global technology vendors that provide card issuing and merchant acquiring platforms. The research showed that the payments software platform market is robust and very competitive, and most vendors were close contenders. Overall, OpenWay obtained the highest score based on the evaluation criteria as well as client feedback, positioning the firm as strong candidate for banks and FIs looking to replace their payments software platform.” |
| 19 | 209600291007 | Ron van Wezel [Q] | |
https://aite-novarica.com/users/ron-van-wezel | Aite Group | Senior Analyst | “Banks need to invest in payments modernization to stay competitive and generate new revenue. Selecting the right payments software platform is essential to achieve that goal. To inform the market, Aite Group assessed the competitive position of seven global technology vendors that provide card issuing and merchant acquiring platforms. The research showed that the payments software platform market is robust and very competitive, and most vendors were close contenders. Overall, OpenWay obtained the highest score based on the evaluation criteria as well as client feedback, positioning the firm as strong candidate for banks and FIs looking to replace their payments software platform.” |
| 20 | 90482214896 | Jan Suchocki [Q] |  |
Benzina ORLEN | Director of Sales Support & R.D. Section | “At Benzina ORLEN, we strive to offer the best payment services to our B2C and B2B customers at our filling stations. That’s why it is important for us to partner with the leading experts in the payment field. OpenWay provides one of the best payment solutions in the world, and has experience in large digital transformation projects in Europe.” | |
| 21 | 90494750707 | Zil Bareisis |  |
https://www.celent.com/our-people/zilvinas-bareisis | Celent | Head of Retail Banking | Zilvinas heads Celent’s Retail Banking practice and is based in London, UK. His research is focused on retail banking technologies with a particular emphasis on consumer and card-based payments, and identity and authentication. Zil has a keen interest in payments innovation, and how the “perfect storm” of competitive (e.g. Fintech), regulatory (e.g. PSD2), and technology (e.g. digital, cloud, Internet of Things) developments shapes consumer payments today and tomorrow. Zil has a global perspective with a particular emphasis on market developments in North America and Europe. Zilvinas is a regular speaker, chairman, and panel moderator at the leading payments industry events, such as Finovate, Money 2020, PayThink, Cards & Payments Innovation Summit, Mobey Day and many others. He has also been widely quoted in the press, such as The Economist, The Financial Times, The Banker, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, American Banker, PaymentSource, and other publications. Zilvinas has over 20 years of experience advising senior executives at the leading financial institutions and their technology and service providers. |
| 22 | 90558696416 | Mr. Kim Jong Geuk [Q] |  |
LOTTE Finance | CEO | "Way4 allows us to implement our best practices in lifestyle financial services and to meet requirements of large online retailers for a seamless checkout experience." | |
| 23 | 204458634474 | Mr. Kim Jong Geuk [Q2] | |
LOTTE Finance | CEO | “It was important for us to find a technological solution that would allow us to implement LOTTE Finance’s best practices in developing lifestyle financial services while taking into account the requirements of large online retailers in Vietnam for a seamless checkout experience. The Way4 platform satisfied all our requirements for solution design and our available use cases.” | |
| 24 | 90566567879 | Thomas Jansson |  |
Qred | Chief Growth Officer & Co-founder | ||
| 25 | 90601898736 | Daniyar Uspanov [Q] |  |
Tayyab | CEO | “We offer not only easy-to-use financial tools that reflect the latest global trends, we provide convenient services for the Islamic lifestyle. Tayyab is the only app that lets you find the nearest mosque, prayer room and halal cafe. It also pulls up prayer times for Namaz and Azan, and includes a Qhibla compass, Dhikr counter, Zakat calculator and much more.” | |
| 26 | 90601898739 | Dr. James Mwangi |  |
Equity Group | Managing Director and CEO | ||
| 27 | 90610142666 | Omar Ben Yedder |  |
African Banker | Group Publisher | ||
| 28 | 92907788237 | Helene Podsadni Nilsson [Q] |  |
