# Piero Risco

> Piero Núñez Del Risco is the founder and CEO of Pana (YC S22), a cross-border neobank building borderless USD accounts and a zero-fee remittance network for the 62 million Latinos living in the United States. A Dominican operator who spent more than a decade inside Caribbean banking - including leading a 130-person team that rebuilt Scotiabank's digital platform for 2 million customers across 11 countries - he left the corner office to attack the 6% fee that immigrants pay to send money home. Pana lets people open a US bank account with just a passport, and has grown into a 'global bank on chain' blending fiat and stablecoins across 125 countries.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Pana (YC S22)
- **Organizations:** Pana, Scotiabank Digital Factory, Grupo Universal, meSuma, Banco Popular Dominicano, ADOFINTECH
- **From:** Dominican Republic
- **Nationality:** Dominican
- **Education:** BA, Business Administration, Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), MBA, Business, Universitat de Barcelona & Barna Management School, Business Management & Scaling program, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founder & CEO of Pana, accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch, Led a 130+ person team that rebuilt a complete mobile and web banking platform for 2 million customers across 11 countries at Scotiabank, Selected for the Visa Fintech Fast Track program

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Began career as Submanager of Digital Banking & Payments at Banco Popular Dominicano
- **2008** — Joined Grupo Universal as Manager of Bank-Assurance
- **2014** — Became Commercial Director and Head of Retail & Corporate Wealth Management at Grupo Universal
- **2016** — Founded and led meSuma, his first fintech startup, as CEO
- **2018** — Elected Vice President of the board of ADOFINTECH, the Dominican fintech association
- **2019** — Named Head of Digital Banking at Scotiabank Digital Factory for the Caribbean and Central America
- **2021** — Founded Pana to rebuild banking and remittances for US Latinos
- **2022** — Pana joins Y Combinator (S22) and the Visa Fintech Fast Track program

## Achievements

- Founder & CEO of Pana, accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch
- Led a 130+ person team that rebuilt a complete mobile and web banking platform for 2 million customers across 11 countries at Scotiabank
- Selected for the Visa Fintech Fast Track program
- Named to Forbes Dominicana's #30PromesasRD (30 Promises of the Dominican Republic)
- Grew Pana to $12M in total payment volume, expanding 57% month over month
- Second-time fintech founder, having previously built meSuma
- Former Vice President of the board of ADOFINTECH

## Latest updates

- **2022-08** — Pana goes through Y Combinator (S22) and Piero shares his founder story on the Semilla VC podcast.
- **2022-02** — Pana announces it is working with Visa to deliver new banking products for Hispanics in the USA.

## Links

- Website: https://joinpana.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yanpieronunez
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/joinpana
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBOQUEIH2f4
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/panaapp

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Last updated: 2026-06-21