Global paytech Ingenico names Laurent Blanchard as CEO
Laurent Blanchard replaces Ingenico’s co-CEOs Gerrard Schmid and Rolf Stangl.
Movers and Shakers
Digital economy paytech Tilia lands $22m, makes executive hires
The firm has appointed Brad Oberwager as CEO and Catherine Porter as chief business officer.
UAE lendtech Ezra appoints new chief risk officer, Andrew Goodrich
Goodrich will lead the data engineering, predictive analytics, credit risk and fraud functions across Ezra.
ComplyAdvantage names Jim Anning as chief data officer
Anning joins ComplyAdvantage from GoCardless where he was vice president of data.
Toby Mason joins Bermuda Monetary Authority as COO
Mason is the former COO of SME-focused Allica Bank, a role he held for more than three years.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 10 March 2023
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Canada’s Versapay names Carey O’Connor Kolaja as new CEO
O’Connor Kolaja replaces former CEO Craig O’Neill, who is set to move to an advisory role within the firm.
Aussie paytech Till Payments lands $46m Series D funding
The fresh funding comes just weeks after the firm’s decision in January to lay off 120 staff.
Equiniti unites trio of businesses under new lendtech brand, Lenvi
Lenvi is a combination of Equiniti’s EQ Credit Services, EQ Riskfactor, and EQ KYC Solutions.
Business banking fintech Moniepoint names Pawel Swiatek COO
Swiatek joins Moniepoint from Capital One, where he served as managing vice president for over four years.
Wearable paytech Digiseq names Angela Davies as head of partnerships
Davies will use her expertise and connections to promote Digiseq services to banks, issuers and processors.
Nubank appoints former Meta crypto head David Marcus to board
Marcus previously spent seven years at Meta and co-created the firm’s cryptocurrency Diem (formerly Libra).
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Africa’s Ecobank Group names Jeremy Awori as CEO
Awori brings more than 25 years of banking industry experience to the leadership role, Ecobank says.
German challenger N26 loses its chief risk officer
Thomas Grosse has quit the firm citing personal reasons. A successor has yet to be named.
TrueNorth appoints Doug Woolridge as new chief growth officer
Woolridge joins from EPAM Systems and brings over 25 years of experience to his new role.
Thunes appoints Victor Lucena as new head of Latin America
Lucena has previously worked for financial services firms including Binance, Rapyd, Worldpay and PayU.
Bahrain fintech Sinnad appoints Rana Almaeeli as CEO
Almaeeli has held several senior roles at Sinnad, most recently as general manager for more than 11 years.
Thought Machine plans to boost headcount by 20% in 2023
Thought Machine intends to hire across India, Japan and South Africa for the first time.
Swedish paytech Zimpler names Stefan Andersson as chief product officer
Andersson will join Zimpler’s leadership team and report directly to CEO Johan Strand.
Xero appoints former Google exec Diya Jolly as chief product officer
Jolly joins Xero from Okta, where she served as CPO.
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Business spend management firm Medius names Henrik Rosén as CTO
Rosén will be tasked with further developing Medius’ existing product suite as well as delivering new products.
MoonPay names former Coinbase exec Asiff Hirji as new president
According to Bloomberg, Hirji assumed the role earlier this month, joining from Figure Technologies.
Swiss fintech Radicant parts ways with CEO Anders Bally
The fintech’s board dismissed Bally over differences in approach to “leadership and communications”.
Varo Bank appoints Wook Chung as chief product officer
Chung most recently served as vice president of product, design and engineering at SoFi.
Global paytech GPS appoints three new non-exec directors
The new additions are: Paulette Rowe, Shane Happach and Lynn McCreary.
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RTGS.global CEO Dave Sissens steps down, Jarrad Hubble appointed interim CEO
Hubble joined RTGS in April last year as its chief commercial officer.
US president Joe Biden nominates former Mastercard CEO to lead World Bank
Ajay Banga has been nominated to lead the World Bank following the resignation of David Malpass.
American Fintech Council appoints Phil Goldfeder as CEO
Goldfeder brings more than two decades of experience working in the private and public sectors.
First Abu Dhabi Bank hires Michel Longhini to lead global private banking
Longhini joins from Edmond de Rothschild where he was CEO of private banking.
WealthKernel names Michael Rigby as new chief compliance officer
Rigby joins from Investec Wealth and Investment and brings over 30 years’ worth of experience to the role.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 17 February 2023
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AI regtech WorkFusion names Arthur Mueller VP of financial crime
Mueller joins from Rabobank North America where he served as AML and sanctions officer for more than six years.
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UK fintech Deko hires Joseph Tucker as new CFO
Tucker joins from NewDay, which acquired Deko in January 2020.
Dragonfly makes C-level hires as firm expands partnerships and portfolio
Alongside the senior appointments, the firm says it has also expanded its development and product teams.
Ex-Plaid exec Keith Grose joins Sequence as COO
Prior to joining Sequence, Grose served as head of UK for Plaid for four years.
Paysafecard CEO Udo Mueller departs firm
Mueller will focus on “helping other companies and entrepreneurial fintech enthusiasts in their growth ambitions”.
