Revolut appoints new group chief risk officer Pierre Decote
Ex-Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Barclays execs have also been hired.
Movers and Shakers
HSBC set to replace investment banking chief
Samir Assaf, head of global banking & markets, expected to move to a non-exec role.
Swedish neobank Northmill appoints new chief analytics officer from Swedbank
Georges Mansourati spent eleven years at Swedbank.
Monzo’s COO quits to launch a grocery start-up
The departure of Foster-Carter is the latest in a few personnel changes at Monzo.
Irish start-up Siren gets $10m Series A
It’s paired with Siren’s new board member, Bob Griffin.
Tandem appoints former HSBC exec as chief growth officer
Malani will spearhead Tandem’s international expansion into Hong Kong.
BFS Capital swings in new ex-axe throwing exec
The new COO comes from an international axe throwing event company.
Revolut appoints new chairman
Martin Gilbert will begin his role as of 1 January 2020.
ATB Financial acquires Grow Technologies
Grow’s founder will join the ATB team.
Phil Heasley retires from ACI Worldwide
The board has been conducting a thorough search for his successor.
Digits Financial raises $10.5m in Series A
Digits remains in stealth mode for now and remains at an invite only stage.
BIS appoints head of its new innovation hub
Benoît Cœuré joins from the ECB executive board.
Eileen Burbidge steps down as chair of digital bank Tide
She gave up her role at Tide following a funding round.
Nordea’s chief digital officer quits ahead of bank’s next digital phase
MacLeod feels it’s “the right time” for him to leave.
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Nets makes changes to the executive committee
This includes a new CEO of Issuer and eSecurity Services and group CHRO.
Flywire appoints new president and COO
Former Apple Pay executive Rob Orgel joins the team.
Corlytics appoints chief digital officer
She was the former head of regulatory intelligence at Thomson Reuters.
Revolut CISO leaves after two months on the job
Dinis Cruz has left the challenger bank by mutual consent.
Dharmesh Mistry steps down as Temenos’ CDO
After seven years with Temenos and 30 years in banking tech, Mistry says its time for a break.
Monzo hires new CRO with blue chip banking career
Lisa Nowell leaves ClearBank after just six months.
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DTCC appoints Lynn Bishop as chief information officer
Bishop also supports the advancement of women in STEM careers.
TransUnion appoints ex-KCOM exec Mike Davies as COO in UK
Davies grew KCOM’s business value from £50m to more than £500m.
Santander to launch online deposit platform in US
It is said to be a rival to Goldman Sachs’ Marcus offering.
OpenPayd appoints two new C-suite execs
They aim to accelerate its growth and the development of its technology.
FundRock appoints Lee Marshall as CTO
He joins from MasonBower, with previous experience from KNEIP and JP Morgan.
OakNorth appoints former Google executive
Sunil Chandra joins as CEO of its next-generation credit platform
Verrency appoints former Westpac Group CTO to advisory board
Prior to joining Westpac, Wilson worked with SAP and ABN Amro.
HSBC plans 10,000 job cuts in fresh cost-saving exercise
Global bank plans to cull high-paid roles.
NAB’s charge reduces cash earnings by AUD1.12bn
This comes ahead of the January regulatory deadline to reach a core capital ratio of 10.5%.
Metro Bank chairman to step down
Vernon Hill will leave the bank at the end of 2019 after a turbulent year.
NAB executive resigns amid extensive cloud migration
Yuri Misnik spearheaded NAB’s switch to Amazon Web Services.
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Equity Group reviews its fintech unit as executives quit
The Kenyan bank is considering running Finserve Africa as a division.
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