Lloyd Fernandes Lloyd Fernandes

Payments-platform product leader.
I align the roadmap, the reconciliation, and the valuation story.

Started as an engineer. Became a product leader. Earned a Ph.D. while doing both. 18 years in payments — two of the platforms I worked on were acquired (Verifi by Visa, Payrix by FIS/Worldpay).

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Where I've Been Useful

Problems I Solve

The same patterns keep showing up across 18 years in payments. Here's how I've handled them.

Your reconciliation is bleeding value

At Payrix, I was hired by the PE investors to drive growth and set up the exit. Added Fiserv/Wells Fargo alongside the existing FIS/TD Bank rail, engineered reconciliation across bank AND card-brand settlement to clear an M&A diligence hurdle, and scaled product 5→15 under acquisition pressure. Payrix sold to FIS/Worldpay — now Worldpay for Platforms.

0x ARR growth enabled
Acquired by FIS/Worldpay
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Your platform can't scale past where it is

At Blackhawk Network, I built a processing engine handling ~2,700 TPS for prepaid card transactions. At Stax, I ran money movement for a platform processing $500M+ monthly TPV, keeping it stable and NACHA-compliant.

$0M+ Monthly TPV managed
~2,700 TPS at peak
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You need a new revenue line, not just features

At Yodlee/Envestnet (a $200M ARR division serving 17 of the top US banks), I was hired by the CPO to reinvent the mature $25M Account Verifications wedge and find the next curve. Launched Account Tokens and Subscription & Bill Tracker as two 0→1 bets, with SBT advancing to deployment discussions at BoA Diamond and Navy Federal.

0% Gross revenue lift
across $200M mature book
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Your valuation story needs a foundation buyers trust

At Verifi, I owned three product lines (Payment Platform, Intel Suite, Decline Salvage) feeding the chargeback-management flywheel — and made the call to deprecate Decline Salvage by building automatic Account Updater. Cut fraud losses in half, re-platformed the stack, built foundations that contributed to the Visa acquisition. Same playbook at Payrix led to the FIS/Worldpay exit.

2 Acquisitions enabled
Visa & FIS/Worldpay
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Where I've Built
PayPal Rapyd Blackhawk Network Verifi / Visa Payrix / FIS Worldpay Yodlee / Envestnet Stax Payments Canary Technologies PayPal Rapyd Blackhawk Network Verifi / Visa Payrix / FIS Worldpay Yodlee / Envestnet Stax Payments Canary Technologies
In Their Words

What peers say

He is very knowledgeable in stored value and electronic payments, possesses a passion for both the financial and transaction engineering and architecture sides, and has a humble but energizing demeanor that makes working with him very fun.
Joel Yarbrough
Former PayPal colleague
Lloyd literally made my job easy because he understood the product need, industry competition, and unique selling points. A master at product demos, a natural storyteller, and persuasive in creating a business case to support strategic decisions.
Robert Heske
Former Yodlee colleague
A technically savvy and highly proficient product leader. His ability to oscillate between the 30,000 and 30 foot level to manage highly scaled and key strategic projects continues to impress me time and time again. I would hire Lloyd back into my organization at any time.
Varun Krishna
CEO at Rocket, Interim CEO at Redfin · former PayPal manager
Lloyd’s technical mindset never hindered him from seeing the business needs underlying what we were working on. He was a good partner and always worked to find a solution that met our goals and vision.
Sean Anderson
COO, Spinwheel · former Blackhawk colleague
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