Nasser Rahal
Payments & digital assets · DubaiNasser Rahal
Payments & digital asset advisory · Canada · US · GCCI'm Nasser Rahal—based in Dubai, advising banks, credit unions, PSPs, exchange houses and virtual asset firms on how they move money. I owned the target architecture for BMO's Real-Time Rail and ISO 20022 programmes, and I've run $50MM-a-year banking portfolios. You get a senior advisor who has shipped this, on a fixed scope.
Selected facts from programmes I owned or led—not marketing metrics.
Most modernization work right now is set by a regulator or a scheme, not by a strategy deck. These are the deadlines my clients are planning around.
Also coming, without fixed dates: Aani cross-border, e-direct debit and B2B payments in the UAE; accreditation under Canada's consumer-driven banking framework; and wider FedNow use among US banks and credit unions.
Every engagement ends with something your board, your regulator and your delivery team can each act on. All products →
Fixed-scope payments engagements for banks, credit unions and PSPs across Canada, the US and the GCC.
Payments offers →Production Sprint for licensed-not-live VARA VASPs — dual control, evidence plane, and a 90-day path. Request a slot on this site; full LiveGate pack on vasps.fazezero.com.
Digital assets offers →Short briefs on Real-Time Rail, ISO 20022 and UAE inspection readiness — nested under each product.
At launch, institutions only have to receive RTR payments. The hard part is sending: fraud controls for irrevocable payments, liquidity and pre-funding, and 24/7 operations. Plan that work now, not in 2027.
Read the full view →Many banks met the Swift cutover with translation layers. Structured addresses, exceptions and investigations, and statements arrive between 2026 and 2028, and each one exposes data you don't hold yet.
Read the full view →A VASP licence is the start. Inspections now test whether custody, Travel Rule and risk-assessment controls work in practice, and whether you can prove it on the day.
Read the full view →Most clients start with a three-to-four-week assessment at a fixed fee. You see the output before committing to anything larger.
I work from Dubai across GCC and North American hours, with a Toronto delivery presence for Canadian programmes. Each statement of work names the weeks I'm on site with your team.
I don't resell software. The company I contract through also builds applications; I disclose that up front, and it won't bid on build work from my advice without your written consent.
A 30-minute call is enough to tell whether a fixed-scope assessment makes sense. Leave name, email and phone below — or email / LinkedIn if you prefer.
Based in Dubai. GCC: 14:00–18:00 Dubai, Sunday to Friday.
North America: Monday to Friday, overlapping Eastern morning.
