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FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 5 April 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Nuvei, Westpac, iCapital and more.
Tradeshift names Raphael Bres as new chief product and technology officer
Bres rejoins Tradeshift following a two-year stint at commission management platform Spiff.
ConnexPay names Ben Peters as new CEO, Bob Kaufman to become chair of the board
Peters brings over 20 years of experience leading and scaling global payments companies.
Banking Technology Magazine April 2024 issue out now
Core story: GOLD GETTERS – The Olympics and fintech make the perfect team.
Aussie automotive fintech AutoSettle names Jason Van as new CEO
The new CEO has been tasked with leading the start-up’s “next phase of growth and innovation”.
Former Goldman Sachs director Swati Bhatia joins Santander Bank as head of retail banking and transformation
Bhatia counts the likes of Stripe, PayPal and Capital One among her previous employers.
Japan’s Rakuten Group plans to consolidate its fintech and banking businesses
Rakuten is discussing plans to integrate all its fintech units, including Rakuten Bank, into one unified entity.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 29 March 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Robinhood, Mastercard, Visa, Ant Group and more.
Discover Financial Services exec Michael Rhodes to take the lead at Ally Financial as new CEO
Ally Financial has been on the hunt for a new CEO since the departure of Jeffrey Brown in January.
GFT Technologies promotes Marco Santos to group CEO
Santos will replace current group CEO Marika Lulay, who is due to leave the company at the end of the year.
Bolt appoints interim CEO as Maju Kuruvilla departs
Kuruvilla served as Bolt’s CEO for over two years following founder Ryan Breslow’s transition to chairman.
ieDigital, Connect FSS and Abaka to integrate under single identity with Rami Cassis named new CEO
The companies have until now operated as three separate divisions led by CEO Jerry Young, who is set to retire.
UK regtech Encompass Corporation appoints Neil Acworth as new CISO
Acworth’s appointment follows Encompass’ recent acquisitions of CoorpID and Blacksmith KYC.
Tide names former SVP George Schmidt as new regional CEO for UK and Europe
Schmidt will be responsible for leading Tide’s recently announced expansion into the German market.
Redwood Bank names David Kennedy as new chief operating officer
Kennedy has previously held leadership positions at Lloyds, Barclays, Shawbrook Bank and Masthaven Bank.
Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt departs to “pursue other entrepreneurial interests”
Bhatt will step down as chief creative officer but will remain on Robinhood’s board of directors.
African fintech Union54 launches new social commerce platform ChitChat
ChitChat enables users to make immediate USD payment transfers directly within chat conversations.
US start-up Frich Money enters pilot partnership with MSU Federal Credit Union
MSUFCU believes Frich Money can help bridge the “awareness gap” between Gen Z and credit unions.
Flutterwave names ex-CBN director Dipo Fatokun as new board chair
Fatokun currently chairs the Board Audit and Governance Committee of United Capital.
Tifin hires ex-BlackRock MD Brooke Juniper as CEO of its AI investment platform Sage
Juniper joins the firm directly from BlackRock, where she has worked since 2007.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 15 March 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes the US Federal Reserve, Starling Bank and more.
United Fintech reshuffles leadership in push to drive growth
The restructuring will involve members of three of the five acquisitions it has made in the last four years.
Starling Bank names Ovo chief Raman Bhatia as new group CEO
Raman Bhatia will assume the position “in early summer”, subject to regulatory approval.
Bank of Singapore hires former Credit Suisse exec as Greater China COO
Ronnie Cheung will lead operations and governance for the private bank’s Hong Kong branch.
US digital bank Green Dot hires Melissa Douros as new CPO
The new CPO will head product design and team development for the Texas-based fintech.
Nick Parsons named new Calastone chief technology officer
Calastone has also hired Adam Belding as chief architect of its Digital Investments programme.
Finastra appoints Mike Stawchansky as new senior VP and CTIO
Stawchansky will be responsible for guiding the firm’s customer technology and GenAI development plans.
New York Community Bancorp secures $1bn equity boost following Q4 2023 losses
NYCB has also made several high-profile appointments to its board of directors.
Enfuce appoints new CPTO to help accelerate global expansion plans
Enfuce recently appointed Laurence Krieger as chairman of its UK board and was granted a UK EMI licence.
US paytech Spreedly appoints Peter Dougherty as new president
Dougherty will oversee the firm’s go-to-market operations, including sales, marketing, and partnerships.
UK challenger OneBanx appoints Javed Anjum as new CEO
Anjum’s joins directly from the Glory Group, where he served as innovation programme director.
Banking Technology Magazine March 2024 issue out now
Cover story: CREATIVE THINKING – How a borefest could lead to the best ideas.
BaaS vendor Synctera lands additional $18.6m Series A cash injection
Going forward into 2024, Synctera plans to launch its new payment product SyncteraPay.
GFT Technologies names Ian Oswald as new executive director
Oswald joins GFT from EY, where he was a partner in the company’s technology consulting team.
UK payments platform Thredd appoints Edwin Poot as new global CTO
Poot joins directly from Dayrize, where he has been serving as chief product and technology officer.
Barclays welcomes back Steve Weston as head of everyday money management
Weston left the UK bank in December 2015 to found the now-defunct Aussie challenger Volt Bank.
Innovate Finance launches new council to further growth of UK fintech sector
The council will be co-chaired by Philip Belamant, Janine Hirt and Charles McManus.
Banking veteran Marc Page hired by Metro Bank as CFO
Page will take the reins from interim CFO Cristina Alba Ochoa.
Former UK chancellor Lord Hammond appointed new Railsr chairman
Lord Hammond replaces Rick Haythornthwaite, who is standing down to become chairman of NatWest Group.
