Cyril Chiche

Co-Founder and CEO, Lydia Solutions

Cyril Chiche is Co-Founder and CEO of Lydia Solutions, the French fintech behind Lydia and Sumeria. Founded with Antoine Porte in 2011, the company has grown into one of France’s leading mobile financial services providers, serving more than eight million users. Lydia focuses on person-to-person payments, while Sumeria provides digital banking services.

Before founding Lydia Solutions, Cyril spent 15 years in sales, marketing and executive roles across B2B technology start-ups. He is also Vice-President of France FinTech, the association representing France’s fintech ecosystem. Under his leadership, Lydia Solutions has become a major force in European fintech, backed by international investors including Accel, Tencent and XAnge. Cyril brings extensive expertise in entrepreneurship, digital payments, customer-led product innovation and scaling technology businesses.