Hakan is an Advisor for Technology & Innovation at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub in Hong Kong with a focus on Open Finance, Digital Currencies, and Payments. Before joining the BIS, he was the Global Open Banking & Open Data Practice Lead at Mastercard, based in Zurich. Hakan is an expert in open data ecosystems, open banking & open finance regulation, API standardization, and instant and cross-border payments. He is an internationally recognized thought leader in his area of expertise and a member of various international working groups. He brings more than 14+ years of technology & strategy consulting and product development experience at Mastercard, Accenture, and Infosys – in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.