The newly created executive role underscores the company’s strategic focus on financial services, payments, and embedded fintech capabilities
RICHARDSON, Texas – RealPage®, a leading global provider of AI-enabled software and data analytics to the real estate industry, today announced the appointment of Zahir Khoja as Chief Fintech Officer. In this newly created role, Khoja will join the Executive Management Committee (EMC) and report directly to President and CEO Dirk Wakeham, leading the company’s financial technology strategy and operations.
“Financial services are an essential layer of the modern real estate operating platform,” said Wakeham. “Zahir brings deep experience building and scaling global fintech platforms, and he will accelerate how RealPage delivers secure, seamless financial experiences for operators and residents across our ecosystem.”
Khoja brings more than 20 years of global leadership experience in fintech and payments to RealPage. Most recently, he served as CEO of Wave Financial Inc., an H&R Block subsidiary and leading financial platform for small businesses, where he successfully led the organization towards profitable growth and expanded the platform’s capabilities. Earlier in his career, Khoja helped scale Afterpay in North America, and he held senior global leadership roles at Mastercard. Khoja also led the development and growth of M-Paisa in Afghanistan, where he scaled operations while advancing financial inclusion initiatives and empowering local leadership.
At RealPage, Khoja will lead the company’s overall fintech strategy, including payments, financial services, and emerging resident financial solutions. His focus will be on expanding secure and seamless financial experiences across the RealPage platform while strengthening operational excellence, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
The creation of the Chief Fintech Officer role reflects RealPage’s continued expansion of financial services capabilities across its platform, helping operators streamline transactions, improve resident experiences, and unlock new sources of economic value.
Khoja currently resides in California with his wife and two daughters and plans to relocate to the Dallas-Fort Worth area near RealPage’s headquarters.
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