Vanar, the AI-native blockchain infrastructure company powering next-generation financial systems, has appointed Saiprasad Raut as its Head of Payments Infrastructure. This strategic hire strengthens the company’s position at the forefront of the next era of global payments, including stablecoin settlement, tokenized value, and agentic financial automation.
Saiprasad brings more than 25 years of leadership across the global payments industry, with senior roles at FIS, Fiserv, Global Payments and Capgemini. He most recently served as Strategy Director for Worldpay’s Crypto and Emerging Business team, where he shaped enterprise adoption of digital asset payments and next-generation settlement rails. He also served on the Hedera Governing Council, co-chairing the Ecosystem Growth committee and contributing to enterprise blockchain standards.
Vanar is building the infrastructure for a world where money moves instantly, intelligently and autonomously. This includes stablecoin-based global settlements, tokenized real-world assets moving across interoperable networks, AI and agentic systems managing payments, reconciliation and compliance in real time, as well as intelligent settlement logic executed on-chain through Vanar’s AI-native architecture.
Saiprasad’s experience across traditional payments, crypto infrastructure and enterprise blockchain ecosystems makes him one of the few global leaders capable of bridging these domains.
“Saiprasad is one of the most respected minds in global payments,” said Jawad Ashraf, CEO of Vanar. “He understands the legacy rails and he understands the new rails. His leadership accelerates our mission to build intelligent and agentic payment infrastructure that can support the next decade of financial innovation.”
Saiprasad Raut, Head of Payments Infrastructure, on joining Vanar: “I have spent my career modernizing payment networks around the world. The next chapter will be shaped by AI-driven money flows, stablecoins, tokenization and autonomous financial agents. Vanar is building the infrastructure that makes this future possible. I am excited to help lead this transformation.”
This appointment comes during a period of growing alignment between Vanar and Worldpay. Earlier this year, Worldpay became an official validator on Vanar Chain, reinforcing a shared commitment to responsible, compliant and scalable blockchain adoption for real-world transactions.
