The Payments Association
Elkhan Nasibov currently serves as the Executive Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and MLRO at GUAVAPAY since April 2017. In addition, Elkhan is a Judge at the PAY360 Awards for The Payments Association, a role undertaken since February 2023. Prior experience includes Head of Compliance at NC Bank from April 2013 to March 2017 and Credit Inspector at Sberbank from November 2011 to December 2012. Elkhan holds a Master's degree from Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University, earned between 2013 and 2014, a Bachelor's degree from the same institution, completed from 2009 to 2013, and attended the High Management School, Novgorod department, in 2010. Education also includes a period at the American University in Dubai from 2015 to 2016.
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The Payments Association
The Payments Association (previously the Emerging Payments Association or EPA) is for payments firms, big & small. We help our members navigate a complex regulatory environment and facilitate profitable business partnerships. Our purpose is to empower the most influential community in payments, where the connections, collaboration and learning shape an industry that works for all. We operate as an independent representative for the industry and its interests, and drive collaboration within the payments sector in order to bring about meaningful change and innovation. We work closely with industry stakeholders such as the Bank of England, the FCA, HM Treasury, the Payment Systems Regulator, Pay.UK, UK Finance and Innovate Finance. Through our comprehensive programme of activities for members and with guidance from an independent Advisory Board of leading payments CEOs, we facilitate the connections and build the bridges that join the ecosystem together and make it stronger. These activities include a programme of monthly digital and face-to-face events including our annual conference PAY360 and awards dinner, CEO round tables and training activities. We run 7 stakeholder working Project groups: Inclusion, Regulator, Financial Crime, International Trade and Open Banking. The volunteers within these groups represent the collective view of The Payments Association members at industry-critical moments and work together to drive innovation in these areas. We also conduct exclusive industry research which is made available to our members through our Insights knowledge base. These include monthly whitepapers, insightful interviews and tips from the industry’s most successful CEOs.