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Singapore-based Nium, a cross-border payments provider, has appointed Anupam Pahuja as executive vice president and general manager of Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. He will focus on the firm’s expansion within these regions from Nium’s Singapore headquarters, reporting to CEO Prajit Nanu. Pahuja was formerly the CEO of Vietnamese e-wallet startup ZaloPay. He also spent over a decade at PayPal, managing the organization’s growth across Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and Africa. There, Pahuja established and managed multiple technology centers across Asia. Founded in 2014, Nium provides banks, payment providers, and businesses with access to global payment and card issuance services. The company facilitates transactions across 27 markets, including Southeast Asia, the UK, Australia, and the US. The development comes a week after Nium filled another executive position, having appointed Volker Steinle as senior vice president and general manager of the Americas.
Bringing female leaders together, Sharon Gal Franko, GM in Israel and Global Head of Partnerships, hosted a Nium-sponsored Women in Fintech Brunch for C-suite executives in Tel Aviv. Keynote speaker Keren Leshem, CEO of OCON Healthcare, shared her journey of navigating success and failure in the business world with guests from companies including Meta, Papaya Global, and more. Strengthening our global community of female leaders, Nium is committed to supporting gender equality and women empowerment in fintech.
Nium, the global payments infrastructure for on-demand money movement, today announced the appointment of Volker Steinle as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas. Steinle will be responsible for accelerating sales and revenue growth in the region, building an exceptional go-to-market team, and engaging customers and prospects. He will be based in San Francisco, California, and report to Prajit Nanu, Founder and CEO of Nium. Steinle brings more than two decades of customer success and business development leadership to the newly-created role. He spent more than a decade at payments platform company, Adyen, building up many of its commercial programs. Most recently, Steinle led all commercial activities in North America, contributing to more than 25% of Adyen’s revenue in 2021. Prior to this, he led country operations in Germany, expanding his role to lead the broader DACH region. Steinle began his tenure at Adyen as an International Sales Manager, onboarding the company’s biggest clients in its early years.
In an exclusive event held in Bengaluru, the winning idea was presented by team ‘Fanisko’. Their solution offers an enhanced live cricket viewing experience through 3D Augmented Reality, allowing users to play the game in real time from the comfort of their homes. The team’s solution is based on Web AR technology, can integrate within the ICC app and offers in-depth player insights, bringing cricket spectators closer to the action. The event saw five passionate teams shortlisted, and invited to present their concepts and creations to a panel of prestigious judges including Hackathon Ambassador, Dinesh Karthik. The other teams in the Finale explored various other aspects of digital fan engagement from a rewards based crypto solution to immersive metaverse experiences and a location based social media application centered around cricket events.
⚡ We couldn’t think of a better way to kick off Fintech Meetup in Las Vegas than with an insightful panel discussion about “Making Money Movement Intelligent.” Nium CTO Ramana Satyavarapu, along with Spreedly CEO Justin Benson, and Remitly CTO Ankur Sinha shared thoughts on how fintechs are layering intelligent payments orchestration on existing rails to further connect the global economy.
“Our partnership with Travel Ledger showcases how our solutions can provide faster, and more cost-effective money movement alternatives that helps global businesses scale and increase their topline revenues,” said Spencer Hanlon, Global Head of Travel Payments & Head of Europe at Nium. Nium’s single platform for global payments and card issuing provides banks, fintechs, payment providers, and businesses of any size the ability to disburse and collect funds instantly across borders. Leveraging Nium’s global payment network, the partnership expands Travel Ledger market reach to the whole of the UK, Europe, US, and beyond. Travel Ledger simplifies the time-consuming processes of B2B invoicing and settlement by facilitating Travel companies to use a single data format and platform to exchange financial information rather than everyone using different formats. Following data exchange and reconciliation between the parties, Travel Ledger can settle directly and onboard faster companies internationally.
📢 Join us in welcoming Leilani Carbonell (She/Her) as our new V.P. of Customer Success for the Americas. Leilani brings a wealth of knowledge in payments and is passionate about customer success, employee engagement, and leadership development. At Nium, #womenleaders are integral drivers of success, and we look forward to consistently strengthening our culture with community and customer-focused diversity champions. 🎉 Welcome to the team, Leilani!
🏆 Nium is honored to rank in the Financial Times "High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2023" power list for the third consecutive year. A testament to our hard work in building the leading global payments infrastructure, our pay out network supports 100 currencies across 190+ countries, 100 of which are in real-time.
As the Official Fintech Infrastructure Partner of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Nium is proud to support the Women’s T20 World Cup Tournament this month. Nium’s mission of building the top-tier fintech payments infrastructure for global businesses is being driven to reality by women leaders worldwide, breaking down the barriers to ensure equality, inclusivity, diversity, and representation. With the women’s cricket teams ready to fight for the trophy in South Africa, there’s no better time to chat with women in leadership at Nium, explore their unique perspectives, and how they’re encouraging more young talent to consider fintech as the launchpad for their careers. The first leader in the series is Sharon Gal Franko, Nium’s V.P. of Global Partnerships. With a commitment to customer and team success, she brings a wealth of industry experience, a passion for mentorship, and a welcoming energy to Nium.
