Romain Zanolo, Managing Director for APAC Payment Services at IDEMIA Secure Transactions, based in Singapore. He manages the APAC PS business, focusing on P&L and corporate strategies. Romain has successfully led sales and implementation projects with banks, fintechs and domestic payment networks establishing a strong sales process and building a scalable team.

He plays a key role in IDEMIA innovation initiatives on CBDC and stablecoins payments or digital assets cold storage.

Under his leadership, IDEMIA business has grown significantly by making bold moves to become early on the card partner of choice for fintechs.

Romain has streamlined card program launches, integrated with leading fintech processors, launched digital payment platforms (Tokenization / X-Pays / Secure Remote commerce) and introduced features like eco-friendly partnerships and innovative card activation methods.

He actively gives back to the community as a mentor in fintech accelerators (Tenity, PnP) as well as tailored networking community building