Santander reportedly looks to boost investment banking operations with new hires
Reuters reports Santander is making at least 50 new hires in a push to become a major investment banking player.
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FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 14 July 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Alexander Weber departs as CGO of German challenger N26
Weber is departing the position to pursue his own entrepreneurial journey.
BKN301 names Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya as new CTO
He joins BKN301 Group from Klar, a digital bank in Mexico, where he served as CTO for a year.
James Dixon named as new Allied Payment Network CISO
Dixon intends to “ensure fast and secure payments” and bolster Allied’s information security practices.
GoCardless names Franck Cohen as first chairman of the board
GoCardless CEO says the appointment brings them the the ability to make “fast and effective decisions”.
Solaris raises €38m in funding to strengthen governance and compliance
The company says it will use the funding to strengthen its governance and compliance.
Tarabut Gateway names Tariq Sanad as new CFO
Tarabut Gateway says Sanad excels “particularly in scaling growth start-ups post-Series A”.
Silverbird announces Stu Bailey as new CPO
Bailey’s appointment will seek to assist Silverbird in “liberating cross-border trade” for SMEs.
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Cover story: THE BEST OF BANKING TECH USA – Winners and pictures from an amazing night.
Platform One appoints former SEI operational director Terry Leavy as new COO
Leavy joins the company following a decade-long stint at US financial services firm SEI.
SumUp taps Form3 for access to UK Faster Payments, appoints CPO
SumUp has also appointed Anna Kuriakose as its new chief product officer (CPO).
UniCredit enters next phase of transformation with leadership restructuring
The appointments signal a shift into the next phase of UniCredit’s development.
Moneycorp appoints Velizar Tarashev as new CEO
Tarashev, who joined Moneycorp as CFO in 2021, succeeds Mark Horgan, who will step down after 12 years as CEO.
Former Goldman Sachs partner joins Clowd9 as CFO
Christian Channell joins the cloud-native platform following a 25-year career at Goldman Sachs.
Jirnexu co-founders step down from leadership positions at the company
The company’s co-founder Hann Liew confirmed his and Lucas Ooi’s decision this week.
Honouring the innovators: PayTech Awards 2023 winners revealed
Celebrating exceptional achievements and talent in payments industry worldwide.
BIS names Maha El Dimachki as new head of Singapore innovation hub
El Dimachki will join BIS from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK.
LHV Bank names Rachelle Frewer as new CFO
Frewer will also join LHV Bank’s board of directors.
JP Morgan Chase appoints new chief data and analytics officer
Heitsenrether will be responsible for leading the adoption of AI across the bank’s operations.
Visa names Chris Suh as new chief financial officer
Suh replaces longstanding Visa CFO Vasant Prabhu, who is set to retire on 30 September.
CFIT appoints Stephen Ingledew and Alex Marsh as independent non-executive directors
Stephen Ingledew is chairman of FinTech Scotland and Alex Marsh is the former head of Klarna UK.
UK challenger Zopa appoints new COO and CTO
Kate Erb joins as chief operating officer (COO) and Peter Donlon as chief technology officer (CTO).
Fintech scale-up Yapily appoints Tanya Ziv as COO
Tanya Ziv moves from fellow fintech Currencycloud where she was chief compliance officer.
UK budgeting app HyperJar names Louise Chan as COO
Chan joins HyperJar from international paytech firm Ebury, where she also served as COO.
Canada’s Interac appoints Jeremy Wilmot as new CEO
Wilmot succeeds Mark O’Connell, who will be retiring on 31 October 2023.
US paytech CardFlight appoints new CTO, Brian Butts
CardFlight is a New York-based point-of-sale (POS) solutions provider.
Regtech start-up Consilient names Jeremy Kedziora director of data science
Consilient, a US-based regtech, aims “to transform how the industry prevents financial crime”.
Chargebacks911 hires Bank of America and Apple execs to drive global growth
Guy Harris joins as chairman of the board and Eric M. Hoffman as president of interbank solutions.
Chris Rigoni to head BaaS operations at Coastal Community Bank
Chris Rigoni moves from Webster Bank, where he also looked after the company’s BaaS business.
Ray Brash joins paytech start-up Flyfish as CEO
Ray Brash previously spent nearly two decades at paytech PPS (now Edenred Payment Solutions).
Banking Technology Magazine June 2023 issue out now
Cover story: BRAINIAC – Generative AI and banking
Target Group names Peter O’Connor as new CEO
O’Connor joined the firm last year as chief operating officer after several years at Capita.
Payments platform Dwolla names Lawrence Herman as CFO
Herman joins Dwolla from Accrete, an AI machine learning company, where he was CFO.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 2 June 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Mambu CEO and co-founder Eugene Danilkis steps down
Mambu’s chief technology officer (CTO), Fernando Zandona, will be taking over as interim CEO.
Meniga appoints Dheeraj Soni as its new CEO
Soni joins from mobile payments platform TPAY Mobile, where he served as chief operating officer (COO).
Crypto fintech Oobit names Phillip Lord as president
Lord will be tasked with forging partnerships, business development and executing marketing strategies.
Transaction Systems names Martin Löffler as global CEO
Löffler succeeds Andrey Sokurenko, who will now focus on software innovation and R&D.
Multi-asset custody provider Etana names Dennis Noto as new CTO
Noto has previously served as CTO at companies including IBM, LPL Financial and Scottrade.
