Scott Galit

Advisory Board Member, Viola Fintech

Scott is a renowned fintech leader, with a long-time career in tier one fintech and payment companies.

Scott has served as the CEO and co-CEO of Payoneer, from October 2010 to May 2022 and May 2022 to March 2023, respectively, before transitioning to his current role as a senior advisor.

Under his leadership, Payoneer earned a spot in the Forbes Fintech 50: The Most Innovative Tech Companies in 2020 and announced new partnerships with Mastercard and eBay.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Previously, Scott served as Global Head of Prepaid for MasterCard and developed MasterCard’s global prepaid strategy in addition to overseeing its global debit and prepaid business.
  • Scott was also the founder and CEO of Solspark; SVP/General Manager of First Data Prepaid; and EVP at Meta Payment Systems.
  • Earlier in his career Scott was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
  • Scott was also a founding board member of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NPBCA)—an advocacy organization on behalf of prepaid debit card providers.

Mr. Galit holds a B.A. with distinction from the honors program at the University of Virginia.

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