Synfindo
Prem Tilak Iyer has over 35 years of work experience in various roles within the technology and financial services sectors. Prem Tilak is currently serving as the Head of Platform- APIX at Synfindo. Prior to that, they worked as the Chief Operating Officer at ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) from 2020 to 2022. During their time at AFIN, they contributed to the development and promotion of APIX, the world's first cross-border, open-architected platform for financial innovation.
Before joining AFIN, Prem Tilak Iyer held multiple positions at Citi. From 2017 to 2019, they served as the Director of Data Governance Consumer Bank - APAC & EMEA / Control and Risk Director- Data Analytics, where they improved data quality and accuracy, enhanced customer segmentation, and ensured data integrity. Prem Tilak also served as the Director of APAC Regional Information Strategy and Management Group Head from 2015 to 2017, where they drove the usage of analytics tools and initiated the use of big data for future mining. Additionally, they served as the Director of Digital Transformation, Business Process Reengineering, and Agile from 2009 to 2015, where they led the transition from waterfall to agile methodology and implemented customer journey-based user stories for seamless servicing.
Prem Tilak Iyer's previous work experience includes senior roles at Citibank, Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd, Orbitech Solutions Limited, Deutsche Bank, and Britannia Industries Limited. These roles involved responsibilities such as application development, change management, and technology operations.
Throughout their career, Prem Tilak Iyer has demonstrated expertise in financial technology, data governance, digital transformation, and operations management.
Prem Tilak Iyer completed their Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance & Marketing in 1986. Prior to that, they also pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Marketing at Barkatullah University, Bhopal. The exact dates of their education at Barkatullah University are not provided.
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Synfindo
Synfindo is a Fintech Startup that is committed to building innovative products for the Financial Services industry. We seek to enable growth for the financial services industry across the globe, by accelerating collaboration opportunities between Financial Institutions (FIs) and Fintechs (FTs). Through technological enablement and digitization, FIs can improve their customer solutions, and both serve their existing customers better and also access newer market segments across emerging markets. We run the APIX Innovation Platform (www.apixplatform.com) where FIs, regulators and companies can search for and discover innovative, digital solutions from fintechs and then rapidly design, experiment and deploy these solutions. We do so by offering products such as: - An easy to configure digital infrastructure to conduct hackathons ("Hackolosseum") - A search and discovery platform for Financial Institutions to find FinTechs ("Marketplace") - A cloud-based testing environment ("API-Sandbox") - Other products such as a verifiable credential registry and wallet ("chekFIN") We are headquartered in Singapore and our priority markets include ASEAN, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. We are a fast-growing company, hiring a new team and keen to make an impact across the financial services sector. Synfindo represents the future and an evolution of the highly successful APIX platform which was initially launched in 2018 by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as a non-profit under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). To drive future growth, APIX was transferred to Synfindo, a new company supported by investors including the LemmaTree Group (founded by Temasek) and Mastercard, in 2022.