FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 7 April 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Movers and Shakers
IG Group names Adam Wheelwright as new CTO
Wheelwright was previously the CIO of the UK Health Security Agency.
Tarabut Gateway appoints Chun Ong as new chief operating officer
Ong joins from UK digital mortgage lender Molo, where he spent three years as COO.
European paytech Viva Wallet names Dimitris Mavroyiannis as group COO
Mavroyiannis joins from Greece’s Piraeus Bank, where he led the operations and technology arms of the business.
Railsr appoints new CEO, CFO and COO following rescue sale
Railsr board chair Rick Haythornthwaite says the new appointments bring “renewed energy” to rebuild the firm.
US OCC names Prashant Bhardwaj to lead new fintech office
Bhardwaj will lead a team analysing trends in fintech including digital assets and bank-fintech partnerships.
PPRO appoints Motie Bring as chief commercial officer
In his previous role, Bring served as CCO at paytech Nuvei.
Paysafe names Nicole Carroll as new chief strategy and innovation officer
Carroll, who was previously chief product officer at Experian, has more than three decades of industry experience.
European Payments Council names Giorgio Andreoli as director general
Andreoli says he will be working closely with EPC members to build “the future of payments in Europe”.
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US challenger Varo Bank names Sachin Shetty as new CTO
Shetty will be responsible for developing Varo’s technology stack as the bank looks to scale.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 31 March 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Pakistan’s latest digital bank HugoBank names Atyab Tahir as CEO
Tahir brings more than 20 years of experience to the newly founded digital bank.
Sergio Ermotti returns to UBS as group CEO to help manage Credit Suisse takeover
Ermotti was previously group CEO of UBS for nine years between 2011 and 2020.
FCA appoints two new joint executive directors for enforcement
Therese Chambers and Steve Smart will work as joint executive directors of enforcement and market oversight.
Griffin hires new CFO and CRO to bolster leadership team
Chad Ryan joins as chief financial officer and Dora Grant as chief risk officer.
Saudi National Bank chairman resigns following Credit Suisse losses
Saudi National Bank was the largest shareholder in Credit Suisse before it was taken over by UBS.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 24 March 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Fintech vendor CSI names Linda Fischer as chief operating officer
Fischer brings more than 35 years of enterprise technology experience to the role.
ASX creates dedicated CIO role to lead standalone technology division
The new CIO will be tasked with delivering the firm’s enterprise-wide technology renewal programme.
Vietnamese digital bank TNEX seeks new CEO as Bryan Carroll steps down
Carroll says he will instead take up a position on the company’s board.
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Global paytech Ingenico names Laurent Blanchard as CEO
Laurent Blanchard replaces Ingenico’s co-CEOs Gerrard Schmid and Rolf Stangl.
Digital economy paytech Tilia lands $22m, makes executive hires
The firm has appointed Brad Oberwager as CEO and Catherine Porter as chief business officer.
UAE lendtech Ezra appoints new chief risk officer, Andrew Goodrich
Goodrich will lead the data engineering, predictive analytics, credit risk and fraud functions across Ezra.
ComplyAdvantage names Jim Anning as chief data officer
Anning joins ComplyAdvantage from GoCardless where he was vice president of data.
Toby Mason joins Bermuda Monetary Authority as COO
Mason is the former COO of SME-focused Allica Bank, a role he held for more than three years.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 10 March 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Canada’s Versapay names Carey O’Connor Kolaja as new CEO
O’Connor Kolaja replaces former CEO Craig O’Neill, who is set to move to an advisory role within the firm.
Aussie paytech Till Payments lands $46m Series D funding
The fresh funding comes just weeks after the firm’s decision in January to lay off 120 staff.
Equiniti unites trio of businesses under new lendtech brand, Lenvi
Lenvi is a combination of Equiniti’s EQ Credit Services, EQ Riskfactor, and EQ KYC Solutions.
Business banking fintech Moniepoint names Pawel Swiatek COO
Swiatek joins Moniepoint from Capital One, where he served as managing vice president for over four years.
Wearable paytech Digiseq names Angela Davies as head of partnerships
Davies will use her expertise and connections to promote Digiseq services to banks, issuers and processors.
Nubank appoints former Meta crypto head David Marcus to board
Marcus previously spent seven years at Meta and co-created the firm’s cryptocurrency Diem (formerly Libra).
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Africa’s Ecobank Group names Jeremy Awori as CEO
Awori brings more than 25 years of banking industry experience to the leadership role, Ecobank says.
German challenger N26 loses its chief risk officer
Thomas Grosse has quit the firm citing personal reasons. A successor has yet to be named.
TrueNorth appoints Doug Woolridge as new chief growth officer
Woolridge joins from EPAM Systems and brings over 25 years of experience to his new role.
Thunes appoints Victor Lucena as new head of Latin America
Lucena has previously worked for financial services firms including Binance, Rapyd, Worldpay and PayU.
Bahrain fintech Sinnad appoints Rana Almaeeli as CEO
Almaeeli has held several senior roles at Sinnad, most recently as general manager for more than 11 years.
