{"id":3817,"date":"2025-07-15T13:51:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/?p=3817"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:53:17","slug":"kani-appoints-new-cto-to-lead-next-phase-of-platform-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/kani-appoints-new-cto-to-lead-next-phase-of-platform-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kani appoints new CTO to lead next phase of platform innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"simple-text-block_29980aff15c2e1b46c3a114f1daf14cf\" data-jump=\"\" class=\"body-push simple-text\" style=\"\">\n\n<svg width=\"0\" height=\"0\">\n    <defs>\n      <clipPath id=\"simple-text-block_29980aff15c2e1b46c3a114f1daf14cf-bulge\" clipPathUnits=\"objectBoundingBox\">\n        <path d=\"M 0 0 H 1 V 0.75 C 0.7 1 0.3 1 0 0.75 Z\" \/>\n      <\/clipPath>\n    <\/defs>\n  <\/svg>\n\n    <div class=\"limit-width\">\n\n        <div class=\"row\">\n\n            <div class=\"content column\">\n\n                \n                    <p>Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 July 2025 \u2013 Kani Payments (\u201cKani\u201d), the award-winning payments reconciliation and reporting platform, has appointed Panos Savvas as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to drive the next phase of its platform evolution and scale.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment follows <a href=\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/kani-payments-secures-series-a-investment-to-transform-global-payment-reconciliation\/\">Kani\u2019s Series A investment in February<\/a> and comes at a pivotal moment as the company expands its global client base and deepens its role in powering scalable, compliant payment operations.<\/p>\n<p>Savvas brings over 20 years\u2019 experience leading product and engineering teams in fintech and banking across the UK, US, Europe and Latin America. He has held senior roles at both high-growth startups and global institutions, leading platform overhauls and scaling cloud-first infrastructure. Most recently, he founded and successfully exited a fintech venture focused on real-time financial data solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a clear opportunity here to build the most trusted source of truth for payments data,\u201d said Panos Savvas, CTO at Kani. \u201cKani already has a strong foundation, trusted partnerships and serious momentum. My focus is on scaling what already works, embedding more deeply into client workflows and setting new standards for what intelligent payments infrastructure should deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his new role, Savvas will lead Kani\u2019s technology strategy, focusing on platform scalability, real-time analytics and data quality. He will work to deepen Kani\u2019s role within client ecosystems, establishing the platform as the go-to source for payments data in a fragmented and increasingly regulated global market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPanos brings the right mix of deep technical leadership, product vision and international experience,\u201d said Aaron Holmes, CEO of Kani Payments. \u201cHe understands the complexity of financial infrastructure and how to make it scalable and resilient. His appointment is a huge moment for Kani as we continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With clients across Europe, the Middle East and APAC, and expanding demand for intelligent, audit-ready payments infrastructure, Kani is building the tools modern financial institutions need to reconcile, report and act on their data in real time.<\/p>\n\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kani Payments appoints CTO Panos Savvas to scale platform and lead next phase of growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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