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A Global Bank on Chain

Summer 2022Founded 202214 peopleMiami, FL, USA; Remote

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The first secure, end-to-end global USD account, seamlessly integrating fiat and stablecoins across 125 countries for direct-to-bank settlement—no liquidity providers, no SWIFT, no intermediaries. Both sender and receiver use the Pana app and wallet for a frictionless, real-time cross-border payment experience.

Founders · 2

Piero del Risco
Piero del RiscoFounder

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
Luis PeñaFounder

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.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Jul 2022
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Made for the 62M Latinos who have a $1.7T buying power and are mostly underserved 🚀

Pana launches a banking app for 62 million Latinos in the US, offering online US bank account opening with a passport, a social app with global group chats to borrow or lend, and zero-fee remittances in minutes. The product targets Latinos underserved by traditional banks and aims to reduce banking barriers with a social approach.

From the original launch (Jul 2022) — may be outdated.

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