March 11, 2026
Thunes appoints a new technology chief and finance chief
Guy Duncan joined as Chief Product and Technology Officer and Parvinder Bhatia joined as Chief Financial Officer.
#Leadership #Payments
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Thunes Careers
A Singapore-based cross-border payments company connecting accounts, wallets and cards worldwide.
thunes.comAbout the company
Founded
2016Headquarters
Singapore
Industry
Cross-border payments
Countries reached
More than 140Currencies
More than 90
Connected accounts and wallets
More than 12 billion
Connected cards
15 billion
Payment methods
More than 220
Office locations
14
Series D funding (2025)
US$150 million
Thunes is a Singapore-headquartered cross-border payments company founded in 2016. Its Direct Global Network connects businesses with bank accounts, wallets and card endpoints through a single integration.
The network supports real-time payments in more than 140 countries and over 90 currencies. It connects to more than 12 billion accounts and wallets, 15 billion cards and over 220 payment methods.
Thunes has offices in 14 locations across the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The company closed a US$150 million Series D round in 2025.
Key People
Peter De Caluwe
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman
Chloé Mayenobe
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Guy Duncan
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Parvinder Bhatia
Chief Financial Officer
Interview process at Thunes
(Fewer than 10 Indeed responses)Interview experience
6 out of 10
Interview difficulty
6 out of 10
Interview process length
About two weeks
Overall experience
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Thunes Interview Questions & Answers
Q: Describe your current role and responsibilities.
A: Summarize your mandate, primary customers, technical scope and measurable outcomes, then connect the most relevant parts to cross-border payments.
Answer by AI
- Lead with scope and ownership.
- Use two outcome metrics.
- Connect experience to the role.
Q: How do your technical and business skills work together?
A: Use an example where you translated a customer need into a technical solution and helped the commercial team make a sound decision.
Answer by AI
- Name the customer need.
- Explain the technical choice.
- Quantify the commercial result.
Q: When would you choose PostgreSQL over a NoSQL database for a transaction system?
A: Compare consistency, transaction boundaries, query patterns, scale and operational needs, then explain why a ledger usually favors strong relational guarantees.
Answer by AI
- Start from access patterns.
- Discuss consistency needs.
- Address scaling tradeoffs.
Q: How would you preserve ACID behavior in a multi-step payment flow?
A: Define the transaction boundary, use idempotency and durable state transitions, and explain how retries, outbox delivery and reconciliation handle distributed steps.
Answer by AI
- Model states explicitly.
- Explain retry safety.
- Include reconciliation.
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Thunes Salaries in the United Kingdom (Updated 2026)
Software Engineer
Employee reported
£57K to £63K per year
1 Salaries submitted
Project Manager
Employee reported
£59K to £65K per year
1 Salaries submitted
Product Manager
Glassdoor estimate
£71K to £106K per year
Estimated Salaries submitted
Compliance Officer
Employee reported
£48K to £51K per year
5 Salaries submitted
Legal Officer
Employee reported
£48K to £52K per year
1 Salaries submitted
Internal Communications Manager
Employee reported
£30K to £75K per year
2 Salaries submitted
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Open roles
Golang Software Engineer
Barcelona, Spain • Full time
Product Manager - Digital Assets
London, United Kingdom • Full time
Senior Data Protection Analyst
London, United Kingdom • Full time
Fraud Risk Manager
San Francisco, United States • Full time
Transaction Monitoring and Sanctions Screening Specialist
Manila, Philippines • 12-month contract
Account and Operations Executive
Singapore • Full time
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Benefits
Learning and development programs
Internal career opportunities
Medical coverage for employees and immediate family
Business travel health and security coverage
Wellbeing support
Variable performance bonus
Commission plans for eligible roles
Company-wide performance equity plan
Flexible hybrid work
Paid time off
Two Thune Out days each year
Two community days each year
Latest News & Updates
January 29, 2026
Thunes named among Singapore's top fintech companies
Tech in Asia and Statista included Thunes in the payments category of their 2026 Singapore fintech list.
#Award #Singapore
View postJanuary 28, 2026
Thunes examines local collections in B2B foreign exchange
The company outlined how real-time payouts and local collections can support international business payments.
#B2B #ForeignExchange
View postJanuary 22, 2026
Thunes and UnionPay add direct transfers into China
A direct technical connection supports card payouts to customers of 79 major banks in China's mainland.
#China #Transfers
View postJanuary 15, 2026
Thunes sets out cross-border payment themes for 2026
The outlook covers instant payment links, richer data, digital liquidity and interoperability.
#Payments #Trends
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Thunes operates a cross-border payment network connecting bank accounts, wallets, cards and payment methods.
