Babatunde Okeniyi is a notable Nigerian in the financial sector. He is an alumnus of the Advanced Management Programme (AMP 24) of Lagos Business School and a fellow, International Academy of Cards and Payments alumnus. He is an accomplished alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University (B.Sc.), University of Lagos (MBA).
In addition to this, he is a certified engineer by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (MNSE) and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).In September 2019, he was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of fintech company, PayAttitude Global, a company which pioneers digital adoptions in line with the new global standards in the financial sector. A man with a robust dossier in the financial sector, Babatunde Okeniyi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Obafemi Awolowo University and an MBA from the University of Lagos. He is a fellow of the International Academy of Cards and Payments and the Institute of Credit Administration, among others.
PayAttitude is a Payment Scheme with innovative technologies for payments and financial transactions with a focus on mobile and digital payments. PayAttitude is owned by a consortium of leading Nigerian banks.Okeniyi has provided valuable insight to the Board and Management of PayAttitude from his wealth of experience.With a host of other high-end roles in the sector, where his footprints have been sunk in the sands of time, he has a 10-year stint with Unified Payment Services where he served in the capacities of Executive Director, Marketing and Sales and Director, IT and Operations.He has over two decades of unbroken experience in Nigeria’s dynamic financial & Payments industry. His appointment is one of the measures geared towards positioning PayAttitude Global as a leading Payment scheme within and outside Nigeria.He has also worked as Group Chief Information Officer and Group Head, Operations at UBA and Ecobank respectively. Babatunde also worked with Citibank Nigeria.
Suffice to say, Babatunde is an accomplished, result-oriented backend operation and information Technology expert with a rich experience in Operations, Technology Infrastructure management, Information Security, Project Management, Service Delivery and Banking transformation.He boasts of a rich background in the Full Suites operations of an investment/retail bank, with various responsibilities in transaction services, Customer services.This experience provides him with a unique in-depth understanding of customer/end-user requirements and expectations. Babatunde is also a member of the American Society for Industrial Security, Nigeria Computer Society and International Facility Management Association. Until his new appointment, Babatunde was Director, Marketing & Sales in our company, a position he attained after working as Director, IT/Operations. Babatunde is known for his attention to details and operational excellence.
PayAttitude is a Payment Scheme with innovative technologies for payments and financial transactions with focus on mobile and digital payments. PayAttitude is owned by a consortium of leading Nigerian banks.PayAttitude Global was incorporated and granted license in 2013 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to operate as a payment scheme.PayAttitude Global is the owner of the registered trademark PayAttitude®, Person to Person with a patent granted in Nigeria in 2017 with the associated pay-off line Pay With Just Phone Number®.PayAttitude owns the patent for the innovative Technology and Process that enables phone numbers to be used for different transactions available across all channels ATM, POS and WEB. These transactions are approved or authorized from ONLY the personal devices of the holder/customer of the PayAttitude bank/partner.As one of the major players in the Payment Industry, Pay Attitude introduced this innovative and convenient payment option as another major contribution and added value to the payment industry.
