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Originally featured in FinTech Profile, this Q&A with Kani CEO & Co-founder Aaron Holmes covers Kani\u2019s origin and mission, his day-to-day and predictions for the payments industry.<\/p>\n

Who are you and what’s your background?<\/h2>\n

I\u2019m Aaron Holmes, CEO and Co-founder of Kani Payments, a fintech based in Newcastle that helps payments companies make sense of their data\u2014specifically around reconciliation, reporting and regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n

Before Kani, I held leadership and operational roles across both high-growth fintechs and established institutions\u2014from Thredd in London to Flex-e-Card and Newcastle Building Society. Most of my career was spent deep in payments operations: building reconciliation logic, managing scheme submissions and being the person ultimately responsible for getting the numbers right.<\/p>\n

I started Kani in 2018 to fix the problems I\u2019d been dealing with firsthand for years: slow, manual, error-prone processes for turning raw transaction data into something you can trust and report on.<\/p>\n

What does your day-to-day look like at Kani?<\/h2>\n

Day-to-day, my focus is keeping us pointed in the right direction across product, strategy and partnerships. I spend time with our engineers and product teams to make sure what we\u2019re building solves real problems. That means staying close to clients, auditors, regulators and scheme partners so we\u2019re not just ticking boxes but actually making life easier for the people doing the work.<\/p>\n

Outside of product, I\u2019m involved in commercial strategy, international expansion and the bigger-picture decisions that shape where Kani goes next. Some days I\u2019m deep in a client deployment; others I\u2019m talking to a bank about integration, demoing our platform or feeding into an industry consultation. In payments data, the devil\u2019s in the detail\u2014so I like to stay close to the ground.<\/p>\n

What does Kani do?<\/h2>\n

Kani is a SaaS reconciliation platform built by people who\u2019ve lived the data pain of payments. Our goal is simple: take the mess out of reconciliation and reporting, and give teams better control over their financial data.<\/p>\n

We help companies automate the matching, checking and reporting of payment flows across processors, banks, card schemes and internal systems. The outcome: smoother audits, simpler regulatory filings and less month-end stress.<\/p>\n

Our platform covers three core areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n