Co-founder and Co-CEO, Karta
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Co-founder and Co-CEO | Karta | Australian FinTech (30 Oct 2025), Forbes Australia, Australian FinTech (13 May 2024) |
| Product Marketing Executive (former) | American Express | Forbes Australia |
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CPI Card Group has bought a minority stake in Australian payments firm Karta and will integrate Karta's SafeToBuy card-security technology across its US prepaid card range, with a stateside launch planned for early 2026.
Karta, an Australian gift-card platform, has struck a US deal with Visa, having earlier raised a pre-seed round above $21 million, most of it from Commonwealth Bank.
Australian gift card startup Karta has signed a multi-year deal with Visa, making it the first non-bank private label issuer able to transact over Visa's US network.