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Ashish Mangal
Product Leader
Meta
Ashish Mangal is a Product Leader at Meta, driving innovation in Conversational Commerce and Agentic Checkout. With over 17 years of experience across Meta, Google, Amazon, and UBS, he brings a distinctive perspective at the intersection of artificial intelligence, financial services, and digital commerce.
A computer engineer by training, a CFA charterholder, and a Cornell MBA, Ashish brings a unique blend of technological depth, financial acumen, and strategic vision. He is passionate about harnessing the transformative power of AI to reimagine commerce and redefine how billions of people discover, connect, and transact.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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5:00–5:30pmWed 18 NovFrontier StageHall 6, Singapore EXPOPremium
Technology Rewiring
Payments Went Global. Can the Tech Keep Up?
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Violas XiaoSingapore Chief Executive OfficerXTransfer
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Yogesh SangleExecutive Vice President APACNIUM
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Ashish MangalProduct LeaderMeta
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Nilixa DevlukiaChairOpen Finance AssociationModerator
About this session
Payments move across borders in seconds. Building the technology to support them is a different challenge: connecting to local payment rails, adapting to market requirements, and scaling reliable products across regions. This panel looks at the infrastructure and product choices that help payment companies expand across the US, Europe, the Gulf and Asia—and where local licensing still shapes the roadmap. Founders leave with practical ideas for sequencing market entry, reducing integration friction and building payment systems that can scale globally.
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