Vijay Sondhi

Chief Executive Officer

Vijay Sondhi is the Chief Executive Officer of NMI. He is an accomplished fintech executive and investor. Vijay ran Visa’s CyberSource and Authorize.Net businesses, was head of Visa corporate strategy and launched Visa’s flagship One-Market Innovation Center. He served as CFO for three private equity and venture-backed companies spanning a wide variety of fintech solutions, including ERP accounting, point-of-sale systems, hospitality reservations and billing, plus financial document management, where he raised private capital, executed merger and acquisition transactions and oversaw an initial public offering. Vijay’s executive career includes senior roles with Oracle-Micros-Fidelio, OpenText-IXOS and SAP. Vijay earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from The University of British Columbia. Vijay lives in San Francisco with his wife and two daughters and is passionate about cycling and skiing.

Articles by Vijay Sondhi:

Young consumers are driving payments innovations

Young Consumers Are Driving Innovation in Payments: Are You Prepared? By Vijay Sondhi Young consumers are changing the way we pay. Their desire for quick, frictionless digital payments has paved the way for innovative technologies like digital wallets, palm readers, QR payments and checkout-free “Just Walk Out” solutions. In a recent NMI Payment Playbook episode, podcast host Gre... Read More

How cashless economies are reshaping payments

Cashless Payments: The Long-Term Trend Changing Everything By Vijay Sondhi Cash use has been declining for years, but will it ever reach the point where we become an entirely cashless society? I was in Canada recently and was shocked by how many small restaurants didn’t accept cash. Statistics Canada — the country’s national statistical service — found that only half o... Read More