Summary
Vladimir Pintea is a seasoned Open Banking and payments leader with 14 years of software and product experience, currently serving as VP Open Banking Engineering and Payments for Europe. He began as a founding developer at Salt Edge in 2013 and progressed to Head of Open Banking, driving the integration of thousands of PSD2 APIs and supporting 150+ global clients from fintechs to multinational banks. Vladimir blends hands-on engineering (Ruby/REST APIs, financial protocols) with product and people leadership, having managed teams of 50+ engineers, account and project managers. He advises companies on PSD2/Open Finance strategy and builds scalable gateway products that balance regulatory compliance, developer experience, and innovation. Based in Chișinău, he combines deep domain knowledge in payments and data aggregation with a practical engineering background that keeps his strategy rooted in implementation realities.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Technology at Technical University of Moldova
BAC, Science, BAC, Science at Lyceum Ion Creanga
English, Romanian, Russian, French, Ukrainian