# Eric Woodward

> Eric Woodward is the CEO of FinatIQ, a fintech adviser and investor, and a former Group President of Early Warning’s risk businesses. His work spans bank-backed payments, digital identity and authentication; he is a Principal Advisor at Liminal and an advisory board member at Baselayer.

- **Role:** CEO at FinatIQ
- **Organizations:** FinatIQ, Baselayer, Liminal, Socure, Prove, Great Hill Partners, FT Partners, Early Warning Services, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Authentify
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting, University of Colorado Boulder, Leeds School of Business, MBA, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Helped develop Zelle’s risk infrastructure during his leadership at Early Warning., Credited with nine digital identity and payments patents in public professional biographies., Co-founded Bank of America’s Strategic Investments Group; his 2019 speaker biography credits more than $1 billion invested in financial services companies.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and led technology investment banking at Credit Suisse; exact dates are not established.
- **—** — Managing Director at Bank of America; co-founded its Strategic Investments Group and facilitated its initial investment in Early Warning.
- **2017** — Group President at Early Warning; spoke on The Future of Payments at the Rakuten FinTech Conference on September 27.
- **2018** — Published Use Layered Authentication to Secure Real-Time Payments in Digital Transactions.
- **2020** — Joined One World Identity’s new Senior Advisory Board; its November announcement described his retirement from Early Warning’s Risk Solutions leadership.
- **2021** — Socure announced his appointment as Senior Advisor to CEO Johnny Ayers on May 20.
- **2024** — Named among investors in Baselayer’s $6.5 million seed round.
- **2026** — Listed as a Baselayer advisory board member in its FinovateSpring presentation; Prove lists him as CEO of FinatIQ.

## Achievements

- Helped develop Zelle’s risk infrastructure during his leadership at Early Warning.
- Credited with nine digital identity and payments patents in public professional biographies.
- Co-founded Bank of America’s Strategic Investments Group; his 2019 speaker biography credits more than $1 billion invested in financial services companies.
- Led technology investment banking at Credit Suisse; his 2019 biography credits more than $6 billion in financings and acquisitions.
- Founder of Authentify, according to Liminal.
- Named a 2019 Top 100 Influencer in Identity by One World Identity, according to his LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **—** — At Improve 2026, moderated a panel with Jonathan Awad, Rachel Castro and Staci S. Shatsoff about AI-related business identity risks.
- **—** — The Socure Identity Summit 2026 website lists him among attending industry executives.
- **—** — Prove’s Trust 25 Awards website lists him as a judge and identifies his role as CEO of FinatIQ.

## Links

- Website: https://finatiq.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwoodward

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Last updated: 2026-10-07