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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.
