Founder Profile
Yaniv Chechik
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Yaniv Chechik?
Yaniv Chechik is a founder of Payoneer, which was founded in 2005 with Yuval Tal.
- Company founded
- Payoneer
- Founded
- 2005
- Co-founders
- Yuval Tal
Background
Software and R&D executive who led Payoneer's engineering and product development as CTO and VP R&D, and later served as VP Product at Zooz.
Founding Story
Ben Yaniv Chechik co-founded Payoneer with Yuval Tal in 2005 and served as its CTO and VP R&D, responsible for building the company's early payments platform and product strategy. He later held product roles at payments startup Zooz. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Payoneer Q4 and Full Year 2025 Results (Payoneer)
- Payoneer Q2 2026 Results (Payoneer)