Yejide Akomolafe

Led product discovery for a new point-of-sale lending proposition offering standalone BNPL and fixed-term instalment finance through major UK retailers. Established the end-to-end requirements framework for lending, core banking and payments domains.

Led strategy and delivery of an Internal Tooling Platform (ITP) enabling engineering squads to self-serve module onboarding and configuration. Cut configuration lead time by 70% and reduced duplicate engineering effort by 90% through platform delivery and embedded AI automation.

Managed a four-stream product programme to expand embedded banking capabilities, delivering a configurable interest engine, business savings and ISA product, EU customer domain redesign, and automated regulatory reporting. Achieved 60,000 new accounts in the first month for the ISA framework.

Return engagement to white-label the DekoPay lending platform for distribution through a major Tier 1 UK bank. Delivered the white-label framework and integration model, creating a new revenue channel.

Led product strategy and delivery of an omni-channel payment gateway, moving from reseller to direct acquiring. Delivered live gateway with two acquirer integrations, Open Banking, FX/DCC, and secured a Visa partnership.

Led vendor selection and integration to automate dispute and chargeback processing for financial institution clients. Facilitated co-creation workshops generating three validated new product initiatives.

Led consolidation of corporate digital FX platforms into a single multi-jurisdictional system. Reduced onboarding time from 2 days to 5 minutes and delivered SEPA and PSD2/SCA compliance across Europe.

Led product delivery across 5 feature teams on a cloud-native banking platform, building the core banking API suite and designing the logical data architecture. Delivered APIs covering retail banking products and SEPA payment support.

Supported digital transformation of Lloyds Banking Group, improving online and mobile banking adoption to facilitate branch closures.

Automated back-office card operations including acquisition, fraud, transaction processing, collections, and disputes. Performed gap analysis for potential card platform replacement.

Defined payment gateway integration strategy and standard integration specifications for mPOS and mobile banking plug-in products.

Product owner for Zapp mobile payment system, including fraud target operating model and dispute management process design.

Supported WorldPay separation from RBS, including AML, fraud, and credit risk monitoring vendor selection and gap analysis.

Delivered APIs for V.me digital wallet, including merchant, acquirer, PSP, and fraud engine. Produced change requests to the UK Payments Council and designed dispute processes.

Performed business analysis, payments migration, and fraud system transition across major financial institutions.

Earned a Master of Science in Operations Management and Industrial Engineering.

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.

Completed the Entrepreneurial Edge program at London Business School.