New Delhi, India – Comviva has appointed Sanjiv Patankar as Product Unit Head of its fintech business, placing him in charge of digital wallets and payments, payment orchestration, embedded finance, and tokenisation.
The move signals a fresh push by the digital transformation company to scale its financial services division amid growing convergence between payments, embedded finance and artificial intelligence.
According to Comviva, Patankar will lead the company’s digital financial business, with a mandate to drive global fintech growth across digital payments, embedded finance, and next-generation financial services.
His responsibilities will also extend to product innovation, expansion into developed markets, and strengthening strategic partnerships across customers and the wider ecosystem.
Patankar brings more than 28 years of leadership experience spanning fintech, digital payments, banking technology, mobility, software products and enterprise-wide digital transformation, Comviva said.
He joins from Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) ePayments, where he spent eight years managing the company’s global ePayments product portfolio, covering digital wallets, tokenisation, digital identity, authentication and next-generation payment solutions.
During his time at G+D, he led strategic initiatives centred on product expansion, innovation and global customer engagement, contributing to the business’s growth and market positioning, according to the company.
Commenting on the appointment, Rajesh Chandiramani, Chief Executive Officer, Comviva, said, “We are delighted to welcome Sanjiv to lead our Digital Financial Services business. His extensive experience across digital payments, product innovation and global markets will be valuable as we scale our fintech business and expand our presence across the evolving digital financial services ecosystem.”
“With the rapid convergence of payments, embedded finance, digital identity and AI, Sanjiv’s expertise will further strengthen our ability to build differentiated, scalable solutions for customers globally,” Chandiramani emphasised.
For his part, Patankar outlined his vision for the unit’s next phase of growth.
“The next phase of digital financial services will be shaped by the convergence of intelligent technology, payments and embedded experiences. I see a significant opportunity for Comviva to build on its strong global fintech foundation and accelerate the evolution from transaction-led platforms to intelligent, connected financial ecosystems,” Patankar said.
“By combining our deep domain expertise, product innovation and global reach with emerging technologies such as AI and tokenisation, we aim to create scalable, secure and differentiated solutions that unlock new value for financial institutions, businesses and consumers. I look forward to working with our teams, customers and ecosystem partners to shape this next chapter of growth for Comviva’s fintech business,” Patankar concluded.
Meanwhile, Comviva’s fintech platforms already maintain a sizeable global footprint.
Its mobiquity® Pay platform is deployed across more than 50 countries and 70 deployments, serving over 500 million registered customers and processing half a trillion dollars annually, the company said.
In addition, Comviva is expanding its capabilities in digital commerce and merchant payments, including through strategic partnerships and payment orchestration tools designed to help businesses scale across geographies and payment ecosystems.
