Vinay Nilakantan
Head of Product for North America at Wise
Wise
Vinay Nilakantan is the Head of Product for North America at Wise, where he leads Wise’s product suite across the US and Canada. He is responsible for scaling and growing Wise’s consumer and business services, blending both product and operational experience to drive Wise’s growth and future innovations in this market. Vinay has 20+ years of leadership in product management within the startup and fintech landscape with past roles in Adyen and AffiniPay and others.
Schedule
20 mins
St. Lawrence Centre — Bluma Appel Theatre
Building Fintech That Scales Globally
Canada has the talent and ambition to build globally relevant fintech, but succeeding internationally means designing for global systems from day one. This conversation will explore how founders can build products that work across borders, currencies, payment rails, and regulatory environments. With Canada’s payments infrastructure evolving and greater interoperability on the horizon, the opportunity to build fintech for the world has never been more compelling.
