Speakers
Nischita Hejmady
Director – Digital Strategy & International Business
Hitachi Payment Services
View LinkedIn profileNischita Hejmady leads digital strategy and international business at Hitachi Payment Services. A senior banking, payments and digital transformation executive, she brings over 30 years of leadership experience across banking, fintech and payments spanning strategy, business leadership, product, operations, transformation and international expansion. Nischita has a proven track record of building and scaling businesses, transforming products and operating models, driving profitability, developing strategic partnerships and leading complex enterprise initiatives.
Prior to Hitachi Payment Services, she has worked in various leadership roles at YES Bank, Deutsche Bank and HSBC with exposure to India, GCC, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa. Nischita combines strategic thinking with strong execution capability across business growth, digital transformation, commercial strategy, governance, product innovation and stakeholder management.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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3:30–4:00pmFri 20 NovFutureMatters StageHall 5, Singapore EXPOPremium
Technology Rewiring
The Missing Middle: Powering the Next Wave of Commercial Payment Corridors
FutureMatters StageHall 5, Singapore EXPOPremium
About this session
While most payments conversations focus on consumer rails, the real bottleneck may be commercial: B2B and merchant payments across Asia, the Middle East and Africa remain fragmented and cash-heavy. This panel unpacks what it takes to build commercial payment corridors that actually work and where the friction still lies.


