Peter De Caluwe

Co-Founder, CEO @ Thunes | Global Payments Infrastructure | CEO @ DT One | Global B2B digital micropayments platform

Singapore

About

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Electronic Payments, Sales, E-commerce, Credit Cards, and Sales Management.

Experience

  • Thunes (9 yrs 2 mos)
    • Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
      Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      Thunes is the Smart Superhighway for moving money around the world. Our proprietary Direct Global Network enables real-time payments in 130+ countries and 80+ currencies, with direct connections to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts, 15 billion cards, and more than 320 payment methods. As Co-founder and CEO, Peter drives Thunes’ strategic direction and M&A agenda, with a focus on delivering excellence for Thunes’ Members, accelerating growth, and advancing Thunes’ mission: enabling the next billion users to participate in the global economy. Over the years, Peter successfully led Thunes through four funding rounds, built a marquee portfolio of global customers and partners, and helped establish the company as a world leader in cross-border payments.

    • Deputy Chairman
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Thunes is a B2B payments company building global payments infrastructure for the 21st century, enabling seamless, instant and transparent money movement. Its modular capabilities empower its customers to Pay, Accept, Exchange and Comply, closing the gap between payment systems in developed and emerging markets worldwide. Founded and headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 20 locations, including Beijing, Nairobi, London, Paris, Dubai and Barcelona. Thunes currently facilitates payments in 80 currencies across 140 countries, using over 300 payment methods, including mobile wallets like PayPal, M Pesa and Orange money, gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo and super-apps like Grab and WeChat. With a mission to connect the world’s population so that commerce can operate in a borderless, frictionless way, Thunes’ network is powering the next chapter of the digital economy.

    • Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
      May 2017 - Jan 2024 · 6 yrs 9 mos

      Thunes provides a cross-border network that delivers smarter payment solutions for emerging economies. We help to make financial services accessible for everyone by interconnecting diverse payment systems that allow unbanked people to access the global economy. Our network makes it possible for Mobile Wallet Operators, Corporations, Merchants, Money Transfer Operators, and Banks to facilitate the real-time movement of funds to and from emerging countries.

  • ezra (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
    • Chief Executive Officer
      Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

      At Ezra, we are committed to transformation through innovation. We believe that everyone, everywhere, should be able to quickly, securely, and responsibly access credit products that meet their needs.

    • Board Member
      Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

  • DT One (9 yrs 2 mos)
    • Board Member
      Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Chief Executive Officer
      May 2017 - Mar 2024 · 6 yrs 11 mos

      DT One operates a global network for mobile top-up solutions and innovative mobile rewards. We help over five billion people across emerging economies to have greater access to digital communications, stay better connected and as a result, participate more actively in the global economy. Our global network interconnects more than 550 mobile operators across 160 countries and delivers smarter data-driven mobile solutions to ensure that no one is left unconnected. Founded in 2005, the DT One team is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in Dubai, Miami and London. For more information visit www.DTOne.com

  • Non Executive Board Member at Finom
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Chairman at Tookitaki
    Jan 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos