Azuka Mordi

I am a financial technology and digital payment professional with expertise in developing and managing digital products and solutions leveraging existing as well as creating new capabilities for financial technology platforms to harness payment opportunities which not only offers boundless potentials for stakeholders but also expands their payment horizons,  ultimately, revolutionizing financial interactions amongst stakeholders.

Over a decade of hands-on experience in developing and driving adoption of digital payment services, design and implementation of financial inclusion strategies and the aggressive development of a viable agent distribution / merchant acceptance network and these experiences have endowed me with excellent leadership, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills among other things. My goal is to continue to develop and align my expertise to the achievement of measurable objectives.

I have extensive banking, fintech and payments background and have implemented several payments and digital solution projects both as an employee of a bank (in a direct-2-consumer model) as well as a third party consultant (in a B-2-B model) providing guidance and expertise to deliver on the payments and digital transformation agenda of our customers.

I have managed digital solution deployments  covering scopes such as deploying digital solutions to drive consumer / merchant onboarding, activation and product usage, payment gateway deployment and optimization, one-click payment solutions, elimination of manual interventions in systems automation and operational modalities, payment ecosystem optimization and infrastructure upscaling, digital marketing and sales, omnichannel solution deployments etc.

I have managed the deployment of payment system rails like Mastercard Send (Domestic and Cross Border) P2P solution across several markets in EEMEA. The integration of ACH platforms working with national switches with key consideration for market nuances and peculiarities especially the design of UI/UX, regulatory landscape, pricing preferences of the target market etc.

I believe I have the fine balance of technical expertise and business acumen to be successful on this role if considered.

Masters in Diplomacy & Strategic Studies