Prajit Nanu

Prajit Nanu is the co-founder and CEO of Nium, a leader in real-time global money movement. Nium provides payments and card issuance services that redefine how businesses around the world pay and get paid. As CEO, he leads the company’s corporate and product strategy as Nium moves toward a vision of frictionless global commerce.

Based in the company’s co-headquarters in San Francisco, Prajit is currently focused on expanding the breadth, depth, speed, and reach of the Nium platform, creating more ways for money to move fast, safe, and easy. Today, Nium operates in 20 countries, providing the ability for businesses to send money to more than 190 countries – 100 of which in real-time, receive money in 35 countries, and issue cards in 35 markets.

Under his leadership, Nium has won several accolades, including being named thrice to the CB insights Fintech 250, twice to the Forbes Fintech 50, and annually to the Financial Times list of High-Growth Companies. Nium’s first service was its business-to-consumer service, Instarem. Instarem has grown to be a world leader, currently helping consumers and small businesses move billions of dollars around the world. Prajit was responsible for setting up Nium operations in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Prior to co-founding Nium, Prajit held leadership positions in various global organizations. He was the Global Sales Director at TMF Group, a multinational professional services firm headquartered in Amsterdam, and was the Vice President of Sales and Account Management at WNS Global Services, a business process management company.Prajit holds a Bachelor’s in Commerce & Economics from the University of Mumbai.