From a frustrating API call to $280B in payments
It started with a 3am debug session in a Shoreditch flat. Our co-founders James Whitfield and Priya Kapoor were building their second startup when they ran into the same wall every fintech founder hits: integrating with the global banking system is an absurd, outdated mess of PDFs, fax machines, and 1970s protocols.
They spent six months doing it the hard way — building relationships with banks across five countries, navigating contradictory compliance requirements, and watching their engineering team spend 60% of their time on financial plumbing instead of product. That experience became NexaFin.
Founded in 2019 with a £2M seed round from Accel Partners, we set out to build the financial infrastructure layer that we wished had existed. Today, we process over $280 billion annually, serve 3,800+ businesses in 47 countries, and have 340 team members across six offices on four continents.
We're still early. The global payments market is $240 trillion. Every company in the world handles money in some way. Our mission to make that easier for every one of them is work that could take generations — and we're fully committed to that journey.