About us
Kipp
Card issuers and merchants lose revenue to declined transactions – many of them are rejected due to insufficient funds (NSF) or credit limit exceeded. These declines frustrate customers, strain merchant relationships, and push cards to the “back of the wallet.”
Founded in 2021, Kipp solves this challenge by enabling real-time collaboration between issuers and merchants. Instead of losing revenue, merchants can offset issuer risk by paying a premium to approve more legitimate transactions.
With Kipp, issuers and merchants reduce NSF card declines, increase authorization rates, and strengthen customer loyalty.
Co-Founders
Chanan Lavi
Chanan Lavi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kipp, bringing deep expertise in payment solutions and financial optimization. Before founding Kipp, Chanan held senior leadership roles across payments, management, and business development for top-tier merchants and financial firms.
Chanan served as Senior Vice President of Payments & Pricing at Credorax (Shift4), where he led partnerships with card schemes and optimized approval rates, pricing, operational costs, and foreign exchange. Previously, he headed the Payments team at 888 Holdings, one of the world’s largest online gaming operators.
Chanan holds an MA in Economics and an MBA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Nir Levy
Nir Levy is the Co-Founder and CTO of Kipp, and brings extensive expertise in product development for the payments industry. Before co-founding Kipp, Nir served as VP Product at Credorax (Shift4), where he managed acquiring and payment processing products.
He also spent seven years leading technology projects at Cal-Israel Credit Cards Ltd., one of Israel’s largest issuers and acquirers.
Nir holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering & Management from Ben Gurion University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
