Huyen Tran

VP, Payments & Strategy at U.S. Bank | Founder: Elys Ventures

Speaker

Huyen is a fintech product and strategy leader at U.S. Bank and founder of Elys Ventures, with two decades of experience building and scaling global digital platforms and financial services solutions. She has owned and scaled market-defining products across credit, deposits, managed funds, BNPL, and digital wallets, impacting over 200 million users worldwide across leading financial institutions including U.S. Bank, Morgan Stanley, E*TRADE, J.P. Morgan, and American Express.

She is the founder of Elys Ventures, through which she invests in early-stage fintech and health tech companies with a product-driven investment approach anchored in customer insight, product discipline, and financial rigor. She is also active in angel investor networks.

Huyen is recognized for driving large-scale growth, building strategic partnerships between fintechs and financial institutions, and advancing financial inclusion through innovation and disciplined execution. She brings a human-centered leadership approach grounded in integrity and empathy, with a strong focus on customer trust and team excellence.