Citi suspends “one of its most senior” bond traders for canteen theft
Paras Shah was Citi’s head of high-yield bond trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Movers and Shakers
Nasdaq names HKEX’s Roland Chai as its new CRO
Chai was previously head of post-trade at HKEX.
Lloyd’s of London hires new chief digital officer
Louise Smith joins from RBS.
Philip Hammond joins OakNorth advisory board
Conservative grandee Francis Maude will also be joining its advisory board.
Banking Technology February 2020 issue out now
Top dogs: The challenger bank success stories of 2019.
IBM makes major changes to executive leadership
New CEO Arvind Krishna will take the helm.
FCA appoints Christopher Woolard as interim chief
Former head of strategy takes over from BoE-bound Andrew Bailey.
RBS sees flurry of executives leave including BÓ’s CEO
The bank sees a major reshuffle under new chief Alison Rose.
ICAP founder to invest £25m in new fintech fund Element Ventures
It’s one of the largest investments Spencer has made since selling Nex to the CME.
Azimo shake-up sees appointment of new CFO and COO
Remittance fintech looks internally for C-level replacements.
BMLL appoints Paul Humphrey as CEO
Johannes Sulzberger, outgoing CEO, will remain on the board as a non-exec director.
Japan’s MUFG switches CEO after first year, digital chief takes control
The unusual decision points to the bank’s newly-placed importance on fintech.
Fundbox hires “Swiss army knife” CFO signalling IPO
CFO Marten Abrahamsen is a former investment banker.
Finxact appoints former Trump Treasury counsellor to board of directors
Core banking firm hires industry veteran.
Andrea Remyn Stone joins Refinitiv to boost open platforms development
Stone joins the firm from Dealogic, where she had been chief strategy officer since 2015.
BNY Mellon Markets appoints Paresh Shah as global COO for FX
He joins BNY from HSBC, where he held the role of COO Americas for FX.
Al-paca it in: Monzo co-founder leaves to farm Alpacas
The co-founder is quitting to focus on family business ‘Barnacre Alpacas’.
Signicat appoints new CEO and chairman
Signicat already works with DNB, Allianz and Saxo Bank.
ATB Financial’s Holbrook steps down as chief transformation officer
He had been at the Canadian firm for nine years.
Standard Chartered pinches new global head of cybersecurity from Singtel
David McLinton also spent time as JP Morgan Chase’s CISO.
Signicat CEO: The internet has destroyed consumer trust
“On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog.”
Atom bank’s former co-founder joins Queensland’s Daytek capital
Paul Hanks has joined DayTek Capital as a technology advisor.
Metro Bank raids FCA for new risk director
Jose Morago says he’s “excited” to get back to the finance industry.
ICBA welcomes Charles Potts as the new chief innovation officer
Potts’ extensive financial services experience spans more than 25 years.
Standard Chartered appoints new CIO of corporate, commercial & institutional banking
Rene W. Keller joins Standard Chartered from Deutsche Bank.
BoE’s Carney says finance is too slow on tackling climate change issues
Carney is due to become the United Nations’ special envoy for climate change.
First Direct founder leaves retirement to join mortgage platform Dashly
Mike Harris becomes chairman of the company.
Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
Morgan Stanley plans 1,500 job cuts
US bank wants to protect itself from economic headwinds.
CashFlows appoints new COO
Helen Smith joins the business from Earthport and Visa Europe.
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
Oracle veteran Atherton joins ACI Worldwide
New hire joins ACI Worldwide after 14 years at Oracle.
Starling Bank co-founder joins Winklevoss crypto exchange
Julian Sawyer set to lead Gemini’s European operations.
Wells Fargo hires Santander’s US chief as new COO
Scott Powell will be the bank’s new chief operating officer.
Monzo hires Visa exec to lead US push
TS Anil will join the digital bank early next year.
Ingenico announces risk director Panteha Pedram’s appointment to MRC
She will unpick new regulatory changes for the council and its members.
UK challenger OakNorth’s partnerships chief leaves bank
Amir Nooriala has left the bank after just six months in the role.
Finastra hires Lisa Fiondella as chief data officer
She will be responsible for developing a data product roadmap.
Former ASOS CTO joins Sonovate
Strudwick will oversee product, engineering, infrastructure and data teams.
Deutsche Bank already using robots as it gears up to cut 18,000 jobs
AI has “massively increased productivity” for the bank.
