Tessa Wijaya
Co-Founder and COO, Xendit
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Tessa Wijaya is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Xendit. She is responsible for the overall business operations of the company, including service and support, partnerships, government, and public relations, as well as compliance.
Prior to building Xendit, Tessa had a successful career at various private equity firms for 7 years, QUVAT, Fairways, and Mizuho, before embarking on a new journey in the sphere of financial technology in 2015. Tessa earned her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in the United States of America and a master’s degree in the University of Sydney in Australia.
Tessa has always had the dream of becoming an entrepreneur and liking the variety of challenges that she had to overcome along the way. And now, being one of the few women in the payments landscape that is continuously evolving, Tessa is the first female startup founder to achieve unicorn status in Indonesia.
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Xendit is a financial technology company that provides payment solutions and simplifies the payment process for businesses in Indonesia, the Philippines and Southeast Asia, from SMBs and e-commerce startups to large enterprises. Xendit enables businesses to accept payments, disburse payroll, run marketplaces and more, on an easy integration platform supported by 24/7 customer service. Amidst the fragmented payment landscape in Southeast Asia, Xendit enables businesses to accept payments from direct debit, virtual accounts, credit and debit cards, eWallets, retail outlets, and online installments.
Building the region’s digital payments infrastructure, Xendit is shaping the next generation of scalable businesses across Southeast Asia. Xendit is propelling the region's digital transformation by addressing access, reliability, and regulatory needs to enable more businesses to scale and thrive. As the first Indonesian startup to graduate from YCombinator and backed by global investors and venture capital firms in the region, Xendit powers some of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing brands including Traveloka, Transferwise, Wish, and Grab.
Learn more about Xendit at www.xendit.co