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Aditya Khurjekar is Founder & CEO at MEDICI, the trusted source for global FinTech insights. MEDICI has been focused on curated independent content and data-driven research in FinTech since 2013. Its daily outreach has a global audience of more than 100K innovators, making it the #1 global destination for the FinTech industry. MEDICI also powers a knowledge network, which is a comprehensive resource for innovation & investment in FinTech, featuring proprietary research and 10,000+ startup profiles across 50+ FinTech sectors, along with a trusted platform for ecosystem engagement.

Previously, Aditya was Executive Vice President at nD bancgroup, a bank holding company that enabled mobile money experiences for consumer brands. In 2012, Aditya co-founded the breakout conference on emerging payments and financial services, Money2020, which now attracts 15,000+ attendees every year; the business was acquired by i2i Events Group in 2014. Until 2011, Aditya was the new business development executive responsible for all mobile payments and commerce initiatives at Verizon, where he managed the company’s investments and partnerships in mobile wallets, remote/online checkout, digital offers, remittances, and other payments & commerce projects. Since 2008, as a founding member, he had business ownership for Softcard (acquired by Google in 2015), the mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile & Verizon. Earlier, he built a Verizon-wide portfolio management practice and also led the wireless device strategy function working with all handset manufacturers and technology providers. Prior to joining Verizon in 2004, Aditya held a number of leadership positions at CSG Systems, Lucent Technologies and Bell Laboratories.

Aditya holds an MBA in Finance & Management from New York University and an MS in Electrical Engineering. He lives in Charlotte, NC and works with teams all over the world.