Digital bank for Mexico's underbanked, starting from credit cards.
Founders
Neri Tollardo(Italy · ♂)— An Italian economist who helped build the profitable digital bank Tinkoff in Russia, then relocated to Mexico in 2022 after the Ukraine war and applied that digital-banking playbook to launch Plata.
Danil Anisimov(Russia · ♂)— A former Tinkoff executive who co-founded Plata with Tollardo and other Tinkoff alumni to replicate their Russian digital-banking model in the underbanked Mexican market.
Team & hubs
Around 1,805 people on the team.
Where the team is based, by share of staff.
Mexico City30%
Mexico City Metropolitan Area15%
Paphos10%
Mexico10%
Cyprus5%
Benito Juárez5%
People & leadership
Miguel Quero Mejia Deputy COONeri Tollardo Co-Founder & CEOYusif Kahwagi Head Of ComplianceRoman Bobreshov Head Of EngineeringLaura Fino Head of AmbassadorsFelipe Castellanos Chief Financial OfficerAndrey Shelekhin Chief Technology OfficerRicardo Torres Ortiz Chief Operations Officer