# David Hanna

> David Hanna is co-founder and CEO of Finmo, a Singapore-headquartered treasury and payments company. His background spans more than 20 years in financial services, including risk and compliance leadership at PayPal, EY and Rapyd. He has publicly described earlier mailroom work and a cupcake venture, and now leads a business connecting payments, cash visibility and foreign-exchange management.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Finmo
- **Organizations:** Finmo, PayPal, Rapyd, Ernst & Young, Zurich, ING Bank, Banxa
- **Education:** Business Management, La Trobe University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Finmo., Named to the Fintech Frontier 15 in Finmo’s August 2025 announcement., Led Finmo through its February 2025 Series A.

## Career timeline

- **Before Finmo; dates unverified** — Worked in a mailroom and ran a cupcake venture alongside a corporate finance job.
- **Before 2021; exact dates unverified** — Held risk and compliance roles at PayPal and EY, and served as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Rapyd.
- **2021** — Co-founded Finmo with Akhil Nigam, Richard Oh, Raj Vimal Chopra and Thomas Kang.
- **2023** — Finmo obtained Singapore Major Payment Institution licensing, which Hanna later described as a favourite milestone.
- **2025-02** — Finmo announced an $18.5 million Series A co-led by Quona Capital and PayPal Ventures, with Citi Ventures participating.
- **2025-07** — Finmo announced UK electronic money institution authorisation.
- **2025-11** — Delivered From Cupcakes to Global CEO at the Singapore FinTech Festival.
- **2026-09** — Opened Finmo’s new Suntec City headquarters with his co-founders and guest Alvin Tan.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Finmo.
- Named to the Fintech Frontier 15 in Finmo’s August 2025 announcement.
- Led Finmo through its February 2025 Series A.
- Finmo reported more than US$1 billion in monthly transaction volume at its September 2026 headquarters opening.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Finmo opened its Suntec City global headquarters on 8 September; the announcement reported more than US$1 billion monthly transaction volume and 11 licences and regulatory permissions across eight markets.
- **2025-11** — Spoke at Singapore FinTech Festival and Finmo announced its Standard Chartered collaboration.
- **2025-08** — Finmo announced Hanna’s inclusion in the Fintech Frontier 15.

## Links

- Website: https://www.finmo.net/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paymentnerd/

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Last updated: 2026-10-15