N26 loses chief product officer Georgina Smallwood
Smallwood departs N26 to join a Berlin scooter firm.
Movers and Shakers
OutSystems hires new CTO and general counsel
The development firm plans new expansion.
Wells Fargo compliance chief Mike Roemer steps down
The major US bank is undergoing a risk restructure.
MUFG Union Bank appoints Devon Bryan as new CISO
Bryan arrives at the bank from a CISO role at KPMG.
NatWest creates new COO role for its personal bank division
The appointment comes as the bank makes around 550 employees redundant.
Payments group Stripe snatches General Motors’ CFO
The payments company has been building out its senior team in recent months.
Westpac hires Scott Collary as new COO
Aussie bank snags a new executive from Bank of Montreal
Goldman appoints Mathew McDermott as head of digital assets
An old-school banker takes a digital currency role at Goldman.
Canadian neobank Koho seeks new CTO
Kris Hansen heads back to venture capital backers to build “new adventure”.
PayPal nabs Wells Fargo’s Peggy Mangot for venture capital role
Mangot was behind the launch of Wells Fargo’s challenger app Greenhouse.
What’s new Quotevine? Tom Jones joins as COO
Jones was previously Sopra Banking Software’s CTO.
Curve lands first CFO from PayPal, announces Onfido partnership
Scott Weller previously spent a six-year stint at PayPal.
Revolut loses banking veteran CEO after one year to upstart Allica Bank
Davies says his departure is on good terms.
Swift names Nick Kerigan as new head of innovation execution
Kerigan was previously the managing director for Future Payments at Barclaycard.
Wells Fargo hires Ather Williams III from Bank of America
Major US bank says its new head of strategy will drive innovation.
Deutsche Bank snags Wirecard exec Kilian Thalhammer
Thalhammer will be joining Deutsche Bank in October to oversee its Merchant Solutions arm.
Metro Bank snaps up former Co-operative chief risk officer
Richard Lees will join Metro after four years at his current employer.
ING appoints ex-Google and Confused.com exec as Yolt CEO
Weng Kan led Google’s attempt to edge into the insurance market in 2015.
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ClearBank hires new CFO and CIO
UK clearing bank adds two to executive ranks.
TransferGo hires Edgardo Savoy as new CTO
Savoy will be responsible for leading TransferGo’s team of more than 60 engineers.
Commerzbank plans 10,000 job cuts as CEO and chairman step down
Shareholder pressure saw Martin Zielke and Stefan Schmittmann depart earlier this week.
Liechtenstein’s VP Bank bags fintech CEO for client solutions unit
Thomas von Hohenhau is the Swiss CEO of Hamburg-based fintech Deposit Solutions.
Lloyds CEO António Horta-Osório to step down in 2021
“Mixed emotions” for Horta-Osório as Lloyds announces new chairman.
UK Finance lands two new managing directors
Both new appointees will join the trade body in the autumn.
Monzo’s co-founder Tom Blomfield leaves its board
According to a Companies House filing, his termination occurred on 17 June 2020.
Pakistani fintech SadaPay lands CTO from Indonesian unicorn Gojek
Gojek is Indonesia’s most valuable start-up.
Andreas Bittner steps down as co-founder of solarisBank
His five-year contract with the banking-as-a-service platform came to an end on 30 June.
Capitolis lands former Microsoft Azure director as CPO
Rahul Auradkar spent more than 12 years at Microsoft.
Santander looks to William Vereker for UK chairman role
The appointment is expected to be approved later this week.
ING Belgium deploys Minna Technologies’ subscription manager
ING Belgium has roughly 1.8 million digital banking customers.
Anna Manz appointed new CFO of LSE
Manz succeeds eight-year LSE veteran David Warren.
Wirecard’s former CEO Markus Braun arrested
Munich police say a criminal investigation into Wirecard has been launched.
Thought Machine taps Cognizant for new managing director
Mark Vasey joins core banking company from consulting firm.
FCA appoints LSE chief Nkihil Rathi as new CEO
Chancellor Rishi Sunak called Rathi “the outstanding candidate”.
Lucy Hagues steps in as Capital One UK CEO
Hagues takes over from Amy Lenander, who heads stateside.
ING names Steven van Rijswijk as new CEO
The Dutch bank finds its replacement for Ralph Hamers.
Vermiculus launches trading and clearing systems tech
The Swedish company has also appointed Taraneh Derayati as its chief executive officer.
OCBC to hire 3,000 this year in full-time, traineeship positions
About 2,100 of the jobs are full-time roles across the bank’s entities.
Fintech start-up Synapse cuts 50% of full-time staff
It also signalled its intention to move more of its workforce to Texas.
