The Clearing House (TCH) has appointed Rusiru Gunasena as senior vice president of real-time payments (RTP) product management and strategy.
In his role at TCH, Gunasena will oversee the ongoing growth of the RTP network, a platform for domestic real-time payments.
Gunasena has more than 20 years of experience as a payments and fintech leader focused on digital innovation. Gunasena was previously head of JHA PayCenter at Jack Henry & Associates, where he enabled over 170 bank and credit unions to join the RTP network.
Gunasena will succeed industry veteran Steve Ledford who is retiring. Ledford has been with TCH since 2013. Before officially joining TCH, Ledford began consulting with the company in 1992.
Commenting on his new appointment, Gunasena (pictured) says: “It is exciting to be able to join TCH and to continue to be able to work with financial institutions to increase the usage of real-time payments in the US, which ultimately benefit bank and credit union customers.
“Now, I am happy to bring [my] experience to TCH to help accelerate the already impressive growth of the RTP network.”
Russ Waterhouse, executive vice president, product development and strategy, TCH, comments: “We are excited to have Rusiru join TCH during a key time of growth for the RTP network.
“Rusiru’s knowledge of the payments industry and experience with onboarding new financial institutions to JHA PayCenter will directly translate to help accelerate growth of the RTP network, providing unparalleled control and transparency to users.”
