Speakers
Amrish Rau
Chief Executive Officer
Pine Labs
Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. He leads the company's growth and expansion in Asia and beyond. He has over two decades of experience in the fintech space, having run his own startup and built large organizations.
Prior to Pine Labs, Amrish co-founded Citrus Pay which was acquired by Naspers FinTech, PayU in 2016. Post the acquisition, he was made the CEO for PayU India and later took over as head of Investments for Naspers where he was responsible for increasing the company's footprint in the financial technology sector.
Amrish started his fintech journey with First Data Corporation in 2005. Later, as Managing Director for First Data Asia he helped build a market-leading payments joint venture with ICICI Bank. As CEO of First Data MS Asia, he was responsible for all operations in the South and South East Asia markets. Prior to First Data, Amrish spent eight years with NCR Corporation where he started in business development and went on to head the company's data warehousing and CRM division, Teradata, as Managing Director.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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9:55–10:35amFri 20 NovFestival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremium
Capital Rewiring
Fintech Has Scaled. Now Comes the Hard Part
Festival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremium
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Martha SazonPresident & Chief Executive OfficerGCash
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Rahul ShinghalCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerTazapay
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Prajit NanuFounder & Chief Executive OfficerNIUM
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Amrish RauChief Executive OfficerPine Labs
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Pat PatelChief Executive Officer, USA, LATAM, Middle East & Africa; Co-CEO, GFTN ConnectionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
The first decade of fintech was about proving that technology could disrupt financial services. The next is about building companies that can survive scale: navigating regulation, capital intensity, increasingly crowded markets, global expansion and the shift from payments products to full financial platforms and/or geographic expansion. Five founders and CEOs who have built fintech businesses across Asia and beyond debate what really separates a fintech that gets big from one that becomes indispensable.
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