Sid Jajodia appointed as Revolut’s new US CEO
Jajodia joined Revolut as chief banking officer in 2021 and will continue in this role alongside his new position.
Movers and Shakers
Binance.US hires ex-PayPal exec Jasmine Lee as CFO as firm eyes IPO
Lee joins from micro-investing app Acorns, where she served as CFO and COO.
Brazilian fintech unicorn Neon hires André Madeira as new CTO
Madeira brings engineering and product building expertise from stints at Google, Snap, and Coinbase.
UK fintech Mode hires Jose Sanchez Loureda as CTO
Loureda will be tasked with helping Mode enhance its digital wallet offering.
UK paytech GPS announces new senior leadership changes
Dewar was CEO at GPS for over four years, while Schultz joins over from Fiserv.
Lead Bank creates new BaaS position, appoints industry veteran Huma Usmani
In her new role, Usmani will focus on expanding the bank’s network of fintech partnerships.
The Bank of London hires new co-president and group chief product officer
Tam Holmes joins from 10x Banking where he spent five years.
India’s Jarvis Invest hires Rajesh Batreja as CSO
The company intends to expand throughout India and into the US and Middle East.
Paytech Flutterwave hires Gurbhej Dhillon as new CTO
As CTO, Dhillon will be tasked with developing the fintech platform’s architecture and infrastructure.
Fintechs Stanhope and Stenn hire new CPOs as they look to scale
Groombridge will be leading Stanhope’s payments offering, while Bajwa will be developing Stenn’s financing solutions.
Mambu welcomes four new senior leadership hires
Mambu has hired a new CTO, CFO, chief revenue officer, and chief of staff.
UK challenger bank Recognise appoints Sahil Thapa as CTO
Recognise says Thapa “has the vision and ability to lead the Bank’s technology strategy”.
Santander Mexico CEO Héctor Grisi to lead banking multinational in 2023
He will replace José Antonio Álvarez as group CEO next year, following a transition period.
Santander UK appoints new COO and CTO
Elisabet Pinilla will join as the new CTO, and Stephen White as the new COO.
Paytech PPRO hires Rahul Raswant as new chief financial officer
Raswant has held roles at Standard Chartered Bank and consultancy McKinsey.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 17 June 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Flutterwave appoints former American Express exec as new CFO
Earlier as CFO of Kabbage, Bhambani helped lead its acquisition and integration within American Express.
Open banking specialist Yapily appoints new CTO
Yapily has named Noam Oren its new CTO as it plans European expansion.
ComplyAdvantage appoints ex-WorldRemit head as CTO
Mark Watson brings over 26 years of tech experience into his new role as CTO.
Santander appoints Pierre Habis to lead digital transformation in US
Santander Bank N.A. has appointed Pierre Habis as the new chief consumer and digital transformation officer.
Ohio’s KeyBank appoints new tech executive
Navarro previously worked in a similar role at TD Bank.
Pagaya appoints former Barclays UK CEO as president
Ashok Vaswani, Pagaya’s new president, is a Barclays and Citibank veteran.
UK paytech GPS appoints Jill Docherty as director of global partnerships
Docherty will sit on GPS’ global executive committee overseeing all GPS ecosystem partners.
Stephen Lancaster appointed CEO at GB Bank
Lancaster will be responsible for leading GB Bank as it gears up for launch in Q3 2022.
Dutch fintech Mollie hires Koen Köppen as new CTO to boost tech innovation
Prior to Mollie, Köppen spent over a decade at Klarna.
FinTech Australia’s CEO Andrew Porter steps down after four months
Rehan D’Almeida will replace Porter through his promotion to the role of general manager.
Former Mastercard EVP Kush Saxena appointed as new CEO of PagoNxt Merchant Solutions
Kush Saxena will step into his new role in mid-June.
US-based Payoneer appoints John Caplan as co-CEO
Founded in 2005, Payoneer enables “borderless payments and growth” for digital businesses.
KAF Investment Bank appoints Rafiza Ghazali to lead its upcoming digital bank
Ghazali is currently group CEO of Cradle Fund and has previously worked at RHB Investment Bank.
BNPL giant Klarna to cut 10% of workforce amid “tumultuous year”
Klarna CEO says he remains “relentlessly optimistic” about the firm’s future.
Solarisbank appoints new CIO, CTO dual leadership team as firm scales
Solarisbank says the close-knit dual leadership will “master the challenges of a growing tech organisation”.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 20 May 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
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KPMG UK hires Crypto UK exec to bolster digital asset services
KPMG UK says the hires will allow it to offer clients “additional high calibre expertise”.
UK challenger Atom hires Andy Sturrock as CTO
Atom Bank’s new CTO wants to take the bank’s technology “to the next level”.
Finbourne Technology hires Robert Byrne as CTO
The appointment follows the company’s recent expansion into North America and APAC.
MPOWER Financing hires Wall Street exec as new head of capital markets
Zaki will lead strategic partnerships for the fintech firm as part of his new role.
Airwallex hires Pranav Sood to head up EMEA operations
Sood joins from GoCardless, where he was most recently vice president of small business.
UAE neobank Wio hires Salem Al Nuaimi as chair and Jayesh Patel as CEO
The hires at Wio follow the digital bank’s licence approval by the Central Bank of the UAE.
Aussie B2B BNPL fintech BizPay cuts 30% of workforce due to “challenging market” for fintechs
BizPay is undergoing an “operational transformation”, which has seen a number of processes automated.
