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Pana

A Global Bank on Chain

Y CombinatorSummer 2022ActiveFintechBanking and ExchangeFintechConsumerSocialNeobank

What they do

Problem

Cross-border USD payments are slow, costly, and reliant on intermediaries like SWIFT and liquidity providers.

Solution

Pana provides a secure on-chain global USD account and app that integrates fiat and stablecoins for real-time direct-to-bank settlement across 125 countries.

Who it's for

Individuals and businesses sending and receiving international USD payments who use the Pana app and wallet.

Founders

Piero del Risco
Founder

2nd time Fintech founder & Fmr. Head of Digital Banking at Scotiabank for Caribbean and Central America. Throughout the pandemic hired and lead a 130+ team of engineers, designers, and product owners to rebuild a complete mobile and web banking platform for 2M customers in 11 countries. Previously held executive roles at insurance and investment firms

Luis Peña
Founder

2nd time fintech founder, former TS Tech Lead @ Rover. +10yrs of experience building software and consumer products. Founded & managed a software factory with several dev. & infra. teams across different time-zones while creating products that impacted +1.5M users.

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