Visa | Head of Fintechs Nordics & Baltics | “We are thrilled to provide increased support and speed to market for the Fintech ecosystem. Collaborating with an enablement partner like Enfuce makes it possible for the Fintechs to build and launch their products effectively on Visa network, and help them grow and scale their business in record time.” | |
| 29 | 92914264263 | Binh Tran Thanh |  |
Military Bank | Head of IT Quality Assurance | ||
| 30 | 92961091308 | Rik De Deyn |  |
Oracle | Senior Director of Financial Services Industry | Rik has collaborated with global financial institutions for over 20 years in the areas of payments, fintech, and partnership and compliance strategies. This gives him an interesting perspective on financial services trends and solutions. Prior to his current role, Rik De Deyn held financial services solution positions at Oracle and Sun Microsystems. Rik holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science. |
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| 31 | 93051157719 | Daniel Mayo [Q] |  |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-mayo-468530/ | Omdia | Chief Analyst, Financial Services Technology | “The retail payments market in Latin America is unique and very diverse. There are payment services like Boleto in Brazil that exist only there in the world. But still, a big share of payments is still carried out in cash. It is heartening to observe how the regional regulators have been taking active actions to address the needs of the unbanked and underbanked, and have given greater attention to security issues. The pandemic has seen a push towards electronic payments in general, as merchants and consumers seek to handle cash less. Digital wallets are also proving to be a useful tool for governments to dispense COVID-19 welfare payments.” |
| 32 | 93077633218 | Giuseppe Dallona [Q] |  |
Nexi | CIO | “Way4’s system architecture allows us to centrally manage all our operations, launch innovations and sustain transaction volume growth”. | |
| 33 | 204482366706 | Giuseppe Dallona [Q2] | |
Nexi | CIO | “Way4 addresses our need for fast time-to-market and large target volumes. The system architecture allows us to centrally manage all our operations, launch innovations and sustain transaction volume growth. We enjoyed a wonderful collaboration and built friendships with OpenWay's incredible engineers.” | |
| 34 | 207619141877 | Giuseppe Dallona [Q3] | |
Nexi | CIO | “We enjoyed a wonderful collaboration and built friendships with OpenWay's incredible engineers. No virus can beat great teamwork!” | |
| 35 | 93077804514 | Niccolo Perra [Q] |  |
Pleo | CTO & Co-Founder | “We were looking for a payment processing partner that would not just provide a quality service with a strong technological foundation, but also understand our growth vision and help us get there. With Enfuce, we found a trusted, competent partner that goes the extra mile to implement card solutions enabling the smoothest possible experience for our customers in six markets.” | |
| 36 | 93127076834 | Marek Forysiak |  |
SmartPay | CEO | Marek E. Forysiak is the Chairman of the Board at SmartNet Trading D/B/A SmartPay, one of the leading eWallet companies in Vietnam. At SmartPay, Marek has been responsible for building a nationwide network of over 400,000 merchant acceptance points comprised mostly of micro to small merchants and acquiring a user base exceeding 1 million Smart Customers initiating over 2 million monthly transactions. In addition to his role at SmartPay, Marek is also a member of the Board of Directors at FE Credit, Vietnam’s largest consumer finance company as well as several other globally recognized financial technology leaders, such as Movencorp, Inc. Marek has spent over 2 decades working in high growth emerging and transitioning markets, to include Central and Eastern Europe and South East Asia. His impact has helped in establishment of model financial organizations that promote financial mobility and helping others in accessing financial services for the first time. |
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| 37 | 93127076835 | Kieran Hines |  |
Celent | Senior Analyst | Kieran Hines is a Senior Analyst at Celent with almost 20 years of experience in the banking consultancy industry. During his time at Ovum, he co-authored the 2020 report Digital Payments in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges. Kieran works closely with banks, vendors and payment processors on their technology and business strategies. His client engagements have covered a range of topics, including real-time payments, open banking, corporate treasury, payment cards, and digital commerce. Prior to joining Celent, Kieran was Research Director for the Financial Services Technology and Industries teams at Ovum (now Omdia). |
