Standard Chartered combines transformation, technology and operations functions
Roel Louwhoff is Standard Chartered’s new chief transformation, technology and operations officer.
Movers and Shakers
State Bank of Pakistan searches for new CTO
Pakistan’s central bank is looking for a new chief technology officer (CTO).
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.
Mobile payments firm PM Connect appoints new CEO and CTO
Kevin Dawson has joined as the new group CEO with Sanjay Mistry joining as CTO in June.
Lithuania’s Fintech HUB LT appoints new board and chairwoman, Asta Grigaitytė
Grigaitytė joins from the Bank of Lithuania where she worked on payment system CENTROlink.
Shortlist announced for Banking Tech Awards USA 2022
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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.
New global head of enterprise transformation at Standard Chartered
Aniruddha Paul moves to Standard Chartered from ING, where he was chief data officer.
UK fintech Monese hires Alistair Bennett as chief product officer
Bennett will also join Monese’s leadership team, subject to FCA approval.
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.
Alternative business lender ThinCats appoints tech leadership, plans growth
Ex-Aldermore Bank Billy Ferguson joins ThinCats as chief technical officer.
CEO of UK challenger bank Recognise leaves
Bryce Glover has been appointed interim CEO while the search for a new CEO is underway.
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.
TotallyMoney poaches head of data from Tandem Bank
TotallyMoney, a UK-based credit app, has appointed Henry Pearce as head of data.
Banking Tech Awards 2022 now open for nominations
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
Westpac appoints Damien MacRae to lead new BaaS business
Westpac’s BaaS offering was built in partnership with 10X and integrates 30+ various tech services.
South African banking heavyweight Capitec appoints CTO, Andrew Baker
Andrew Baker had a lengthy tech career at Barclays Africa and its successor, Absa.
Fronted appoints new CTO as co-founder Simon Vans-Colina joins Singapore’s BigPay
Fronted’s lead software engineer Jonathan Kim has been promoted to the role of CTO.
UK’s Money and Pensions Service seeks new tech leadership for digital transformation
MaPS is searching for a chief operating officer (COO) and chief digital and information officer.
SME banking provider Tide loses UK CEO
Laurence Krieger has stepped down after five years with the UK-based fintech.
ING’s chief data officer steps down
Aniruddha Paul spent 15 years in various senior roles at ING.
Cross-border payments giant Wise to hire 150 new staff in Singapore
The decision to expand in Singapore follows the opening of a new, larger APAC regional hub in the country.
OpenPayd hires former Worldpay VP Daniel Belda to head up product strategy
Belda spent the best part of five years in senior positions at Worldpay before moving to OpenPayd.
Paysafe builds out digital wallets team with new exec hires from Barclays and Amazon
Rachel McShane joins as digital wallets CFO and Megan Oxman joins as SVP of new product development.
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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Challenger bank Blink appoints Zein Malhas as CEO
Malhas moves from Capital Bank of Jordan, where she was chief digital officer.
Rob Regan joins Hodge as new COO
Regan moves from digital savings, pensions and investment firm Ascentric, where he was CEO.
Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia hires Ikram Khaliq to lead new digital bank offering
ARBM plans to launch its new digital bank this year.
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.
