About Safwan Zaheer
I believe technology’s highest role in financial services is to remove friction, unlock opportunity, and deliver impact at scale.
For 20+ years, I’ve built and scaled platforms across payments and digital finance – leading innovation with AI, emerging tech, and data-driven execution. I’ve grown FinTechs from zero to hundreds of thousands of users, driven measurable growth, and guided companies through reinvention and high-value exits. My career spans PE/VC-backed FinTechs, Fortune 500s, and global banks, always anchored in impact and scale.
Execution That Scales
Safwan Zaheer builds and scales platforms that define categories. From AI-driven lending engines to embedded finance ecosystems and full-stack neobank, he has taken products from 0→1 and scaled them to hundreds of thousands of users. His execution is rooted in deep tech discipline, operational precision, and a relentless focus on measurable impact — higher payment volumes, increased market share, higher customer satisfaction, and accelerated growth.
Strategy Into Action
Safwan bridges strategy and execution to deliver transformation at scale. At KPMG, he founded the U.S. FinTech practice, guiding Fortune 50 banks, Retailers, and Tech firms through multi-million-dollar digital reinventions. As an operator in PE-backed ventures, he has aligned boards, investors, and teams around strategies that drove rapid product launches, market expansion, and high-value exits. Trusted in the boardroom and proven in the field, he turns strategy into platforms and results.
A Global Tech Foundation
Safwan’s career began at Bell Labs and Lucent, where he helped shape global mobile standards and deliver wireless products across Europe and Asia. That rigorous engineering background laid the foundation for a career in FinTech innovation – from launching one of the first mobile wallets at Barclays to modern AI-powered lending platform for a PE backed FinTech. His global fluency, technical roots, and execution-first ethos continue to power his work scaling FinTech platforms today.
‘I bring execution energy, board-level operator expertise, and people-first leadership – helping FinTechs, banks, and investors scale platforms that shape the future of finance.’
