Olaseni Alabede

Vice President, Visa Acceptance Solutions, Visa

Olaseni leads strategic product initiatives that support the evolution of global digital commerce and merchant acceptance.


He brings extensive experience from all areas of the payments ecosystem, having previously served as Chief Product Officer at Onafriq driving product and technology strategy for prepaid processing across African markets. He also held multiple leadership roles at Mastercard, including Vice President, Buy Now Pay Later & Installments, where he helped launch a global BNPL solution.


Olaseni is passionate about health equity and serves on the board of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and has completed executive programs at Harvard Business School.