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Abdul Assal

General Manager - Global Card

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil · 1 connection

Pomelo

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About

I've spent 15+ years at the intersection of fintech and payments — from Card issuance at Banco Santander, to regional Fintechs/Innovation at Mastercard, to scaling commercial operations as Country Manager at Galileo (SoFi/NASDAQ) across Brazil and Colombia. Today I lead Global Card at Pomelo, where we're bringing the most modern payment infrastructure in Latin America to the rest of the world. My focus is on helping banks, fintechs, and corporates launch card products, expand into new markets, and operate global payments through a single, unified integration. Always open to connecting with people building the next generation of financial services.

Experience

General Manager - Global CardPomelo
Aug 2026
Commercial ConsultantCarrefour
Dec 2009 to Jan 2011
Head of Business Development - Galileo Brazil & ColombiaSoFi Tech Solutions - Latin America Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Apr 2024 to Jul 2026
Coordinator at Carrefous MallsCarrefour
Jan 2011 to Oct 2011
Vice-presidente - Enablers, LACMastercard
Mar 2023 to Apr 2024
Director - Fintechs & Enablers LACMastercard
Oct 2021 to Mar 2023
Director - Fintechs & Digital Banks BrazilMastercard
Mar 2020 to Oct 2021
Account ManagerMastercard
Mar 2018 to Mar 2020
Product & Relationship Manager - Cobrand CardsSantander
Feb 2017 to Mar 2018
Cross Sell ManagerSantander
Dec 2015 to Feb 2017
Products and Loyalty CoordinatorSantander
Sep 2014 to Dec 2015
Digital Channels CoordinatorSantander
Jan 2014 to Sep 2014
Cobrand Cards Partnerships - Commercial CoordinatorSantander
Nov 2011 to Jan 2014
TraineeCarrefour
Mar 2009 to Nov 2009

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Crypto & Blockchain Finance
2022 to 2022
University of Oxford
Fintech programme Tecnologia em serviços financeiros
2019 to 2019
FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração
MBA Gestão Empresarial
2010 to 2011
FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração
Extensão Gestão do Varejo
2009 to 2009
Stirling Business School (Australia)
Diploma Business - Marketing
2008 to 2008
Universidade Paulista
Graduação Comunicação Social - Publicidade e Propaganda
2003 to 2006