Skipify, a leading fintech company pioneering identity-powered payments, announced that Cindy Turner has joined the board as a strategic advisor and observer. With a distinguished career spanning Fortune 500 companies and private equity, Turner is an expert on digital transformation with an exceptional track record of helping companies drive operational excellence and growth at scale. Her insights and leadership will help propel Skipify’s mission of reimagining the checkout experience.
Currently the Chief Product Officer at Worldpay, Turner is helping lead a growth-focused transformation of the high-scale industry player. Previously, she held the role of General Manager and Vice President of the Enterprise Merchant (PayPal Braintree) business at PayPal, where she oversaw a fintech payments portfolio generating over $9 billion in gross revenue, catering to leading ecommerce and technology companies globally. Turner’s extensive career includes senior leadership positions at JPMorgan Chase, Visa, and KKR, where she managed large-scale payment operations, launched transformative products and supported both major global retailers and hundreds of thousands of SME merchants worldwide.
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“It’s our great honor to have Cindy’s guidance and expertise as Skipify continues to redefine checkout with our Commerce Identity Cloud,” said Ryth Martin, CEO and founder at Skipify. “What we’re building is not just a better and faster way to pay, but an entirely new and connected payment infrastructure. Cindy’s tremendous expertise in technology, operations, and merchant ecosystems is instrumental to accelerating our growth and expansion.”
“Payments innovation is accelerating which is forcing close collaboration with ecosystem partners to deliver sustainable advancements that benefit consumers, merchants, and fintechs alike,” said Turner. “I’m excited to bring my expertise to the Skipify board and help shape the next wave of payment innovations Ryth and the team are going to deliver.”
Skipify is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California whose mission is to connect people to the merchants and financial products they trust and love through innovative, reliable, and secure digital experiences that feel more like magic than software. Built in partnership with the world’s largest financial institutions, acquirers and card networks, Skipify’s Commerce Identity Cloud helps merchants significantly boost authorization and conversion rates while reducing checkout abandonment.
Skipify has been recognized as a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, Top 100 Financial Technology Company, The Future of Payment Infrastructure by Money20/20, and a CB Insights Retail Tech 100 honoree. Skipify is backed by leading fintech and commerce enablement investors, including Samsung NEXT, Amex Ventures, Synchrony Ventures, Okta Ventures, Point72, Flourish Ventures, Infinity Ventures, PayPal Ventures, Vinyl, Worldpay, and BDT & MSD Partners.
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