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Core story: GOLD GETTERS – The Olympics and fintech make the perfect team.
Core story: GOLD GETTERS – The Olympics and fintech make the perfect team.
The new CEO has been tasked with leading the start-up’s “next phase of growth and innovation”.
Bhatia counts the likes of Stripe, PayPal and Capital One among her previous employers.
Rakuten is discussing plans to integrate all its fintech units, including Rakuten Bank, into one unified entity.
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Robinhood, Mastercard, Visa, Ant Group and more.
Ally Financial has been on the hunt for a new CEO since the departure of Jeffrey Brown in January.
Santos will replace current group CEO Marika Lulay, who is due to leave the company at the end of the year.
Kuruvilla served as Bolt’s CEO for over two years following founder Ryan Breslow’s transition to chairman.
The companies have until now operated as three separate divisions led by CEO Jerry Young, who is set to retire.
Acworth’s appointment follows Encompass’ recent acquisitions of CoorpID and Blacksmith KYC.
Schmidt will be responsible for leading Tide’s recently announced expansion into the German market.
Kennedy has previously held leadership positions at Lloyds, Barclays, Shawbrook Bank and Masthaven Bank.
Bhatt will step down as chief creative officer but will remain on Robinhood’s board of directors.
ChitChat enables users to make immediate USD payment transfers directly within chat conversations.
MSUFCU believes Frich Money can help bridge the “awareness gap” between Gen Z and credit unions.
Fatokun currently chairs the Board Audit and Governance Committee of United Capital.
Juniper joins the firm directly from BlackRock, where she has worked since 2007.
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes the US Federal Reserve, Starling Bank and more.
The restructuring will involve members of three of the five acquisitions it has made in the last four years.
Raman Bhatia will assume the position “in early summer”, subject to regulatory approval.
Ronnie Cheung will lead operations and governance for the private bank’s Hong Kong branch.
The new CPO will head product design and team development for the Texas-based fintech.
Calastone has also hired Adam Belding as chief architect of its Digital Investments programme.
Stawchansky will be responsible for guiding the firm’s customer technology and GenAI development plans.
NYCB has also made several high-profile appointments to its board of directors.
Enfuce recently appointed Laurence Krieger as chairman of its UK board and was granted a UK EMI licence.
Dougherty will oversee the firm’s go-to-market operations, including sales, marketing, and partnerships.
Anjum’s joins directly from the Glory Group, where he served as innovation programme director.
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Going forward into 2024, Synctera plans to launch its new payment product SyncteraPay.
Oswald joins GFT from EY, where he was a partner in the company’s technology consulting team.
Poot joins directly from Dayrize, where he has been serving as chief product and technology officer.
Weston left the UK bank in December 2015 to found the now-defunct Aussie challenger Volt Bank.
The council will be co-chaired by Philip Belamant, Janine Hirt and Charles McManus.
Page will take the reins from interim CFO Cristina Alba Ochoa.
Lord Hammond replaces Rick Haythornthwaite, who is standing down to become chairman of NatWest Group.
Josse has most recently served as Barclays’ chief information officer, and the group’s digital CIO.
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Webull, Citi, Blackstone, Enfuce and more.
Hagan has been tasked with leading the platform’s UK operations and market expansion efforts.