Dr. Srinivas Yanamandra is a highly respected and distinguished compliance specialist, having served as head of compliance at One97 Communications, the parent company of PayTM, and also the New Development Bank, Shanghai. He characterizes himself as a “compliance expert by profession, Regulatory researcher by qualification, and Fintech philosopher by passion” who specializes in areas relating to fintech policy & regulation, sanctions compliance, risk-based supervision, financial crime compliance, integrity and anti-corruption as well as code of conduct. He is an acclaimed research scholar in areas at the intersection of fintech, law and economics focusing on metaverse, digital currencies, distributed ledger and deep learning.
Prior to his work at New Development Bank, Shanghai, he worked as a compliance professional — both at ICICI Bank and IDFC First Bank in Mumbai — focusing on various aspects of banking regulation including governance, risk management, prudential reporting, risk-based supervision, digital banking, and more.
Dr. Yanamandra is also a member of the policy working group of the Digital Currency Global Initiative, which is a collaboration between Stanford University and the International Telecommunication Union. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost & Management Accountant with national ranks and a Fellow of International Compliance Association (UK). He is also a recipient of “CA Global Achiever Award 2019” from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.