Nathaniel Tan

Commercial Leader | Powering Internet Finance for Global Payments Companies and Enterprises

Singapore

About

Seasoned and driven commercial leader with over 14 years of experience across the banking and payments ecosystem—spanning issuing, acquiring, money movement, merchant services, and fintech. Known for a resourceful, resilient approach in rallying teams toward ambitious goals, while staying anchored to a shared long-term vision. Career foundations were built at Citibank, followed by impactful leadership roles driving BD, Partnerships, and Commercial teams at Ingenico, UOB, and Visa. Strong belief in the power of trust, relationships, and client-centric thinking as the foundation of lasting partnerships. Currently focused on the transformative potential of Web3, with a deep conviction that stablecoins will redefine the future of payments. By merging blockchain innovation with the reliability of fiat, stablecoins enable programmable, secure, and real-time transactions—unlocking a new era of financial efficiency and possibilities.

Experience

  • Senior Director, Business Development, APAC - Payments & Enterprises at Circle
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Building partnerships for Circle in APAC, focused on growing adoption of USDC, the world’s leading regulated digital dollar, as well as easy access to Web3 capabilities. From cross-border payments to on-chain commerce, USDC reduces friction and legacy costs. Our goal is simple: move capital instantly, globally, for a fraction of a penny to expand financial access and inclusion across the region. If you’re exploring stablecoins or digital dollars, I’d love to connect.

  • Visa (Singapore)
    • Director, Head of Fintech Partnerships, Singapore
      Jun 2022 - Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Senior Business Development Manager, Merchant Sales & Acquiring, Singapore
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Key Account Manager, APAC at Ingenico ePayments
    Dec 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Ingenico ePayments is a full service global e-commerce payments company that offers an unrivaled online payments solution including over 150+ preferred online payment methods & currencies, state of the art fraud protection capability, real-time information management & 24x7 global client support. We do all this through a single contract, a single API connection, with consolidated reporting - improving process efficiency & reducing costs for our global merchants.

  • Enterprise Business Development Lead, Commercial Payment Solutions at United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB)
    Mar 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Helping companies with turnover of S$20 million to S$500 million transform their AP processes through innovative and data-driven digital payment solutions.

  • Founder at Fuss Singapore
    Jan 2016 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

    - Provided strategic and operational leadership for validation of business model, then designing the final product and implementing process controls to transition to a full scale operations. - Created internal operating procedures for client managers and also revamped sales incentive programs for performance monitoring for sales and business development employees. - Led the marketing and business development strategies for customer acquisition and negotiation for contracts out of the normal business flow. - Led the initiation, feasibility study and operation set up of the company's subsidiary in Hong Kong in June 2016. - Achieved 400% y-o-y revenue growth from FY15 to FY16.