Redwood Bank appoints Ashraf Piranie as chief financial officer
Piranie brings more than 25 years of financial services experience to his new role.
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PPRO CEO Simon Black to step down at the end of the year
Black will step down as CEO on 31 December 2023, having led the company for almost nine years.
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.
RTGS.global appoints Jarrad Hubble as permanent CEO
Hubble was named interim CEO in February this year, taking over from Dave Sissens.
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.
Revolut’s chief financial officer Mikko Salovaara departs
Salovaara’s departure follows the exit of James Radford in March, who served as chief executive of banking.
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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Heritage and People’s Choice appoints Penny Iverach as head of technology integration
Iverach will develop and lead the newly merged organisation’s tech integration roadmap.
PayU names Shiri Schneider as new chief technology officer
Schneider replaces Ronen Morecki, who has left the company to join Monday.com as VP of payments.
UBS announces leadership team shake-up following Credit Suisse takeover
Credit Suisse CEO Ulrich Körner will join UBS’s executive board upon completion of the acquisition.
Konsentus taps Jim Wadsworth to lead international open banking expansion
Konsentus hopes to leverage Wadsworth’s international connections to realise its next stage of growth.
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.
PSR names civil service veteran Natalie Golding as chief operating officer
Golding joins from the Cabinet Office where she was director of the leadership, government skills and curriculum unit.
Shieldpay names Andrew Hawkins as CEO for UK & Europe
Hawkins joined Shieldpay in August 2022 as chief product and technology officer.
Fintech Lanistar names Ed Blankson as chief financial officer
Blankson, who spent several years at Tide, brings “a wealth of experience” to the role, Lanistar says.
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.
UK regtech GSS names Ruth Fletcher as joint COO and CFO
Fletcher previously served in a similar capacity as COO/CFO at international money transfer firm CurrencyFair.
Finalists announced for PayTech Awards 2023
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UK regtech Facctum appoints two senior executives
Onkar Inamdar joins as head of engineering and Syam Chintapenta as chief development officer.
Mastercard’s SVP of open banking Jim Wadsworth departs
Wadsworth joined Mastercard via its acquisition of Vocalink in 2017.
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.
Barclays names Kirsty Everett as chief compliance officer
Everett will join Barclays on 1 July, subject to regulatory approval.
Paddle founder Christian Owens steps down as CEO
Owens, who led the firm for 11 years, has been replaced by COO Jimmy Fitzgerald.
Aussie paytech EML Payments mulls sale as CEO resigns
The company is conducting a review as it looks to “transition away” from its previous long-term strategy.
BMO Financial Group names Darrel Hackett as new US CEO
Hackett was most recently president of BMO’s wealth management division in the US.
Gigs names Rafael Plantier as new head of financial services
At Gigs, Plantier will forge new customer partnerships in the financial sector.
ClearBank names former PayPal exec as new chief product officer
Spiros Theodossiou joins from cloud accounting platform Dext, where he also served as CPO.
LSEG taps Satvinder Singh to lead data and analytics division
Singh joins LSEG from Mastercard where he is the co-head for advisors in its data and services business.
Wealth app Chip appoints Gina Silvester as new COO
Silvester replaces outgoing COO Sharon Miles, who is joining OakNorth Bank as its new group COO.
FinTech Futures is the new home for the Dave & Dharm Demystify podcast
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WealthKernel names Brian Schwieger as new board chair and non-exec director
Schwieger was previously global head of equities and ETF trading at the London Stock Exchange.
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.
Crypto API provider Wyre names Stephen Cheng as new CEO
Cheng has served as interim CEO for Wyre since January 2023.
Chargeback Gurus appoints board member Tim Tynan as new CEO
Tynan has served on the firm’s board since August 2021 and has previously held roles at BofA and Citigroup.
