Marc is a global payments, innovation and financial technology (“fintech”) leader with over 25-years of experience in leading fast-growth businesses across both the US and Latin America. Marc Keller is currently the Head of US New Business for Payments Ecosystem for Convera Payments, the former Western Union Business Services B2B Global Payments and FX business spun out of Western Union in early 2022. He was formerly the Chief Commercial Officer of Velo Payments, where he built and led their overall go-to-market strategy having secured over $30M in equity commitment and developed a tier 1 bank, financial services and large enterprise pipeline as well as expanded the company SME reach.
Marc’s has a very distinct approach to business growth that has been developed during his payment leadership tenures that span across Samsung, The Boston Consulting Group, Citigroup, Bank of America, and multiple startups. Teams under his direction have launched solutions that disrupted the industry and cemented their standing as an Alternative Payments and Digital Commerce Contenders.
Marc is also passionate about harnessing technology to support the under-banked. To this end, he has participated in cross-industry coalitions, incubators and has spoken at industry-leading forums. Marc has co-created the ”Next Billion” program as an Executive-in-Residence at MIT’s Center for Future Banking – aimed at leveraging mobile globally to expand financial services to the under-banked.
Marc holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Finance and a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Columbia University.