Daniela Espinosa
Co-Founder & COO, Kushki
Biography
Passionate about numbers, Daniela always knew she would work in finance and kickstarted her career at Citigroup, where she honed her risk management, decision-making, and strategic planning capabilities. Following her 12 year tenure at Citigroup, she led the Ecuadorian Chamber of Innovation and Technology (CITEC) as its President and eventually founded Kushki alongside two others. Today, Daniela is the Co-Founder and COO of Kushki, an Ecuador-based payments company focused on connecting the Latin America region.
Daniela received her BA in Finance from Universidad San Francisco de Quito and her MBA from the IDE Business School.
About Kushki
Founded in 2017, Kushki has standardized payment interoperability across LatAm, enabling local payments and connecting the region through cross-border payments with credit and debit cards, bank transfers, digital cash, wallets and other alternative means of payment. As a result, the company has experienced exponential growth, being valued at $600 million and tripling the size of its team in 2021.Learn more about Kushki at www.kushki.com