Avin Arumugam

Avin Arumugam is a seasoned payments and fintech executive with over 20 years of experience across the entire payments value chain, having worked with issuers, acquirers, networks, gateways, ISOs/PayFacs, and merchants. A founding team member of PayPal Merchant Services and PayPal Mobile, he later joined JPMorgan Chase, where he contributed to groundbreaking initiatives like ChaseNet and led Apple Pay, Chase Pay, and Samsung Pay implementations. Avin’s leadership has spanned both Product and Go-to-Market functions, with full P&L ownership and a track record of exits, including his role on the executive team at One Inc., successfully sold to private equity, and on the team during the Postmates’ acquisition by Uber. After the Postmates deal, Avin began investing his own capital as a Fractional Chief Payments Officer, helping portfolio companies develop and execute their payments strategies. Currently, he’s an Operating Partner at Searchlight Capital, where he sources deals, conducts