# Piero Nunez del Risco

> Piero Nunez del Risco is a Dominican entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Pana, a fintech serving people with financial lives across the United States and Latin America. Formerly head of regional digital banking at Scotiabank and vice president of ADOFINTECH, he brought experience in banking, insurance, investments, and an earlier startup, meSuma, to Pana, which joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 batch. His own difficulty opening a U.S. bank account helped shape the venture.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Pana
- **Organizations:** Pana, Scotiabank, ADOFINTECH, Grupo Universal, meSuma, Banco Popular Dominicano
- **Nationality:** Dominican
- **Education:** BA in Business Administration, Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), MBA, Barna Management School / Universitat de Barcelona, Entrepreneurship program (non-degree), Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative / Latino Business Action Network
- **Known for:** Co-founded Pana with Luis Peña and joined Y Combinator Summer 2022., YC founder biography describes hiring and leading a team of more than 130 to rebuild mobile and web banking for two million customers in 11 countries., Served as first vice president on ADOFINTECH’s 2018-2020 board.

## Career timeline

- **2005-2007** — Submanager, Digital Banking & Payments at Banco Popular Dominicano.
- **2008-2014** — Manager, Bank-Assurance at Grupo Universal.
- **2014-2019** — Commercial leadership in retail, corporate, and wealth management at Grupo Universal.
- **2016-2019** — Founded and led personal-finance fintech meSuma.
- **2018-2021** — Vice president of the ADOFINTECH board; its institutional report identifies him as first vice president for 2018-2020.
- **2019-2021** — Head of Digital Banking at Scotiabank Digital Factory for the Caribbean, Central America, and Uruguay.
- **2021** — Founder and CEO tenure at Pana begins in October according to The Org; later reporting describes a 2022 founding or launch.
- **2022** — Pana joins Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 batch with co-founder Luis Peña.
- **2024** — Publicly discusses his participation in the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Pana with Luis Peña and joined Y Combinator Summer 2022.
- YC founder biography describes hiring and leading a team of more than 130 to rebuild mobile and web banking for two million customers in 11 countries.
- Served as first vice president on ADOFINTECH’s 2018-2020 board.
- Pana’s December 2025 Privy case study reports more than 150,000 users and $7.2 million in October transaction volume.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Ritmo publishes a profile of his immigrant experience and Pana’s passport-based onboarding.
- **2025-10** — In a later Factor de Éxito interview, he dates Pana’s milestone of more than 100,000 active accounts to October 28, 2025.
- **2025-12** — Appears on The City Playbook to discuss founding Pana and choosing Orlando; episode description reports more than 200,000 signups.
- **2025-12** — Privy publishes a Pana case study on December 22 reporting more than 150,000 users. Signups, users, and active accounts are separately reported metrics.

## Links

- Website: https://joinpana.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanpieronunez/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Piero09
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pelro09/

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Last updated: 2026-10-12