In my latest interview, I spent some time with North's SVP of Product, Preet Patel, to talk about his journey from Citi to AmEx to North, what's changed in the company since he joined (hint: they were previously known as NAB), and how he takes a consumer products mentality to his merchant payments product work at North.

Preet Patel has served as the Senior Vice President of Product Management at North since September 2019, after previously holding the position of Vice President of Product Management.

Prior to his tenure with North, Patel worked at Yapstone, where he led product strategy for significant marketplace partnerships, most notably with HomeAway, enhancing client relations in Austin, TX.

His career also includes high-profile roles with American Express, where Preet held the position of Senior Manager of Product Development, focusing on the development of consumer co-brand card relationships while leading partner negotiations. Additional prior employers also include Elavon and Citi.

Founded in 1992, North builds frictionless payment processing designed to simplify and grow business. They offer comprehensive solutions, from the front door to the back office, that include point of sale (POS) hardware, a fully integrated payment platform, and comprehensive merchant services to manage inventory, employees, and more.

North is re-imagining the payment experience. As a leading payment technology innovator, North has a diversified product platform that provides a modern end-to-end infrastructure to enable globally-preferred payment types. North’s superior solutions deliver seamless payments experiences in mobile, ecommerce, and in-store environments. Serving hundreds of thousands of businesses and with over $100 billion per year in electronic transaction volume, North delivers functional, feature-rich, and frictionless solutions for the evolving merchant economy.

Enjoy the conversation!

🎧North’s Preet Patel: Bringing a consumer products focus to merchant payments by This Week in Fintech’s Podcast

In my latest interview, I spent some time with North’s SVP of Product, Preet Patel, to talk about his journey from Citi to AmEx to North, what’s changed in the company since he joined (hint: they were previously known as NAB), and how he takes a consumer products mentality to his merchant payments product work at North.Preet Patel has served as the Senior Vice President of Product Management at North since September 2019, after previously holding the position of Vice President of Product Management.Prior to his tenure with North, Patel worked at Yapstone, where he led product strategy for significant marketplace partnerships, most notably with HomeAway, enhancing client relations in Austin, TX.His career also includes high-profile roles with American Express, where Preet held the position of Senior Manager of Product Development, focusing on the development of consumer co-brand card relationships while leading partner negotiations. Additional prior employers also include Elavon and Citi.Founded in 1992, North builds frictionless payment processing designed to simplify and grow business. They offer comprehensive solutions, from the front door to the back office, that include point of sale (POS) hardware, a fully integrated payment platform, and comprehensive merchant services to manage inventory, employees, and more.North is re-imagining the payment experience. As a leading payment technology innovator, North has a diversified product platform that provides a modern end-to-end infrastructure to enable globally-preferred payment types. North’s superior solutions deliver seamless payments experiences in mobile, ecommerce, and in-store environments. Serving hundreds of thousands of businesses and with over $100 billion per year in electronic transaction volume, North delivers functional, feature-rich, and frictionless solutions for the evolving merchant economy.Enjoy the conversation!

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🎧North’s Preet Patel: Bringing a consumer products focus to merchant payments

Podcast Episode · This Week in Fintech’s Podcast · 03/10/2025 · 42m

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Nik Milanovic  00:04

Hello and welcome back to This Week in Fintech podcast. This is your host, Nik Milanovic, and today I'm talking with Preet Patel, Senior Vice President of Product Management at North. North was founded in 1992 the company builds frictionless payment processing designed to simplify and grow business. They offer comprehensive solutions from the front door to the back office that include point of sale hardware, a fully integrated payment platform and comprehensive merchant services to manage inventory employees and more. North is reimagining the payment experience as a leading payment technology innovator, North has a diversified product platform that provides a modern end to end infrastructure to enable globally preferred payment types. North's superior solutions deliver seamless payments experiences in mobile e commerce and in store environments, serving hundreds of 1000s of businesses and with over $100 billion per year in electronic transaction volume. North delivers functional, feature rich and frictionless solutions for the evolving merchant economy. Preet, who is the Senior Vice President of Product Management at North since September 2019, previously held the position of VP of pm at North. Prior to North, he worked at yapstone, where he led product strategy for significant marketplace partnerships, most notably with Home Away, enhancing client relations in Austin, Texas. His career also includes high profile roles with American Express, where Preet held the position of Senior Manager of product development, focusing on the development of consumer co brand card relationships while leading partner negotiations. Additional prior employers also include elevon and Citi. Preet holds a BA in Business Information Systems from the University of Braden and an investment management certificate from the CFA society. Preet, thank you so much for coming on the show and joining us.

Preet Patel  01:52

Hi, Nik. Thank you very much for having me on, appreciate it.