In this episode of Pioneers in Payments, host Donna Blum sits down with Carlos Navarro, CEO of Corvia, to discuss the rapidly evolving payments ecosystem, the impact of artificial intelligence, and how organizations can build scalable solutions that support the future of commerce.
Carlos is a seasoned payments executive with more than 20 years of experience across financial services and payments. Prior to joining Corvia, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at Priority Payments and held senior leadership roles at JPMorgan, U.S. Bank, and Elavon, including serving as Chief Marketing Officer and President of Latin America at Elavon. Throughout his career, Carlos has helped build and transform payment businesses ranging from regional operations to multi-billion-dollar enterprise portfolios across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
As CEO of Corvia, Carlos leads a team delivering payment solutions to thousands of merchants across diverse industries. Corvia partners with ISVs and ISOs to provide merchant acquiring and banking solutions designed to help businesses streamline operations and enable seamless commerce.
In this conversation, Carlos shares his insights on the trends shaping the payments industry, including the growing role of AI, agentic commerce, fraud prevention, and integrated financial solutions.
Key topics include:
👉 Why artificial intelligence will reshape payments and why organizations need the right infrastructure, orchestration layers, fraud controls, and compliance capabilities to support AI-driven transactions
👉 How agentic AI and new payment experiences will require companies to rethink transaction monitoring and risk management
👉 The importance of scalability and creating frictionless merchant onboarding experiences
👉 The opportunity to bring merchant acquiring, treasury services, ledgering, banking, and lending solutions together into unified platforms
👉 How payment organizations can balance innovation with risk, compliance, and evolving network requirements
👉 The importance of investing in people, training employees, and building teams ready for the next generation of payments technology
Carlos also shares his advice for payment leaders: invest in great people, embrace innovation, and focus on technologies that make the merchant experience as seamless as possible.
As payments continue to evolve from traditional transactions to intelligent, connected commerce experiences, this episode provides valuable insights into how organizations can prepare for what’s next.
Connect with Carlos Navarro:
LinkedIn: canavarro1966
Carlos.navarro@corviapay.com
About Corvia:
Corvia is a payments technology and merchant solutions provider that focuses on helping businesses streamline and scale commerce operations across multiple channels and industries. Corvia works with merchants, ISVs, and ISOs to deliver integrated merchant acquiring and banking solutions. The company supports thousands of merchants in the United States, enabling them to accept payments, manage onboarding, and operate more efficiently within a rapidly evolving payments ecosystem. Learn more at https://www.corviapay.com/.
