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Abhijeet Ramesh
Vice President, Head of Innovation & Growth, Asia Pacific
Visa
Abhijeet Ramesh is the Head of Innovation, Growth Products and Partnerships for Visa in Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. He is responsible for the development of Innovation, Growth Products and Partnerships.
In the area of innovation, Abhijeet focuses on transforming ideas into market-first experiences. For growth products, he manages developing and comercialising the next generation of products in areas such as non-card payments, digital currencies, and agentic commerce. Overseeing partnerships, Abhijeet identifies opportunities to build and deploy solutions with global and regional tech partners.
Abhijeet previously led Product Development and Commercialisation for Visa in Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for end-to-end product development from strategy to build and early scale-up across the region. He has extensive payments industry experience through his career of 18 years with Visa spanning across various leadership roles including product development and management, strategy, partnerships and business development.
Abhijeet holds an MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University, India.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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1:30–2:00pmThu 19 NovPolicy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
Policy Rewiring
Scaling AI: Where Financial Services is Seeing Real Returns
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Abhijeet RameshVice President, Head of Innovation & Growth, Asia PacificVisa
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Janet YoungManaging Director and Group Head, Channels & Digitalisation, Strategic Communications & BrandUOB
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Mayoran RajendraManaging Director, General Manager, AI Transformation DepartmentSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
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Quan YuGeneral Manager of Bettr Global CreditAnt International
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Dr. David HardoonManaging Director & Head of Advanced AI, Southeast AsiaAccentureModerator
About this session
The conversation around AI in financial services has moved beyond experimentation. The challenge is no longer identifying promising use cases—it's deploying AI at scale in ways that deliver measurable business value. From payments and banking to fintech and customer engagement, leading institutions are embedding AI into core operations to improve productivity, strengthen risk management, personalise customer experiences, and accelerate innovation. Yet while some initiatives become enterprise capabilities, many others remain trapped in pilot mode.
Bringing together leaders from across the financial services ecosystem, this panel explores where AI is creating tangible impact today, what it takes to scale successful deployments across the organisation, and the operational, cultural, and governance challenges that determine whether AI delivers lasting value. The discussion will examine how institutions are prioritising AI investments, measuring success beyond productivity gains, and building the data, operating models, and organisational capabilities needed to move from isolated use cases to enterprise-wide transformation. -
