Maxim Spivakovsky

Senior Director of Global Payments Risk Management at Galileo Financial Technologies

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Maxim Spivakovsky is the Senior Director of Strategy and Global Payments Risk at SoFi Tech Solutions, based in New York. Maxim leads a team focused on payment risk strategy, fraud mitigation, AML, data and reporting as part of the product organization. With nearly two decades of experience in analytics, financial crimes and fraud, he previously held Vice President roles in Fraud Risk Strategy at Goldman Sachs consumer line of business and Private Wealth Management, and served as a Senior Manager in Fraud Risk Management at American Express. A recognized industry voice, he speaks and writes regularly on applying AI and machine learning to real-time fraud decisioning, appearing in outlets such as PYMNTS, SC Media, and Payments Dive, where he champions shifting from reactive detection toward predictive, adaptive fraud prevention that preserves customer experience.