MPOWER Financing hires Wall Street exec as new head of capital markets
Zaki will lead strategic partnerships for the fintech firm as part of his new role.
Movers and Shakers
Deloitte hires Bob Savino to offer new BaaS solution for financial institutions
Savino will head up a fintech start-up team as the consultancy looks to bring a new BaaS solution to market.
Banking Technology Magazine May 2022 issue out now
Cover story: THE NEED FOR SPEED – Getting money to those that need it, fast.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 29 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Robinhood announces layoffs, sheds 9% of full-time workforce
CEO Vlad Tenev cites duplicate roles and job functions and “more layers and complexity than are optimal”.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 22 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Stripe appoints Microsoft’s James Phillips as new president of financial services
James Phillips joins Stripe after a decade at Microsoft.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 15 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Stripe-backed one-click checkout fintech Fast folds
Fast CEO Domm Holland says: “Sometimes trailblazers don’t make it all the way to the mountain top.”
Norway’s Signicat boosts management team with several new appointments
Signicat CEO says: “We now look forward to the next phase of our international expansion.”
Banking Technology Magazine April 2022 issue out now
Cover story: WINDS OF CHANGE – Tackling the carbon cost of technology.
Shortlist announced for Banking Tech Awards USA 2022
Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists.
PayPal hires IT veteran Archana Deskus as EVP and CIO
Deskus joins PayPal from tech titan Intel, where she served as senior vice president and CIO.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 25 March 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Bond.AI makes senior tech hires with new CTO and head of technology
The firm has recruited Kent Llewelyn from TAB Bank and Accenture/Cognizant veteran Amit Dhongde.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 18 March 2022
Our pick of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Citibank’s digital asset group leaders quit to set up new crypto venture
Alex Kriete and Greg Girasole say more details will follow in the coming weeks.
Fintech app Curve launches in US, loses COO
Curve launched in 2018 and has already spread to 31 markets across the globe.
US banking technology provider Bankjoy hires André Jones as VP of operations
Jones brings 17 years worth of management experience to the Detroit-based firm.
Banking Technology Magazine March 2022 issue out now
Cover story: HAVE A HEART – Injecting a little love into AI.
Property lender Better.com lays off more than 3,000 staff in fresh cuts
The announcement was made by the company’s interim president Kevin Ryan via an e-mail to affected staff.
Banking Tech Awards 2022 now open for nominations
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
Revolut names Ibrahim Dusi as chief risk officer for Americas
Dusi joins Revolut from US-based lender Happy Money, where he spent eight years.
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Former Google Cloud product lead Amir Hermelin joins FICO as CTO
At Google, Hermelin was in charge of planning and executing the tech giant’s cloud platform strategy.
Diebold Nixdorf names new president and CEO as Gerrard Schmid steps down
Octavio Marquez is taking over the CEO and president role on 11 March 2022.
Form3 poaches senior Swift exec to drive US expansion
Dave Scola moves from Swift to become Form3’s US chief executive.
FIS names new president, Stephanie Ferris
Ferris joined FIS through its 2019 acquisition of payments software firm Worldpay.
Goldman Sachs’ veteran tech head Nash Panchal to take over as MarketAxess CIO
MarketAxess COO says Panchal brings “impressive record” of leading global tech organisations.
Bolt founder Ryan Breslow announces new CEO after Silicon Valley Twitter rant
Breslow has moved to a new role as executive chairman, focusing on funding and acquisitions.
CoinTracker lands unicorn status with $100m Series A round
Users collectively track over $50 billion in crypto assets on CoinTracker.
BNPL provider Splitit appoints new CEO, Nandan Sheth
Nandan Sheth moves from Fiserv, where he was head of global digital commerce and the firm’s Carat business.
Baton Systems appoints ex-Barclays exec as its first COO
David Ornstein steps into a newly-created role of chief operating officer (COO) at Baton.
Change at the top for Credit Suisse as Horta-Osório resigns as chairman
Horta-Osório resigns after it was found he broke Swiss and UK Covid-19 isolation rules.
BitPay hires payments veteran Jim Lester as first COO
BitPay CEO says appointment of COO was necessary as more payments move to the blockchain.
Regtech ComplyAdvantage reports record year, makes senior hires
Nabeel Vilcassim joins as chief financial officer (CFO) and Oliver Furniss as chief product officer (CPO).
FDIC chief innovation officer resigns
Sultan Meghji, FDIC’s first chief innovation officer, is leaving just one year into the job.
Trulioo hires product veteran Michael Ramsbacker as its first chief product officer
Ramsbacker will be developing intelligent workflow systems designed to maximise verification rates.
GPS adds $100m to its latest funding round, appoints new chair
Global Processing Services (GPS) closes its latest funding round at over $400 million.
New chief information security officer at Blackhawk Network
Veteran information security exec Selim Aissi joins Blackhawk as CISO.
