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Meet Nium

Nium provides global infrastructure for real-time cross-border money movement. Its platform enables banks, fintechs, travel companies, payroll providers, marketplaces and other enterprises to collect, hold, convert, send and spend funds across borders. Products include cross-border and stablecoin payouts, multi-currency accounts, physical and virtual cards, stablecoin cards, foreign exchange and account verification. Nium's network reaches more than 190 countries and 100 currencies, with regulatory licenses across 40+ markets. The company has expanded into digital-asset infrastructure through stablecoin integrations and its 2026 acquisition of Cypher.View more

Nium provides global infrastructure for real-time cross-border money movement. Its platform enables banks, fintechs, travel companies, payroll providers, marketplaces and other enterprises to collect, hold, convert, send and spend funds across borders. Products include cross-border and stablecoin payouts, multi-currency accounts, physical and virtual cards, stablecoin cards, foreign exchange and account verification. Nium's network reaches more than 190 countries and 100 currencies, with regulatory licenses across 40+ markets. The company has expanded into digital-asset infrastructure through stablecoin integrations and its 2026 acquisition of Cypher.

Founded
2014
Company size
750+ employees
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
San Francisco and Singapore, United States and Singapore

Why work here

Nium offers candidates the opportunity to work on regulated, high-scale global payment infrastructure spanning fiat payments, cards, FX, stablecoins and digital assets. The company processes more than $60 billion annually across 190+ countries, operates under licenses in 40+ markets and surpassed $200 million in ARR in 2026. Its engineering work includes distributed payment systems, reliability, data platforms and stablecoin infrastructure using technologies such as Java, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka and Snowflake. Current careers materials also cite competitive pay, performance bonuses, equity for selected roles, medical coverage, an employee assistance program, generous vacation, hybrid working, training and a learning stipend.Read more

Nium offers candidates the opportunity to work on regulated, high-scale global payment infrastructure spanning fiat payments, cards, FX, stablecoins and digital assets. The company processes more than $60 billion annually across 190+ countries, operates under licenses in 40+ markets and surpassed $200 million in ARR in 2026. Its engineering work includes distributed payment systems, reliability, data platforms and stablecoin infrastructure using technologies such as Java, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka and Snowflake. Current careers materials also cite competitive pay, performance bonuses, equity for selected roles, medical coverage, an employee assistance program, generous vacation, hybrid working, training and a learning stipend.

Industry
FinTech / Cross-Border Payments Infrastructure
Open jobs
26 open jobs
Notable investors
Vertex Ventures, BOND, Visa, NewView Capital, Temasek, Riverwood Capital, GIC, Informed Ventures

Tech stack

Java

Programming Language

Python

Programming Language

Go

Programming Language

TypeScript

Programming Language

React

Frontend Framework

Node.js

Backend Runtime

Amazon Web Services

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes

Container Orchestration

Docker

Containers

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

Jenkins

CI/CD

GitLab

Developer Tools

Argo CD

Continuous Delivery

Snowflake

Data Warehouse

Amazon Redshift

Data Warehouse

Apache Kafka

Event Streaming

Apache Airflow

Data Orchestration

Prometheus

Observability

Grafana

Observability

Datadog

Observability

Key people

7 people
Prajit NanuFounder and Chief Executive OfficerView bio

Co-founder and CEO of Nium, leading corporate and product strategy. Before Nium, Nanu held leadership roles at TMF Group and WNS Global Services. His background spans payments, enterprise sales and financial technology, and he founded the business after experiencing friction when making an international payment. He studied at the University of Mumbai.

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Michael BerminghamCo-founderView bio

Co-founder of Nium with extensive experience in foreign exchange, payments and financial services. Before Nium, Bermingham was a Director at GAIN Capital/FOREX.com Australia and spent about a decade leading operations and compliance functions across the UK and US. He earned a BS in Business Administration from Monmouth University.

Andre ManclChief Financial OfficerView bio

Leads Nium's finance, legal, treasury and FP&A functions. Before Nium, Mancl was CFO at ChowNow and spent more than 15 years in technology investment banking, most recently as Global Co-Head of Internet Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. He holds an MBA from UCLA and an engineering degree from USC.

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Sekhar CidambiChief Technology OfficerView bio

Leads Nium's technology strategy, core platform engineering, network resilience and real-time payments infrastructure. He has more than two decades of technology experience and previously held senior engineering leadership roles at Coinbase, Visa, FIS/Atelio, Amazon and Symantec.

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Spencer HanlonChief Operating OfficerView bio

Leads Nium's global scale and operational execution. Before joining Nium, Hanlon held leadership roles at British Airways and spent nearly two decades at Lufthansa's AirPlus International, ultimately serving as Managing Director. He later chaired Ixaris before its acquisition by Nium.

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Anupam PahujaChief Business OfficerView bio

Leads global revenue growth, partnerships and international expansion. Before Nium, Pahuja spent more than a decade at PayPal overseeing markets across Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East and Africa and helped launch PayPal's India business. He later served as CEO of ZaloPay and holds five fintech patents.

Danielle GotkisChief Marketing OfficerView bio

Leads Nium's global marketing, positioning and go-to-market strategy. She has nearly two decades of fintech and technology experience, with previous leadership roles at dLocal, Recurly, Feedzai, PayNearMe and Pecan AI.

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Latest company news

4 stories

Nium and Relay pass $500 million in cross-border payments in first year

Nium

Nium and small-business banking platform Relay announced that they had processed more than $500 million in cross-border payments during their first year together. More than 500 Relay customers had used Nium's infrastructure to send payments to 153 countries.

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Celebrating $200M in ARR — and the business behind it

Nium

Nium announced that it had surpassed $200 million in annual recurring revenue during 2026 and doubled revenue over three years. The company said its next stage of growth is focused on profitability, operational efficiency and investment in cross-border payouts and stablecoin products.

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Nium launches USDC funding, letting businesses put stablecoin balances to work and free up trapped liquidity

Nium

Nium launched USDC funding, allowing eligible businesses to fund a Nium account with USDC and make fiat payouts through its network across more than 190 countries without building a separate cryptocurrency payments workflow.

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Nium acquires Cypher, expanding its fiat-to-on-chain money movement infrastructure

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Nium acquired digital-assets company Cypher to strengthen its infrastructure connecting fiat and on-chain money movement. The acquisition added expertise in non-custodial wallets, digital assets and card issuance as Nium expands its stablecoin and programmable-money capabilities.

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Jobs at Nium

26 open roles