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| 38 | 93132003273 | Tuomas Nenonen [Q] |  |
Nets | Head of Consumer Management Services | “Our main goal is to make financing as easy and intuitive as possible for consumers. We’ve designed the solution for financial institutions with this in mind, focusing on easy availability of products. Financial institutions can connect to UDLP easily and start offering lending products within 2-3 months. They can easily onboard both brick-and-mortar and e-commerce partner merchants to the solution, as well as offer direct lending products to consumers, like the possibility of retrospectively converting a transaction as an instalment.” | |
| 39 | 111045662684 | Balzhan Baisheva [Q] |  |
Tsesnabank | Managing Director | “Thanks to Way4, we got rid of a lot of unnecessary duplication, checks and business processes. Now we have more time and capacity to develop the payment business”. | |
| 40 | 204458634473 | Balzhan Baisheva [Q2] | |
Tsesnabank | Managing Director | “Thanks to Way4, we got rid of a lot of unnecessary duplication, checks and business processes, and freed staff up from routine procedures. Now we have more time and capacity to develop the payment business. Regarding data analytics and business information (BI), the new platform allows us to store, systematize and retrieve customer and transaction data more easily. We can analyze historic patterns and forecast trends in a way that is critical for day-to-day product management, new product development and innovation.” | |
| 41 | 231527767260 | Balzhan Baisheva [Q3] | |
Tsesnabank | Managing Director | “When selecting the new system, we were particularly attracted by the fact that the Way4 architecture unifies the front- and back-office. Thanks to Way4, we got rid of a lot of unnecessary duplication, checks and business processes, and freed staff up from routine procedures. Now we have more time and capacity to develop the payment business. Regarding data analytics and business information (BI), the new platform allows us to store, systematize and retrieve customer and transaction data more easily. We can analyze historic patterns and forecast trends in a way that is critical for day-to-day product management, new product development and innovation.” | |
| 42 | 111045662694 | Pericles Papaspyropoulos [Q] |  |
National Bank of Greece | Head of Cards Division | “The centralization of our card business on Way4 enables us to operate more efficiently, react to new market trends quickly, and be more competitive in the open banking environment.” | |
| 43 | 112166199764 | Mr. Fung Kai Jin [Q] |  |
Sathapana Bank | CEO | “We selected OpenWay because we need a reliable and secure payment technology partner with strong experience and customer support. This is essential to pursue our digital payment ambitions and fulfill our promise to deliver everyday banking convenience to our customers.” | |
| 44 | 113620608484 | Erman Suherman [Q] |  |
Finnet | Operation, IT & Innovation Director | "We chose Way4 for its flexibility, modularity, and cost-efficiency. During these years OpenWay has proved to be a reliable and supportive partner." | |
| 45 | 190779702506 | Darren Busby |  |
MYHSM | Global Head of Sales | ||
| 46 | 203909941490 | Maher Mikati [Q] |  |
Areeba | CEO | “The Way4 system is the core enabler of everything we do today. We rely on Way4 to support us in new initiatives. It’s a true partnership that we appreciate and cherish, and we are looking forward to many more amazing initiatives in the years to come.” | |
| 47 | 203909941491 | Maha Al Raisi [Q] |  |
NBO | Head of Card Business | “As we transition towards cashless societies, we are proud to provide products and services that are faster, safer, and easier to manage.” | |
| 48 | 260467688687 | Thad Peterson [Q] |  |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersonthad/ | Datos Insights | Strategic Advisor | “The merchant acquiring market is undergoing a rapid transformation. New payment methods, embedded finance, and demand for real-time services are reshaping what acquirers need from their platforms. Solutions like Way4 that combine flexibility, scalability, and global-local adaptability are exactly what leading institutions are looking for today.” |