ID verification fintech Data Zoo appoints new CEO
Charlie Minutella will lead the fintech’s operations from its New York office.
Movers and Shakers
National Australia Bank appoints Andrew Irvine as new group CEO
Irvine will take over the reins from current CEO Ross McEwan, who is set to retire in April.
Alba Bank CEO Rod Ashley steps down after six years at the helm
Alba has named former Bank North co-founder and CEO Jonathan Thompson as its new acting CEO.
Jennifer Taylor joins Plaid as the company’s first president
Taylor joins the fintech from Cloudflare, where she served as CPO for the past seven years.
New private bank Volans gears up for launch in Australia
Volans aims to become Australia’s number one private bank before taking the brand global.
Revolut’s head of financial crime and fraud Aaron Elliott-Gross leaves to join Wise as product compliance lead
Elliott-Gross has been appointed as Wise’s global director of product compliance this month.
OBL director Alan Ainsworth departs after six-year tenure
Despite his successful endeavours, Ainsworth writes that “it’s now time for something else”.
Unity Trust Bank appoints Colin Fyfe as new CEO
Fyfe joins UTB from Hinckley & Rugby Building Society, where he was CEO for over five years.
Demystify Podcast: Embracing fintech and the green agenda with vice minister of finance, Lithuania
Lithuania’s ambitious journey in fintech and sustainability with vice minister of finance, Vaida Česnulevičiūtė Markevičienė.
Canoe Intelligence appoints former CIA analyst Noel Calhoun as new CTO
Calhoun joins the fintech from Onsights.io, where he held the role of CTO for just under two years.
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Long-serving Barclays exec Matthew Haines leaves for Santander
Haines has joined Santander’s Payments Centre of Excellence as product owner, effective this month.
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Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Lloyds, HSBC, PayPal, Santander and more.
NatWest’s Mettle names Michelle Prance as new CEO
Prance has been promoted to help “meet the evolving needs of the self-employed community”.
Santander names Petri Nikkilä as new Openbank CEO
Nikkilä joins Santander from ING, where he is currently serving as head of global retail transformation.
UK challenger Tandem appoints former JP Morgan exec Maria Khan as director of product and digital
The bank says Khan will work to develop and cultivate “green digital banking solutions”.
Griffin begins hunt for new COO with Maria Campbell set to depart
Campbell is due to depart the company this quarter to take “some personal time out”.
Bread Financial names former Amex CIO Allegra Driscoll as new CTO
Driscoll has also previously held senior positions at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.
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Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Abrdn, Kashable, Synchrony and more.
Duco names Michael Chin as new CEO as Christian Nentwich steps down
Chin previously served as CEO of Broadway Technology prior to its acquisition by Bloomberg last October.
Former Adyen exec Jan-Pieter Lips joins UK’s DNA Payments as CEO
The London-headquartered firm has tasked its new CEO with leading its next period of growth.
Former Sutton Bank exec Glenn Murray joins start-up Evolution 2100 as chief strategy officer
Evolution 2100 plans to provide a suite of financial services for underserved communities and businesses.
Finnish fintech Aibidia names Matthias Grabellus as new chief product officer
Aibidia says Grabellus will be tasked with globalising its product suite for cross-border business management.
Demystify Podcast: Lettspay and Griffin – demystifying working with a challenger bank
Our guests on the Demystify podcast this week are Adam Moulson, Griffin’s COO, and Garrett Foxon, CEO of Lettspay.
Synchrony hires former Santander exec Pierre Habis to lead consumer banking
Habis previously served as chief consumer banking and digital transformation officer at Santander.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 19 January 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Citi, Sainsbury’s Bank and more.
Business spend management platform Payhawk lands UK EMI licence
The fintech unicorn previously gained an EMI licence from the central bank of Lithuania in July.
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Sainsbury’s set to wind down banking business
The UK retailer has also confirmed the departure of Jim Brown, Sainsbury’s Bank’s CEO of almost five years.
German AML regtech Hawk AI names Michael Shearer as new chief solution officer
Shearer previously served as group head of compliance product management at HSBC.
DirectID founder James Varga departs after 13 years
Varga says he has made the “pivotal decision to move on” from the Scottish risk and decisioning firm.
Gigs appoints Adyen alumni Steven van Bommel as head of finance
The telecom-as-a-service platform has previously tapped talent from Nubank, Klarna and Revolut.
The ai Corporation names CCO Piers Horak as new CEO
Horak succeeds Dr Mark Goldspink in the role after over 10 years with the UK-based paytech.
Subscription billing fintech Recurly names Joe Rohrlich as CEO
Rohrlich previously served as CEO of Top Hat, a US-based higher education engagement platform.
Canada’s Vancity names Wellington Holbrook as president and CEO
Holbrook takes over from Nez Aquino, who has served as interim CEO since July 2023.
ClearBank names Paul Staples as new group head of embedded banking
Staples has previously served as global head of HSBC’s BaaS and embedded finance proposition.
InvestCloud names Motive Partners’ Jeff Yabuki as new CEO and chairman
Yabuki also currently serves as chairman and founding partner of Motive Partners.
Bill Crager to step down as CEO of Envestnet
Crager is due to transition into the role of senior advisor upon his departure from the company’s leadership.
Former Barclays managing director Simon Bladon joins PayPal as UK CEO
Bladon will also serve as vice president of global entity management for the payments giant.
Thunes makes leadership changes, appoints Floris de Kort as new CEO
Thunes’ current CEO Peter De Caluwe has been promoted to deputy chairman.
