Gene Nigro serves as the Vice President of Business Development at
Remitly, the largest private digital remittance company headquartered in
the United States transferring over $3 billion in annualized volume.

Prior to joining Remitly, Gene was the Vice-President of Xoom Global Money
Transfer and Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean. At Xoom,
he was tasked with developing and implementing international strategic
and tactical business development plans that were key to Xoom’s growth in
the online money transfer business in the US.

Before he moved to Xoom, Gene started his money transfer career at
Western Union where he held numerous management and executive level
positions for the Latin America market for almost six years.

He holds a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from the University of
Delaware and a Masters in International Business from the University of
Maryland College Park (1993).

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