
Viktoria Soltesz
Viktoria Soltesz is an international payment and banking strategist, founder of the PSP Angels Group and The Soltesz Institute. She helps international businesses, family offices, fintech companies, and regulated financial firms understand how banks think, reduce payment and banking risks, and build stronger structures for moving and protecting money globally. Having worked with more than 3,000 companies worldwide, Viktoria launched the world's first EU MBA specialising in Payments and Banking. She is also the author of the bestseller Moving Money: How Banks Think and of The CPayO, Chief Payment Officer, The Role Which Doesn't Exist (but should!). She has been recognised as Payment Consultant of the Year for three consecutive years. At The Luxury Playbook, she writes about wealth preservation, international banking, geopolitical risk, family office structures, and the financial infrastructure behind global wealth.
Background & credentials
- Founder & CEO of PSP Angels Group, including the Soltesz Institute
- Author of the bestseller Moving Money: How Banks Think, and of The CPayO, Chief Payment Officer, The Role Which Doesn't Exist (but should!)
- Payment Consultant of the Year (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Speaker at international banking and FinTech conferences
- Creator of the Soltesz Payment Framework, a structured methodology used by more than 1,000 companies globally to optimise payment and banking strategy, reduce risks, and improve operational efficiency

