Banking Technology Magazine July / August 2023 issue out now
Cover story: THE BEST OF BANKING TECH USA – Winners and pictures from an amazing night.
Movers and Shakers
Platform One appoints former SEI operational director Terry Leavy as new COO
Leavy joins the company following a decade-long stint at US financial services firm SEI.
SumUp taps Form3 for access to UK Faster Payments, appoints CPO
SumUp has also appointed Anna Kuriakose as its new chief product officer (CPO).
Former Goldman Sachs partner joins Clowd9 as CFO
Christian Channell joins the cloud-native platform following a 25-year career at Goldman Sachs.
Honouring the innovators: PayTech Awards 2023 winners revealed
Celebrating exceptional achievements and talent in payments industry worldwide.
JP Morgan Chase appoints new chief data and analytics officer
Heitsenrether will be responsible for leading the adoption of AI across the bank’s operations.
Visa names Chris Suh as new chief financial officer
Suh replaces longstanding Visa CFO Vasant Prabhu, who is set to retire on 30 September.
Canada’s Interac appoints Jeremy Wilmot as new CEO
Wilmot succeeds Mark O’Connell, who will be retiring on 31 October 2023.
US paytech CardFlight appoints new CTO, Brian Butts
CardFlight is a New York-based point-of-sale (POS) solutions provider.
Regtech start-up Consilient names Jeremy Kedziora director of data science
Consilient, a US-based regtech, aims “to transform how the industry prevents financial crime”.
Chargebacks911 hires Bank of America and Apple execs to drive global growth
Guy Harris joins as chairman of the board and Eric M. Hoffman as president of interbank solutions.
Chris Rigoni to head BaaS operations at Coastal Community Bank
Chris Rigoni moves from Webster Bank, where he also looked after the company’s BaaS business.
Banking Technology Magazine June 2023 issue out now
Cover story: BRAINIAC – Generative AI and banking
Target Group names Peter O’Connor as new CEO
O’Connor joined the firm last year as chief operating officer after several years at Capita.
Payments platform Dwolla names Lawrence Herman as CFO
Herman joins Dwolla from Accrete, an AI machine learning company, where he was CFO.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 2 June 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Transaction Systems names Martin Löffler as global CEO
Löffler succeeds Andrey Sokurenko, who will now focus on software innovation and R&D.
Multi-asset custody provider Etana names Dennis Noto as new CTO
Noto has previously served as CTO at companies including IBM, LPL Financial and Scottrade.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 26 May 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
New CEO of Pipe builds “fintech dream team”
Pipe makes new hires across technology, innovation, product, risk, and operations.
Wise CFO Matt Briers to leave money transfer firm next year
Wise will start the search for its next CFO immediately.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 19 May 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Low-code AI integration platform AI Squared names Michelle Bonat as new CTO
Bonat will be responsible for software engineering, data science, AI research, IT and product management.
Financial health app VeraScore names Scott Waldron as new president
In his new role, Waldron will lead VeraScore’s business development and customer acquisition strategies.
Crypto and banking app Tap Global names Kriyakant Patel as new CEO
Patel joins from Transact Payments, where he has served as CEO for the last nine years.
US paytech Sionic names ex-PayPal exec Susan Currey as chief compliance officer
Currey brings more than 15 years of risk and compliance management experience to the role.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 12 May 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
NCR names new chairman and CEO-designates as company separation gathers pace
Joseph Reece joins as chairman of the board with Tim Oliver and David Wilkinson named CEO-designates.
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Global Payments promotes COO Cameron Bready to CEO
Bready succeeds Jeffrey Sloan, who is stepping down as CEO and member of the board from 1 June.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 28 April 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Finalists announced for PayTech Awards 2023
We are delighted to share with you the shortlist for FinTech Futures’ PayTech Awards 2023.
Peter Major joins MDT in newly created VP of fintech services role
Major previously spent more than 15 years with banking tech firm Jack Henry.
Fenergo appoints new CFO and CRO to drive global expansion
Fenergo says the new hires will play a “pivotal role” in driving its global expansion and SaaS strategy.
MoneyGram names Seth Ross as new chief digital officer
Ross joins from HR and payroll software firm Ceridian and has previously worked at Green Dot and American Express.
BMO Financial Group names Darrel Hackett as new US CEO
Hackett was most recently president of BMO’s wealth management division in the US.
FinTech Futures is the new home for the Dave & Dharm Demystify podcast
Demystifying the latest trends, technologies and innovations that shape the future of finance.
Demystify Podcast: Demystifying China, CDBCs and cashless with Richard Turrin
Based out of China, Richard Turrin has a ringside seat on how China is transforming into a cashless society.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 14 April 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Very Good Security names former Visa exec Chuck Yu as CEO
At Visa, Yu led teams across the business, including business development, sales, finance, and operations.
