Segun Adeyemi is a Nigerian fintech entrepreneur known for building some of the most influential digital‑finance infrastructures on the continent. As the CEO and co‑founder of Anchor, a banking‑as‑a‑service platform backed by Y Combinator, he focuses on enabling businesses to embed financial products through modern APIs, regulatory coverage, and scalable infrastructure. His mission is rooted in expanding access to financial choices for the next billion users, a theme that runs consistently through his work.

Before Anchor, Adeyemi led and exited Amplified Payments, where he and his team built Africa’s first recurring‑payment‑focused gateway and a pioneering social‑keyboard banking solution. He later served as Country Manager for JUMO, helping expand mobile‑based credit and savings services across Nigeria, and previously contributed to the growth of Hotels.ng and UCML Capital. His career reflects a pattern of building connective financial layers that simplify how Africans access, move, and manage money.

Adeyemi’s leadership journey began early, from revitalizing the Nigerian Economics Students’ Association at the University of Lagos to earning recognition at the Warwick Economics Summit. Today, he stands as one of Africa’s most respected fintech builders, known for scaling digital banking engines and shaping the continent’s embedded‑finance future. His work continues to influence how developers, startups, and institutions create financial products across emerging markets.