About Me
Engineer by trade and fintech geek by passion, Florian Wahl currently leads the Product Strategy team at Akoya.
Contact
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Curriculum Vitae
You can find my latest CV here.
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At Akoya, I investigate the opportunities that open finance can bring to a wide array of use cases with particular attention to the payments space.
I am a certified digital product manager and strategist with 7+ years of experience. I am an active voice in the industry, talking and writing about fintech, data sharing, payments, and tokenization.
Before joining Akoya in 2021, I held various roles as a consultant in financial services, focusing on digital transformation and open finance.
Public Speaking
- Open Banking in the US: Navigating Compliance Under the CFPB's 1033 Rule, OpenFinity EXPO, November 2024
- Industry Collaboration on DDA Payment Tokens, Nacha's Smarter Faster Payments 2024, May 2024
- Driving Adoption of Open Finance in the Commercial Banking sector, FDX Global Summit, March 2024
- Revolutionizing Payments: Improving Consumer Adoption of A2A, Link Money's Payments Innovation Summit, September 2023
- Taking Faster Payments to the Bank - or CU, Glen Sarvady's BIGcast (podcast), May 2023
- Pay by Bank Powered by Real-Time Payments, Nacha's Smarter Faster Payments 2023, April 2023
- Industry Collaboration on DDA Payment Tokens in Support of a Safer Data Sharing & Payments Ecosystem, Financial Data Exchange Global Summit, April 2023
Certifications
I am a Certified Digital Product Manager, credentialed by the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM). This certification, issued in September 2023 (Credential ID: 82693844), validates my expertise in driving product strategy, lifecycle management, and innovation in digital products.