Breaking Currency Borders with Prajit Nanu, CEO and Co-Founder of NIUM

In this episode, Miguel Armaza is joined by Prajit Nanu, CEO and Co-Founder of NIUM, a global fintech platform that aims to break currency borders by allowing businesses and consumers to send, spend and receive funds anywhere in the world. Founded in 2014, Nium now has hundreds of employees around the world and has attracted investment from industry leaders, including Beacon Venture Capital, MDI Ventures, Vertex Growth, Visa Ventures, and Rocket Internet. Prajit Nanu, Co-Founder and CEO of NIUM Prajit Nanu is the Co-Founder and CEO of NIUM, a global financial technology platform that aims to break currency borders by empowering businesses and consumers to send, spend and receive funds anywhere in the world in a more convenient and transparent way. Based in the company’s headquarters in Singapore, Prajit is responsible for expanding the company’s geographic reach and establishing NIUM as a leading financial technology platform all over the world. He oversees not just NIUM’s B2B arm of the business, but also its B2C platform InstaReM, powered by NIUM’s technology. Prajit is also responsible for driving innovation in key markets that NIUM has offices in, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States of America. Prior to co-founding InstaReM and eventually, 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.