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This list showcases the top Tel Aviv based CEO’ operating in the Mobile Payments space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Arik Shtilman
CEO and Co-Founder of Rapyd
Arik Shtilman serves as the CEO of Rapyd, the B2B service enabling enterprises and mobile platforms to make digital payments and withdraw money through use of a single API. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at CashDash, a currency exchange mobile application for travelers that eliminates the need for carrying large amounts of cash between travel destinations. Prior to Rapyd, Arik was the CEO and founder of ITNAVIGATR, a cloud-based management and performance company, which was acquired by Avaya in 2013.
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About CashDash, Rapyd: Rapyd is a payments platform that inserts fintech services into any app and simplifies the complex offering of local payment methods.
Efrat Shalem
CEO & Founder of EQUAL
Entrepreneur, tech marketer, & product manager. Founder & CEO of EQUAL, the world’s 1st circular-economy marketplace.
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About EQUAL: The world’s 1st circular-economy marketplace where everyone gives and takes equally.

Mark Smargon
CEO and Co-Founder of Fuse Network
Mark Smargon is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fuse.io.
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About Fuse Network: Fuse Network Limited is the company helping maintain the blockchain and a mobile-payment-focused ecosystem Fuse Network

Nir Erlich
CEO of Execute
Nir Erlich is CEO at Execute.
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About Execute: Turning vision into amazing digital products

Henri BenEzra
CEO of SnatchApp
As the CEO of SnatchBot and SnatchApp (Snatch Group Limited), Henri Ben Ezra is responsible for running all facets of the business. Henri has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving sales growth in the technology industry. Prior to founding Snatch Group, Henri was Chief Executive Officer at HGT Telecom in France and LT Telecom in the UK, responsible for all the technological activities. Henri also run various businesses within the Energy and Financial sectors focusing on digital technology. Today, Henri’s expectation while leading SnatchBot is to teach technology to speak and understand human language. Natural language understanding and artificial intelligence are some of the most challenging problems to solve in computer science, requiring sophisticated deep-learning algorithms to be trained on massive amounts of data and infrastructure; SnatchBot wants to democratize these deep-learning technologies and scales automatically, negating the need to manage infrastructure.
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About SnatchApp, SnatchBot: SnatchApp is a cross-platform, and end-to-end encrypted instant messaging and calling app.
Sheila Kagan
Chief Executive Officer of PayKey
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About PayKey: PayKey enables banks to offer their customers access to financial services, including P2P payments, from within any mobile application.