Trade finance is the lifeblood of global commerce — yet it still runs on infrastructure built for a paper world. We're building the integration layer that changes that.
Opportunity
Every institution that plays a role has digitized solutions that solve its individual problems. But without common message standards, frameworks, or protocols, the processes continue to be broken — leaving billions in value, and millions of SMEs, locked out.
Regulation, technology, and infrastructure are converging — and that convergence is what makes this the right moment to build.
See our solutionOur Solution
Four capabilities, working as one system — making domestic and global trade interoperable, intelligent, and programmable.
Seamless interoperability across banks, fintechs, corporates, and logistics networks — connected through a unified, open API layer.
Programmable trade assets, digital settlement, and blockchain-enabled trust infrastructure — turning trade instruments into programmable value.
Intelligent routing across real-time payment systems, stablecoin rails, and modernized SWIFT infrastructure — one interface for all payment flows.
Autonomous workflow execution across trade, compliance, and financing processes — AI that acts, not just advises.
Founders
Co-Founder
Sujatha is a digital technology leader and subject matter expert with nearly 35 years of experience, specializing in core banking transformation, payments, and digital platform modernization. As Co-Founder of Wattle, she leads Solution and Product Architecture, building a digital-first trade finance platform that integrates multiple trade corridors using DPI and real-time payments with an API-first strategy, while also driving product-market fit, GTM, and business model design.
Sujatha has been a driving force in India's fintech growth, recognized with the Asian Banker Award, the Women in Fintech Award, and a place among the Top 20 Influential Fintech Leaders. She has led large-scale transformation programs across banks and geographies, including the integration of two major financial institutions, and is a trusted advisor to boards, CXOs, and PE/VC investors on implementation strategy, architecture, and technology due diligence.
Sujatha holds a Wharton alumnus credential from the University of Pennsylvania and sits on the boards of Indostar Capital Finance, Cookie Jar Technologies (FinVU), Varthana Finance, and Wattle Digital Solutions.
Co-Founder
Jay is a banking technology leader with about three decades of experience across domestic and international markets, with deep expertise in product delivery, multi-country implementations, and large-scale technology transformation. As Co-Founder of Wattle, he leads Product and Engineering, rebuilding trade finance infrastructure for a digital-first world — API-led architecture, tokenized documents, and real-time payment rail integrations in place of decades-old paper processes.
Jay has held senior technology leadership roles at major private banks, where he consistently delivered at the intersection of technology, business, and regulation, and played a key role in the technology integration behind two of the largest bank mergers in the Indian banking industry. He also contributes actively to the fintech ecosystem as a mentor and angel investor.
He holds a Chief Technology Officer Programme credential from NUS, a PGDM and CFA from ICFAI, a B.Sc. from MSU, and is PMP and CSTE certified.
Why Now
New global frameworks for digital trade documents and e-invoicing are creating a policy foundation for interoperable infrastructure.
Blockchain, AI agents, and real-time payment rails have matured enough to underpin a production-grade trade finance platform.
No neutral, open integration layer exists today — creating a clear, defensible opportunity to become the connective tissue of global trade.
Get in Touch
Whether you're a bank, a fintech, a corporate treasury, or a logistics provider — let's talk about how Wattle can connect your stack to the global trade ecosystem.