Erez Barak joins Israeli SaaS fintech Earnix as chief technology officer
Barak has 22 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, big data and AI.
Movers and Shakers
Chatham Financial names Sam Graziano as managing director
Graziano joins from enterprise SaaS company Amount, where he was CCO for just over a year.
Swedish paytech Trustly taps Klarna and Adyen alumni for new COO and CRO hires
Eileen Chibb joins as chief operations officer (COO) and Jussi Lindberg as chief revenue officer (CRO).
Digital ID firm Signicat names Michel van den Bogaard as CFO
Based in Signicat’s Rotterdam office, van der Bogaard will lead a team of more than 35 people.
Sailesh Panchal announced as new CTO of TSB Bank
As CTO, Panchal will be tasked with overseeing TSB Bank’s data and payments functions.
Scottish challenger Alba Bank scales leadership team with two new appointments
Robert Sharpe and Andrew Lewis join as chair of the board and chief risk officer (CRO), respectively.
David Weber named as new COO of Volante Technologies
Weber brings over 25 years of experience in B2B enterprise software and SaaS to the role.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 8 September 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Urban Angehrn steps down as CEO of FINMA
Current deputy CEO Birgit Rutishauser will assume the position of interim CEO from 1 October.
UK paytech PPRO promotes Motie Bring to CEO
Bring joined the company as CCO in March of this year.
NatWest names Rick Haythornthwaite as new chair to succeed Sir Howard Davies
Haythornthwaite will officially take on the role from 15 April 2024, with Davies set to stand down.
UK paytech Form3 names former NatWest exec Matt Tuck as new CCO
Tuck has served as head of product, service and operations at NatWest since March 2020.
MAS appoints Chia Der Jiun as managing director with Ravi Menon set to retire
Chai succeeds Ravi Menon as managing director, who only renewed his term in May.
Alpian CEO Schuyler Weiss resigns to pursue public service in the US
Alpian has named Gianmarco Bonaita, who previously served as the deputy CEO, as the interim CEO.
Gilles BianRosa steps down as CPO of N26 to pursue career in the US
BianRosa is to assume a position on the bank’s supervisory board from this month.
Diego De Giorgi named as new group CFO of Standard Chartered
He succeeds Andy Halford as GCFO and GED, who is preparing to retire in August 2024.
Scotiabank shakes up senior leadership team with new appointments
Aris Bogdaneris joins from ING to oversee Scotiabank’s digital banking business Tangerine.
iBanFirst appoints former SocGen strategist Julien Molez as COO
Molez previously served as head of data and AI strategy for Société Générale from 2019 to 2023.
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Cover story: WINDS OF CHANGE – Squaring the circle on climate change.
Delta Capita names Alan Philpot as new CPO
The appointment follows the launch of the company’s distributed ledger services venture in April.
Nasdaq appoints former UBS executive Sarah Youngwood as CFO
Youngwood will take over from Ann Dennison, who has held the role since 2021.
Sanjay Singh appointed as new CEO of Azentio Software
Singh has spent much of his career at US tech firm Akamai Technologies.
Heather Gantt-Evans joins Marqeta as chief information security officer
US Army Reserves veteran Gantt-Evans will lead the firm’s global corporate and product security strategies.
Rabobank appoints Alexander Zwart as chief innovation and technology officer
Alexander Zwart replaces Bart Leurs, who has served as chief innovation and technology officer since 2021.
The Clearing House appoints Sheffali Welch as COO
Welch brings more than 20 years of experience in banking and financial services to her new role.
FinTech Founders Video: Lawrence Lin Murata, Slope
Lawrence Lin Murata reflects on what he learnt from starting his first company and the impact on starting Slope.
FinTech Founders Video: Wade Arnold, Moov Financial
Wade Arnold, founder and CEO of paytech Moov, talks about his experience of starting a fintech.
Core banking tech provider Mambu names Fernando Zandona as permanent CEO
Zandona has served as Mambu’s interim CEO since June after Eugene Danilkis stepped down from the role.
Silicon Valley Bank makes two senior appointments to lead payment products and digital strategy
Martin Murrell has been named as head of global payments and Milton Santiago as head of global digital solutions.
FinTech Founders Video: Rado Kotorov, Storied Data
Rado Korotov, founder and CEO of Storied Data, shares advice for founders looking for venture capital funding.
FinTech Founders Video: Elizabeth Rossiello, AZA Finance
Elizabeth Rossiello reveals the one person she couldn’t run AZA Finance without!
FinTech Founders Video: Jason Voss, Deception and Truth Analysis
Jason Voss gets candid on why you need to think hard about any VC dollars coming your way.
FinTech Founders Video: Katalin Kauzli, Partnerhub
Katalin Kauzli explains what she would do differently if she could repeat the process of starting Partnerhub.
FinTech Founders Video: Anandhi Dhukaram, Esdha
Dr Anandhi Vivek Dhukaram PhD drops the advice she would give herself if she could go back to when she founded Esdha.
FinTech Founders Video: Alex Lempka, Connect Earth
Alex Lempka, founder of climate fintech Connect Earth, describes the hardest thing about running a start-up.
MSUFCU veteran Benjamin Maxim named as Reseda Group’s new COO
Maxim has been a central figure at MSUFCU for over 16 years, having first joined back in 2007.
Standard Chartered global head leaves to found fintech start-up
Manohar Chadalavada is leaving the bank to be the co-founder of a fintech start-up currently in stealth.
WealthKernel confirms Aqsa Tariq as new chief financial officer
Tariq joins WealthKernel from FNZ Group, where she was group head of business intelligence for three years.
US fintech Stash names Chien-Liang Chou as new CTO
Chien-Liang Chou joins Stash from banking app start-up Dave, where he worked as CTO.
TrueLayer appoints former PayPal director Michael Brown as head of e-commerce
Brown joins the open banking payments network from PayPal, where he was director of UK enterprise sales.
