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Palla

Summer 2021 · Active

P2P Cross border payments

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Location: Miami, FL, US

Founded: 2020

Team size: 13

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About

Palla enables instant P2P payments from the US to other countries, a $65BN a year market. Sending and receiving remittances today is slow, time consuming and inconvenient for all parties, as it's a mostly cash based process. With Palla, senders in the US can do it in a few taps of their phone and receivers get their money in seconds.

Founders

  • Enrique PerezalonsoFounder

    Enrique has over 25 years of experience in traditional FIs and Fintech companies, managing marketing, product, operations and sales functions. He has an MBA from the MIT Sloan school of Management and has worked for McKinsey & Co. and other consulting companies. He's bilingual (in Spanish) and has lived in Mexico, England and the US.

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  • Andrew MasonFounder

    Andrew is the CoFounder and Head of Product for Palla. He previously was the CPO for Lana, a US neobank co-created by BCG. He led product initiatives for BCG corporates and prior to that startups including Intel Capital-backed FlashGrade. YC Badge: 0x322737040ad9462049f906a2d6c06ff7f8b7a656

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  • Greg PiccoloFounder

    Greg Piccolo is a founder, software engineer and solutions architect. As an engineer, Greg has designed and built payment systems, two-sided marketplaces and modern banking platforms at scale. He previously led engineering teams at multiple fintechs, including Lana.com, a digital debit card serving over 250k customers, and Jigsaw XYZ, a London-based consultancy serving high-profile corporate clients.

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