Pana announced the launch of Pana Global Card, a global platinum card designed to eliminate the long-standing barriers in financial access between the United States and Latin America.

Pana announced the launch of Pana Global Card, a global platinum card designed to eliminate the long-standing barriers in financial access between the United States and Latin America. With Pana, money no longer needs to be “sent” as a remittance—it simply becomes available through a modern global account: account-to-account, Pana to Pana, ready to use across LatAm in seconds.

Pana isn’t improving the old remittance model. It’s replacing it.

From “sending money” to simply “having money available”

For decades, cross-border transfers meant lines, fees, delays, and cash pickups. Pana turns that into instant access: a user deposits cash at Walgreens or receives their paycheck into Pana; seconds later, their family in Latin America can spend that balance locally with their Pana Global Card.

No transfer event. No pickup. No friction. Just instant access.

“Western Union was the SMS of money. Pana is the WhatsApp—instant, digital, and built for the 21st century,” said Piero del Risco, Pana’s cofounder and CEO. “Once both sides hold a global account, the idea of ‘sending money’ disappears.”

How it works: complexity removed

Behind the scenes, Pana integrates U.S. banking, stablecoins, blockchain, and AI into a unified ledger that automates routing and abstracts all technical layers. Users see one balance and one action.

The flow is automatic: cash/payroll → USD → stablecoin → local fiat. The user doesn’t have to understand any of it.

A global account for creators, freelancers, and modern professionals

Latin American creators and independent workers can now:

• receive payments from US platforms and clients;
• transfer into their local bank when needed;
• or spend globally with the Pana Global Card.

What once required multiple intermediaries now happens in a single environment.

Continental infrastructure: instant interoperability at scale Pana now operates as a borderless system with:

• 300,000 cash-in points across the US and LatAm
• 5,000+ integrated banks in Latin America
• 35 connected countries
• global cards activated in minutes

This converts the $150 billion annual remittance market—still largely cash-based—into a faster, safer, more digital, more inclusive financial layer.

A clear stance toward the status quo

“Legacy models were built on agents, cash, and physical rails,” Núñez del Risco added. “Pana is software, speed, and interoperability—a global card that makes remittances unnecessary.”

Re-disseminated by The Asian Banker