Mary Saracco

Mary Saracco is the Founder of Ping, a financial technology company focused on simplifying cross-border payments and international money transfers. She began her professional career in traditional finance and international development, serving as a Mergers and Acquisitions Investment Banker at UBS before subsequently accepting a role at the World Bank. Transitioning into the cryptocurrency infrastructure sector, Saracco co-founded Latamex, which successfully scaled to become the largest fiat-to-crypto payment gateway operating across Latin America. During her tenure, the platform provided critical payment corridor infrastructure for major global cryptocurrency exchanges and blockchain networks, including prominent industry entities like Binance, OKEX, Huobi, Stellar, and IOTA. Today, she leads a founding team equipped with deep cross-border payments expertise. Saracco's current focus centers on leveraging her extensive background in institutional finance to make international transactions as accessible as email through Ping.