THE FOUNDER'S JOURNEY

Mohsin Termezy

Every time a migrant crosses a border, they start at zero again.

Banker, builder, regulator's advisor, funder and founder — Mohsin Termezy has worked in almost every seat in the fintech ecosystem. For three decades he has been collecting the parts to fix that.

A phoenix story, told through the record.

Mohsin Termezy, Founder and CEO of Finclude
Mohsin Termezy · Founder & CEO, Finclude
30+

years across banking, payments & fintech

1 exit

yEvolve → M3 Tech, still operating

30+

countries of payments deployments

$200MM

a year in home remittances built at Samba

He didn't change careers. He was collecting the parts.

03 / A COMPLETE PERSPECTIVE

Every seat at the table

EVERY SEATOne connected perspective

01 / THE EVIDENCE

Consumer banker

Citibank

Customer launch of Citibank Online (CBOL); CitiAlert paid SMS alerts; Citi Mobilink co-branded card

Finclude's model depends on banks, AMCs, regulators and fintechs working together. Mohsin has sat in every one of those chairs.

04 / THE CHAPTERS

One journey. Every chapter counts.

05 / THE FIRES

What survived the fire

2004

PointBlank

Enterprise cash cycles drained a small vendor. After the merger, the Principals didn't continue the Pakistan business.

What he kept

Enterprise customers, the UBL relationship and delivery experience.

What he learned

Cash cycles kill before competitors do.

2014

Monet

When Warid was sold to Mobilink (Jazz), the business model fell apart. Monet merged into Bank Alfalah.

What he kept

Regulatory firsts and the platform that became the foundation of Alfa.

What he learned

Build on rails you control.

Years pending

Dastak

A cross-border scale-up model met a market that was not ready. Mohsin pivoted to the most acute need.

What he kept

Cross-border experience and the focus on migrant families.

What he learned

The right vision at the wrong time is still the wrong time.

Three times the ground moved under him: an owner exited, a telco was sold, a market wasn't ready. None ended because the product or customers failed. Each time he kept what worked and built again.

06 / THE CONVERGENCE

What it adds up to

RemittancesDistributionDigital railsRegulationInvesting

FINCLUDE TODAY

A financial life that crosses borders

Cross-border distribution of UBL Funds to the diaspora · Global Hajj Saver · Diaspora Green Sukuk · Hemaayah · Sarwat

Purpose-based savings: In design · Subject to regulatory approvals

Remittances + distribution + digital rails + regulation + investing = a financial life that crosses borders.

07 / IDEAS IN PRINT

Publications & thought leadership

2020 / LEAD AUTHOR

Pakistan Fintech Landscape Report

Commissioned by Karandaaz (FCDO & Gates Foundation funded); 41 in-depth stakeholder interviews.

{{FINTECH_REPORT_URL}} · Link pending

2017 / INDUSTRY VISION

Digital Financial Services: Pakistan Landscape of 2025

Sponsored by Karandaaz Digital; delivered by Finclude with Innoventures; Pakistan's first LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® exercise for DFS.

Read the report

09 / THE RECORD

The archive

10 / NOT A SOLO JOURNEY

The people

PHOTO PENDING

yEvolve

S. Mazhar Hasan

Co-founder & CTO, yEvolve

Joined as project manager and grew into CTO and co-founder, leading the engineering behind SLASH, RAID, CRACQ and Pocket Stocks.

PHOTO PENDING

PHASE 2

More co-founders

Phase 2

Profiles coming soon

11 / STRAIGHT ANSWERS

The questions worth asking

He didn't change careers.
He was collecting the parts.

One financial relationship that follows you across borders: payments, FX, savings, protection and investing.