Chirag Patel
InvestorVP & GM Payments & Risk at Etsy at PICUS CAPITAL
Brooklyn, New York, United States
About
International payments executive and VP/GM of Payments, Risk and Checkout at Etsy, with prior senior roles at Paysafe, Santander, Amazon and Softcard. Focus area: payments and risk.
Experience
- ShopifyVP Product & GM Moneycurrent2025 — presentUnited States
- Picus CapitalFintech Advisorcurrent2023 — presentBrooklyn, New York, United States
- EtsyVP Product & GM Seller Services2024 — 2025United States
- EtsyVP Product & GM Payments & Risk2023 — 2024Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Paysafe GroupPresident Digital Wallets2022 — 2023
- Paysafe GroupCEO Digital Wallets: Skrill and Neteller2021 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
- Banco SantanderEVP Global Head of Payments2018 — 2021
- SuperdigitalBoard Member2019 — 2021São Paulo
- PagoFXBoard Member2019 — 2021London, England, United Kingdom
- European Payment InitiativeBoard Member2020 — 2021
- Santander Merchant Platform SolutionsBoard Member2020 — 2021
- AmazonHead of International Expansion and European Payment Acceptance2016 — 2018
- AmazonHead of Payment Product and Innovation2015 — 2016Greater Seattle Area
- Softcard (acquired by Google)GM Bank Relationships2012 — 2015
- Softcard (acquired by Google)Business Development Executive2012New York City
- American ExpressDirector Prepaid Product Management2010 — 2012
- American ExpressDirector Global Pricing Product Development2007 — 2010
- American ExpressHead of Deal Management2006 — 2007
- American ExpressDynamic Currency Conversion Product Manager2004 — 2006
Skills & more
Strategy66Management24Team Leadership6Negotiation4Gift Cards2Cards2EMV2CryptoProduct Management69Mobile Payments48Business Development40Business Strategy30
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Cross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsCRMP&L ManagementProduct DevelopmentCredit CardsElectronic PaymentsPricingPaymentsB2BSegmentationPayment Card ProcessingFrom Chirag's professional profile.
Colleagues at PICUS CAPITAL
Abhijay Thacker
Investment Advisor at PICUS CAPITAL
Alex Smola
CEO and Co-Founder of Boson AI at PICUS CAPITAL
Alexander Samwer
Founding Partner at PICUS CAPITAL
Amit Jain
CEO at Rewired
Andreas Stryz
CTO at FINN at PICUS CAPITAL
Andy Cohen
SVP of Sales at Bill.com at PICUS CAPITAL
Annika in der Beek
Chief People Officer at Statista at PICUS CAPITAL
Anselm Bauer
Co-Founder at Alasco at PICUS CAPITAL
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chirag Patel?
- International payments executive and VP/GM of Payments, Risk and Checkout at Etsy, with prior senior roles at Paysafe, Santander, Amazon and Softcard. Focus area: payments and risk.
- Where does Chirag Patel work?
- Chirag Patel is VP & GM Payments & Risk at Etsy at PICUS CAPITAL.
- Where did Chirag Patel go to school?
- Chirag Patel studied at King's College London (Pharmacy).
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