Erick Schneider is Global Head of Payment Partnerships at Kraken, where he leads the strategy connecting traditional finance with crypto infrastructure. His remit spans card issuing and acquiring, payment orchestration, stablecoin rails, fiat on/off ramps, and direct network partnerships with Visa and Mastercard.

Before Kraken, Erick built and scaled payments capabilities across American Express, Crypto.com, WorldRemit, and Citibank, developing deep expertise in cross-border corridors, card network principal membership, and institutional partnerships across LatAm, Europe, and APAC.

A frequent speaker and panel moderator on the global fintech circuit, Erick is known for pushing conversations past the hedged answers. He speaks Spanish and Portuguese fluently ... and is just dangerous enough in French & Italian... and is based in Miami.