IMAGINING THE FUTURE THROUGH FINTECH
Advisory and Consulting Services
IMAGINING THE FUTURE THROUGH FINTECH
Advisory and Consulting Services
Our Team
Ken Kruszka - Managing Director
Ken is a FinTech and Payments pioneer, who holds the distinction of being the first person to send $1 around the world by mobile transfer. In his career, Ken has launched: the first mobile remittances service in the US, the first global mobile bank account, the first neobank for immigrants in the US, and the first decoupled business payments smart switch.
Ken currently Heads Merchant Product and Network at Trustly. Before Trustly, Ken was Head of Product for AWS Payments. Previously, Ken led SnapCheck in revolutionizing business-to-business payments: eliminating $50 Billion in costs, removing $20 Billion in fraud. Ken led SnapCheck from cradle to exit, culminating in an acquisition by Payroc. Previously, as co-founder and CEO of m-Via, Ken grew the company into an industry-recognized leader in mobile financial services before leading m-Via through an acquisition by Boom Financial.
Ken is a Founding Member of the Faster Payments Council, as well as a member of the Federal Reserve’s Business Payments Coalition and the FedNow Community. Ken has been named a Top Innovator to Watch by Bank Innovation, a Top FinTech Innovator by Aspioneer, a Top 25 FinTech CEO by Technology Innovators, and a Leading Corporate Digital Transformation Innovator by Databird.
As a recognized authority in payments and FinTech, Ken has been an invited speaker at numerous leading industry events including:
- Money2020
- Singapore Fintech Festival
- Seamless Payments Middle East
- Association for Financial Professionals
- Bank Innovation
- Payments Innovation Summit
- Pay Symposium
- BayPay Forum
- Blockchain Economic Forum
- Future of Money & Technology
- TEDxNewWallStreet
among others
In addition to being an accomplished executive, leader, and entrepreneur, Ken also advises early-stage companies looking to establish product-market fit and accelerate growth on a global scale, including mentoring for UnBank Ventures, INV Fintech, The Founder Institute, Village Capital, and CornellTech.