Startup Grind is a global startup community educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs. On 27 August Startup Grind Singapore welcome two speakers from online payment and FinTech industries to share their thoughts with the StartupGrind community. The format will be a 30 mins panel talk with Tyson and Tanmai, followed by a 15 mins Q&A session opened to the floor. This is your chance to be up close and personal with veterans in the online payment and FinTech industries to get to know more about the dynamics of those industries. So do drop by for a night of open conversation, beer and opportunities to mix, mingle and have a good time with like-minded entrepreneurs. Our last event with Vinnie Lauria was a full house event, so don’t miss it this time. Early bird tickets are on sale. Secure your seats now. http://bit.ly/1IUI0dx If you have a specific question that you want our panelists to chat about, tweet us with the hashtag #SUGSG. About Tyson: Tyson Hackwood is the Head of Asia for Braintree Payments, an PayPal company. Tyson has been actively involved in both Online Payments and Mobile Payments for 15 Years, with extensive experience working with both traditional and next generation businesses. He has worked with many of these organisations through his time in Braintree, PayPal and Vodafone. About Braintree: A catalyst for the next-gen of commerce, Braintree’s global platform powers payments online and mobile commerce innovators including Airbnb, Uber, GitHub, and Lyft. Braintree’s v.zero SDK powers PayPal, including One Touch™ single-click purchasing, Venmo, Apple Pay , credit/debit cards and Bitcoin across any device. Braintree was acquired by PayPal in 2013. About Tanmai: Tanmai is the Founder and CEO of Mesitis, creator of the Canopy account aggregation and visualization application. Canopy enables individuals and their wealth advisors to visualize their investments across bank accounts, asset classes, currencies and geographies, making them more aware and knowledgeable investors. Prior to Mesitis, Tanmai worked for 20 years in senior trading and financial structuring roles in major banks based in Singapore, Hong Kong, New York and Mumbai. He is a hobbyist programmer for the last 20+ years and wrote the first version of the core valuation component of Canopy himself. About Moderator: Katrina heads Product Marketing at TradeGecko in Singapore. Her work experience evolved from fashion editorial to the arts and education technology in Singapore, London and Melbourne. She co-founded Ediply, an edtech marketplace that simplifies the application process to global education institutions for international students. She gets excited about cross-disciplinary collaborations, product management and growth.