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Prajit Nanu
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
NIUM
Prajit Nanu is the Founder and CEO of Nium, an institutional-grade platform for cross-border money movement used by hundreds of category leaders to collect, convert, send, and spend funds globally. He leads out of the San Francisco office, where he also oversees the company's product strategy with a focus on embedding compliance and regulatory rigor as competitive advantage. Under his guidance, Nium has secured licenses in 40+ markets, scaled to process USD $84 billion in annual transaction volume, connected 190+ countries, issues 41+ million card tokens annually, and expanded into stablecoin infrastructure. Partnering with the most trusted names in blockchain, Nium has most recently built an end-to-end suite of payment capabilities connecting digital assets to real-world payments. A regular speaker on fintech innovation, digital assets, AI, and the future of global payments, Prajit is a named Skift Power Rankings 2026 “Most Powerful People in Travel” and an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® finalist.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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3:30–4:05pmThu 19 NovFounders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPOPremium
Capital Rewiring
Will Radical Restructuring Break the Machine or Unlock Growth in 2027?
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Vince IswaraCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerDANA
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Prajit NanuFounder & Chief Executive OfficerNIUM
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Rob SchimekGroup Chief Executive Officerbolttech
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Suresh ShankarFounder & Chief Executive OfficerCrayon DataModerator
About this session
The venture doctrine equating organizational headcount with enterprise valuation has permanently broken down. After Klarna leveraged AI automation to trim its workforce from 5,000 toward 2,000 employees, its annual revenue per employee surged over 70% alongside a return to profitability. Meanwhile, ultra-lean software firms like Linear capped their full-time team under 50 while scaling past tens of millions in ARR. This session explores the operational balance of deep workforce restructuring: identifying which functions to automate permanently, where human domain expertise is indispensable, and which specialized hires must be recruited immediately.
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9:55–10:35amFri 20 NovFestival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremium
Capital Rewiring
Fintech Has Scaled. Now Comes the Hard Part
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Martha SazonPresident & Chief Executive OfficerGCash
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Rahul ShinghalCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerTazapay
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Prajit NanuFounder & Chief Executive OfficerNIUM
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Amrish RauChief Executive OfficerPine Labs
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Pat PatelChief Executive Officer, USA, LATAM, Middle East & Africa; Co-CEO, GFTN ConnectionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
The first decade of fintech was about proving that technology could disrupt financial services. The next is about building companies that can survive scale: navigating regulation, capital intensity, increasingly crowded markets, global expansion and the shift from payments products to full financial platforms and/or geographic expansion. Five founders and CEOs who have built fintech businesses across Asia and beyond debate what really separates a fintech that gets big from one that becomes indispensable.
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