Founder & Host
Savja Advisory & Behind the Business Podcast
Faheem Savja is the founder of Savja Advisory, a boutique consulting firm that supports financial institutions and fintechs with strategic growth, product development, and modernization efforts focused on the small and mid-sized business market. He brings over a decade of experience in commercial banking, structured credit, and fintech product leadership, including time at TD Bank and Sunstone Credit. Through Savja Advisory, Faheem has led initiatives such as underwriting automation for SMB lenders, modernization strategies for credit unions, and exit planning for small businesses under $1M in revenue. He also advises fintechs on go-to-market and partnership strategy. Faheem is the creator and host of Behind the Business, a podcast spotlighting the stories of small business owners across North America. Based in Austin, he actively collaborates with founders, operators, and financial institutions working to close the gap between access and impact in small business finance.
Small and medium-sized businesses are always after new revenue. But they want to focus on their core business and not have to spend time and energy worrying about payment processing. Offering SMBs low fees, fast settlement, and a global network, while allowing them the generate revenue off those transactions, embedded payments players are coming to the rescue! Or are they? While embedded finance has certainly taken the industry by storm and allows consumers a plethora of payment options, not everyone is so sure the money flows back to the small business. Join this panel as they debate whether embedded finance is a cash cow or a money pit.