Leading the charge in the financial industry's digital transformation, Sherri Haymond ensures consumers can effortlessly conduct their day-to-day transactions, bridging the gap between both small and large players with their target consumers.

Haymond leads a team of large and small digital players to create innovative, differentiated products and solutions that will assist in the future of commerce. She has been at the forefront of developing and commercializing solutions such as mobile payments, tokenization, open banking, installments, and more.

Haymond joined the digital payment company in 2010 as legal counsel and later transitioned to concentrate on digital products within Mastercard’s Digital Payments & Labs division.

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Holding a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Duke University, Haymond serves on the board of MoCADA, Brooklyn's Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts. Additionally, she is the esteemed founder of What’s Your Twenty, Inc., based in New York City.

Last month, Xbox partnered with Barclays and Mastercard to onboard its own credit card. Sherri Haymond stated that “Mastercard has a long history in innovating across esports and mobile and online gaming.” The payments company has a longstanding partnership with Microsoft.

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In an April 2023 interview with PYMNTS, Haymond said, “Banking as a Service (BaaS) and embedded finance, taken together – they just represent where the world is going.” She further elaborated that the rise of BaaS can be traced back to the COVID-19 era and its significance will persist in the foreseeable future.

Emphasizing the evolving consumer expectations, she said that people are increasingly seeking speed and convenience in their interactions. “You’ve got to allow people to transact where they are. This just makes sense.”

Fintech Deal Day & Awards: Haymond is set to be a panelist in the discussion titled “Revolutionizing Payments: Fintech’s Role in Financial Inclusion For Businesses and Consumers”. In the post-COVID landscape, there has been a pronounced shift towards digitization, compelling financial institutions to escalate their efforts in leading the digital revolution.

Hearing Haymond's insights on the current evolution of the fintech sector and Mastercard's role within this space promises to be enlightening.

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