{"id":3964,"date":"2025-10-17T11:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:49:43","slug":"aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"simple-text-block_381b7855bdf1715d63b6ae1c26b4aae3\" data-jump=\"\" class=\"body-push simple-text\" style=\"\">\n\n<svg width=\"0\" height=\"0\">\n    <defs>\n      <clipPath id=\"simple-text-block_381b7855bdf1715d63b6ae1c26b4aae3-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>Aaron Holmes, founder and CEO of Kani Payments, has been recognised as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldc.co.uk\/top-50\/2025\/?tab=1\">One to Watch in the LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders programme for 2025<\/a>, featured in The Times.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its eighth year, the programme is run by LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, in partnership with The Times, and celebrates the UK\u2019s most inspiring entrepreneurs driving growth, creating jobs and shaping the future of British business.<\/p>\n<p>Out of nearly 700 nominations received this year, Aaron was selected as one of just 17 Ones to Watch\u2014leaders who are making significant progress and scaling their businesses with vision, resilience and impact.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is a personal honour, but it also reflects the strength of the team behind Kani. I\u2019ve worked in payments for over two decades, and I\u2019ve never been more excited about the opportunities in front of us or more grateful to be solving real problems for our clients every day.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aaron Holmes, CEO &amp; Founder, Kani Payments<\/p>\n<p>With more than 20 years in the payments industry, Aaron played <a href=\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-on-the-future-of-contactless-payments-in-the-uk\/\">a leading role in launching the UK\u2019s first contactless cards in 2008<\/a>. In 2018, he founded Kani Payments to tackle the operational challenges around reconciliation, reporting and payments data quality\u2014the very same issues he experienced first-hand while scaling fintech and financial services businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Kani helps clients across the payments ecosystem (from issuers and acquirers to schemes and fintechs) transform fragmented transaction data into clear, audit-ready reporting and insights.<\/p>\n<p>This recognition comes at a time of rapid growth for Kani, as it continues to expand its platform, team and customer base across Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis year\u2019s Ones to Watch are leaders who excel in their fields, create a positive impact on their customers and employees, and stand out for their potential to reach even greater success in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>John Garner, Managing Partner at LDC<\/p>\n<p>As Kani continues to grow, the company remains focused on delivering best-in-class <a href=\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/reconciliation-software\/\">automated reconciliation solutions to the payments sector<\/a>. Its platform transforms complex transaction data into accurate, audit-ready outputs\u2014helping clients streamline operations, improve data quality and stay ahead of compliance demands.<\/p>\n\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kani CEO Aaron Holmes recognised in LDC&#8217;s Most Ambitious Business Leaders of 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3964","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders - Kani Payments<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders - Kani Payments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kani CEO Aaron Holmes recognised in LDC&#039;s Most Ambitious Business Leaders of 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kani Payments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T10:49:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OTW-\u2013-Kani-Payments-Aaron-Holmes-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Machin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Machin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/\",\"name\":\"Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders - Kani Payments\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OTW-\u2013-Kani-Payments-Aaron-Holmes-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-17T10:49:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bf7de874c5411f4d20ad9325a405b40c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OTW-\u2013-Kani-Payments-Aaron-Holmes-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OTW-\u2013-Kani-Payments-Aaron-Holmes-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/\",\"name\":\"Kani Payments\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bf7de874c5411f4d20ad9325a405b40c\",\"name\":\"Matt Machin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/261d67eece1a1aab6c0974b0eaeceb60709216f2e850555ecf68ffc76b3d633e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/261d67eece1a1aab6c0974b0eaeceb60709216f2e850555ecf68ffc76b3d633e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matt Machin\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders - Kani Payments","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders - Kani Payments","og_description":"Kani CEO Aaron Holmes recognised in LDC's Most Ambitious Business Leaders of 2025","og_url":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/","og_site_name":"Kani Payments","article_published_time":"2025-10-17T10:49:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OTW-\u2013-Kani-Payments-Aaron-Holmes-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matt Machin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt Machin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/","url":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/","name":"Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders - Kani Payments","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OTW-\u2013-Kani-Payments-Aaron-Holmes-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-17T10:49:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bf7de874c5411f4d20ad9325a405b40c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OTW-\u2013-Kani-Payments-Aaron-Holmes-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OTW-\u2013-Kani-Payments-Aaron-Holmes-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/company\/newsroom\/aaron-holmes-named-one-to-watch-in-ldcs-most-ambitious-business-leaders-programme\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Aaron Holmes named \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in LDC\u2019s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/","name":"Kani Payments","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bf7de874c5411f4d20ad9325a405b40c","name":"Matt Machin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/261d67eece1a1aab6c0974b0eaeceb60709216f2e850555ecf68ffc76b3d633e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/261d67eece1a1aab6c0974b0eaeceb60709216f2e850555ecf68ffc76b3d633e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matt Machin"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3967,"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions\/3967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanipayments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}