Arjun Wadwalkar leads payment strategy and embedded hardware innovation for the Global Payments Genius platform, driving modular, AI-enabled POS ecosystems that power billions in annual transaction volume. His work sits at the intersection of payments, risk, and intelligent edge infrastructure.

He has led hardware and software platform strategy across countertop, handheld, and integrated commerce environments, enabling scalable, global payment architectures for regulated and high-volume merchant segments.

Arjun was named to the 2026 ETA 40 Under 40 in recognition of his contributions to the payments and transaction industry. He is a joint patent holder of multiple patents in digital ordering and commerce workflow innovation.

Beyond his corporate role, Arjun mentors early-stage founders through startup accelerators and regularly speaks at industry conferences on AI-driven commerce, programmable payments, and next-generation POS infrastructure.