With the rapid growth in digital payments and the expansion of alternative payment methods such as BNPL and cryptocurrencies, it is an exciting time to be at the forefront of innovation.

Alla Gancz

EY UK Payments Consulting Leader

Payments innovator. Digital trailblazer. Visionary technologist. Passionate about shaping the future of payments and being at the forefront of innovation.

Alla is a partner and UK Payments Leader at Ernst & Young LLP in the expanding Financial Services Technology Consulting service. With over 25 years of experience working in payments and technology consulting, Alla led digital transformation and innovation programs across financial services.

She is focused on helping EY clients to accelerate payments operations and technology transformation, infrastructure modernization and innovation, in addition to building new payments platforms.

Alla supports banks on their journey of adoption of real-time payments while accelerating transaction speed, reducing risk and fraud, creating new revenue sources, reducing transaction costs, and reaching new markets.

She holds an MBA from INSEAD, a top business school in France.

How Alla is building a better working world

“The payments industry is a key enabler of digital commerce and financial inclusion. I am committed in helping shape the future of the payments industry, helping EY clients to enable faster, smarter and safer payments, while spearheading innovation during the period of rapid change. As we move into the world of embedded and decentralized finance, the value beyond payment transaction is becoming ever more important.”

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