On Dec 08, 2025, Vanar made a big move that honestly say alot about where the project is going. Vanar announced that Saiprasad Raut, a long time payments industry veteran, is joining as Head of Payments Infrastructure. This is not just some random hire for headlines, but more like a serious step toward building real global payment systems on blockchain.
Saiprasad Raut come with more than 25 years of experince in global payments. That alone already stand out in crypto space where many people are young and mostly tech focused. He worked in big roles at companies like FIS, Fiserv, Global Payments and Capgemini, so he clearly understand how real world payments actually work. Most recently, he was Strategy Director for Crypto and Emerging Business at Worldpay, where he helped shape how enterprises adopt digital asset payments and new settlement systems.
What make this appointment more important is that Saiprasad is not new to blockchain either. He also served on the Hedera Governing Council and even co-chaired the Ecosystem Growth committee. That mean he been involved in setting standards and guiding enterprise blockchain use, not just experimenting on side. This mix of traditional finance and blockchain knowledge is rare, and Vanar seems to know that.
Vanar itself is trying to build something bigger than just another chain. The goal is to create infrastructure where money move fast, smart, and even autonomous. This include stablecoin settlements across borders, tokenized real world assets, and AI systems that can manage payments, compliance, and reconciliation in real time. It sound complex, but the idea is simple, remove friction from how money move globally.
Jawad Ashraf, CEO of Vanar, explain it well by saying Saiprasad understand both the old payment rails and the new ones. Legacy systems are slow and heavy, while new crypto rails are fast but often not enterprise ready. Vanar want to connect these two worlds, and leadership like Saiprasad help make that possible.
Saiprasad himself also shared his view, saying he spent his career modernizing payment networks and now see the future in AI driven money flows, stablecoins, and autonomous agents. He believe Vanar is building the core infrastructure that can actually support this future, not just talk about it.
This appointment also come at a time when Vanar relationship with Worldpay is getting stronger. Earlier in the year, Worldpay became an official validator on Vanar Chain, showing trust and long term alignment. That kind of connection is not easy to get and usually mean serious intent.
Overall, this move signal that Vanar is not playing short term hype game. Bringing in someone with decades of real payments experince show focus on long term adoption, real transactions, and real users. It might not sound flashy, but this kind of foundation is what usually matter most in the end.
