10 CISOs in Financial Technology
Some of these fintech CISOs run security for a whole company, as at Affirm, Robinhood, dLocal and PicPay, while others hold the job for one regulated entity: Klarna's US operations, Binance in the UAE, Bitso Brasil, Revolut Payments Israel. All ten are CISOs today. Talk to them when a banking partner, a central bank license or a new country's regulator is setting your security roadmap.
Professionals to explore
Abbas Haidar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Ant International
Regulatory scope is the center of Abbas Haidar's work as Chief Information Security Officer at Ant International since 2022, including Eu Chief Information Security Officer (2023-2024). As EMEA CISO, Abbas builds security frameworks across more than ten regimes, including SAMA, FCA, MAS, CBUAE, GDPR, PCI-DSS and DORA. The record also shows Security Operations Manager at WorldFirst (2022-2023) and Head of Information Security at Glasswall (2017-2021).
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Ariel Lemelson
LinkedInExperience: SVP & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) · dLocal
SVP & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at dLocal since October 2025, Ariel Lemelson leads cybersecurity, cyber risk and resilience for a cloud-native, API-first payments platform spanning more than 40 emerging markets in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Ariel also sits on advisory boards, including Glilot Capital's since 2024, which suits questions on securing cross-border payments infrastructure.
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Erez Shtang
LinkedInExperience: CISO Revolut Payments Israel Ltd · Revolut
Erez Shtang has been CISO Revolut Payments Israel Ltd since January 2025, covering security operations, incident response, data privacy, compliance, DORA, SOC2 and AI governance. Erez was CISO - TCS Banking Services Israel at Tata Consultancy Services (2022-2024), Cloud Security Architect at KPMG Israel (2021-2022) and Chief Information Security Officer at BUYME (2020-2021).
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Fabio Alves Moreirą
LinkedInExperience: Diretor de Segurança da Informação, CISO · PicPay
Payments has been Fabio Alves Moreirą's industry for more than 20 years: CISO - Chief Information Security Officer at PagBank (2016-2021) and, since November 2021, Diretor de Segurança da Informação, CISO at PicPay, alongside Security Advisor at Banco Original since 2022. Fabio also lists heading security at PagSeguro, Buscapé and Verifone, and holds CISSP and an MBA from FGV.
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Josué Menino
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Klarna Inc. · Klarna
Josué Menino is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Klarna Inc., the role covering Klarna's US operations, since May 2025, after Domain Security Lead at Klarna (2022-2025). At Zurich Insurance Josué was Information Security Specialist, LATAM (2018-2022) and BISO for Chile and Colombia (2021), and holds CISSP and an MBA, a fit for running security for a US entity of a global fintech.
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Martynas Gintalas
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Information Security Officer · Robinhood
Martynas Gintalas became Chief Information Security Officer at Robinhood in July 2025, after Chief Information Security Officer at SME Bank (2024-2025). The record also lists Information Security Officer (GRC, SOC, SecDevOps) at W1TTY (2021-2024) and Cybersecurity Defense Unit Manager (2019-2021) and Information Security Officer (2018-2019) at Luminor Group, a fit for questions on moving bank security practices into a larger fintech.
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Rushikesh Shreshtha
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Binance
Crypto security is Rushikesh Shreshtha's lane: Chief Information Security Officer at Binance since August 2025, styled CISO - Binance UAE on their LinkedIn profile, after Chief Information Security Officer at Tungsten, a Zodia Custody company (2023-2025). Rushikesh was Cyber Security Architect at GBM (2022-2023) and Manager - CyberSecurity at NiCE (2018-2022), and lists CISSP, CCSP and CCIE.
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Shyama R.
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Head of Information Technology · Affirm
Shyama R. has been Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Head of Information Technology at Affirm since January 2021, leading combined security and technology strategy. Shyama was also Chief Information Security Officer at Amount (2017-2021) and at Avant (2015-2020), and VP, Information Security at Live Nation Entertainment (2013-2015), so three CISO roles back questions on running security and IT together.
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Vanessa Gallo
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Bitso Brasil
Vanessa Gallo leads the information security strategy that supports the license of a Central Bank of Brazil-regulated payment institution and played a key role in its authorization to operate in the foreign exchange market. The titles are Chief Information Security Officer at Bitso Brasil since July 2025, plus security and data privacy roles at Méliuz (2024-2025) and Ewally (2023-2024).
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Choose the right perspective
For a company-wide program, start with Shyama R. at Affirm or Martynas Gintalas at Robinhood. Latin American payments and digital banking questions fit Vanessa Gallo, Fabio Alves Moreirą, Camilo Navas Agudelo or Ariel Lemelson, and multi-regime compliance across Europe and the Gulf fits Abbas Haidar. Crypto custody and exchange security belong with Rushikesh Shreshtha.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01When a fintech applies for a payment institution or e-money license, which security controls does the regulator look at first?
- 02How does a fintech CISO run one security program when a local entity answers to its own regulator, such as in the UAE, Brazil or Israel?
- 03What do sponsor banks and card networks ask a fintech's security team to prove during due diligence, and what usually slows it down?
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