About us

Our company

We’re developing new technology that changes the way we do cross-border payments.

Slow speeds and high fees—which affect the poorest the most—can be reduced to just a fraction of what they are today.

DANIEL is a fintech startup committed to enabling true borderless banking and accelerating financial inclusion, especially in the developing world.

Leadership

A visionary team

Martin Hopkins

Chairman

Martin Hopkins

Chairman

Martin is the Founder of DANIEL. He is currently the CEO of Wealth Management Solutions – a US fund with >$400m AUM, and runs a small-cap private equity fund. Martin led a law firm specialising in banking law and founded a car finance lender for Africans excluded by Apartheid.

David Daniel

CEO

David Daniel

CEO

David is a former PwC and Deloitte chartered accountant. Over the past 10 years, he has closed £120M in equity & £40M in debt raises and worked on 23 deals worth over £4.1B. He is vastly experienced in managing investor relations, driving organic growth, and delivering successful exits for shareholders.

Dave Perry

CTO

Dave is the Chief Technology Officer of DANIEL, and is also the CEO of Penta.Technology, providing DevOps to numerous banks and other financial institutions in the UK. He was previously the Interim CTO & Advisor to Ziglu, and technology Advisor to Starling Bank. Dave was previously Head of Technical Design at Barclays bank.

Aneet Morar

CPO

Aneet is our Chief Product Officer. He has 15 years of experience as a senior payments product and strategy leader. Aneet led product teams at PayPal, Monitise (acquired by IBM and Fiserv), American Express, and Lloyds Bank.

Ali Cleggett

CCO and MLRO

Ali is our Chief Compliance Officer and MLRO. She has experience in established and start-up companies in the E-Money, Payments, FX and Investment industries. Ali has helped to design and implement programs, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with best practices and current regulations at a national and international level in companies like AAT, Optimal Payments (now Paysafe), First Rate Exchange Services and Caxton FX.

Advisory board

Expert advisors

Mark Hipperson

Advisor

Mark is the Founder & CEO of crypto “challenger” Ziglu, raising record Seed and Series A rounds in 2020 and 2021. He was formerly the Founder CTO of Starling Bank and CTO of FX platform Centtrip. Mark is the former Head of Technology at Barclays.

Wade Myers

Advisor

Wade is a serial entrepreneur and investor focused on SaaS, FinTech, and tech-enabled services. Founder and GP in Eagle Venture Fund and Boldmore Growth Partners. Ex-BCG consultant, Harvard MBA & former US Army Ranger.

Solid growth journey

DANIEL Team, funding, and product linear timline points along a yellow pipeline from left to right.

A better cross-border payments technology is on the way

Why work with us?

Start your journey

Built for the future

Replace the legacy analogue payments networks with the newest digital solutions.

Single API integration

One connection to rule them all, reducing resource requirements.

Reduce complexity

Leverage the newest innovations without losing focus on your core business.

No intermediaries

Cut out fees and control end-user pricing and margins.

Win market-share

With near-instant and inexpensive payments

First-mover advantage

Get the jump on your competition. You don’t need to be first, just be early.