Portrait of Matthias Leyendecker

building products and the orgs that ship them_

Fifteen years in fintech, I’ve seen payments from every angle: sold it at Bertelsmann, built it at Paysafe, merged platforms at Unzer, then co-founded Payla as CPO, owning product, design and engineering.

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// open to

  • Speaking at conferences, internal events and podcasts: on payments infrastructure, the headless economy, and building product orgs and cultures that ship.
  • Advisory for payments in-housing, embedded-finance strategy, investment due diligence, or helping founders stand up tech orgs. For the right social cause, pro bono.
  • Networking with people in fintech and payments, or any founder building something interesting. Let’s swap book recommendations.
  • Fractional or interim: embedding into your team for a while to achieve a specific outcome. No capacity at the moment.

languages: german, english, serbian, croatian – all native · tz: europe/berlin

// contact

Email is the safest bet, and I actually respond. We can also exchange Signal usernames.