Lauren Nichols

A sales leader with 16+ years of experience in FinTech, her career has focused entirely on payment schemes. Lauren began her career at Mercury Payment Systems which was eventually purchased by FIS, a fortune 500 financial services company, for $35b. While at FIS, Lauren was Senior Director, US Sales for Retail Payments. Her teams helped SMBs and large enterprise companies streamline payments through SaaS technology. Most recently, she was with Finastra, where her team sold industry-leading payment technology to Financial Institutions for managing & processing domestic + and cross-border payments, including SWIFT. Lauren is passionate about leadership, the art of selling, and her clients.