Amazon VP Maria Renz joins Californian fintech SoFi
For a time, Renz was Bezos’ first and only female adviser.
Movers and Shakers
Tesco Banks lands Balmer as new chief information officer
New CIO arrives to lead bank’s IT division.
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Keep calm and carry on: Where does COVID-19 leave the Chinese fintech market?
NatWest CDO Frans Woelders set for Danske Bank move
Woelders will join former colleague Chris Vogelzang at the Danish banking group.
JP Morgan hires Capital One’s Gill Haus to lead digital technology
Gill Haus starts this week as head of digital technology for the consumer bank.
Eileen Serra joins Capital One board of directors
She will stand for election by Capital One shareholders in April 2020.
Belgian challenger Aion hires CIO, preps flagship branch
Subscription-only bank continues development after 2019 launch.
Mastercard announces Michael Miebach as incoming CEO
As well as former CEO Banga, chairman Richard Haythornthwaite set to step down.
Mastercard plans to triple Irish workforce with 1,500 hires
Credit card giant leases three new buildings in Dublin.
Bank of Singapore appoints new chief data and innovation officer
Celine Le Cotonnec will join the institution in its newly created role.
Sohar International nabs Nordea’s ex-chief digital officer
The banking exec joins the Omani bank at time when profits are looking up.
UBS appoints ING’s Ralph Hamers as next chief executive
Hamers will step down from ING at the end of June and join UBS in September.
Standard Chartered snaps up top fintech exec
Kahina van Dyke joins Standard Chartered CCIB from from Ripple.
Metro Bank hires new director of technology and engineering
Sailesh Panchal joins the challenger from Orwell Group.
Santander hires head of P2P payments
In this newly created role, Trish Burgess will lead the strategy and deployment of P2P.
Paysafe bags new CTO from Barclays
Sujit Unni is joining at an exciting time for the company.
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Sainsbury’s Bank chairman to step down
Davis leaves after seven years in the post.
Credit Suisse spying scandal forces out CEO Tidjane Thiam
The bank loses Thiam to protect its reputation.
More change at the top for the Financial Conduct Authority
Two non-executive directors join the FCA board.
Top executives at SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund set to leave
Top of the list is Michael Ronen, the managing partner of the Vision Fund’s US investments.
Tom Shen joins Sensibill as chair of the board
Shen is a proven expert at scaling digital banking services for financial institutions.
Citi suspends “one of its most senior” bond traders for canteen theft
Paras Shah was Citi’s head of high-yield bond trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Nasdaq names HKEX’s Roland Chai as its new CRO
Chai was previously head of post-trade at HKEX.
Lloyd’s of London hires new chief digital officer
Louise Smith joins from RBS.
Philip Hammond joins OakNorth advisory board
Conservative grandee Francis Maude will also be joining its advisory board.
Banking Technology February 2020 issue out now
Top dogs: The challenger bank success stories of 2019.
IBM makes major changes to executive leadership
New CEO Arvind Krishna will take the helm.
FCA appoints Christopher Woolard as interim chief
Former head of strategy takes over from BoE-bound Andrew Bailey.
RBS sees flurry of executives leave including BÓ’s CEO
The bank sees a major reshuffle under new chief Alison Rose.
ICAP founder to invest £25m in new fintech fund Element Ventures
It’s one of the largest investments Spencer has made since selling Nex to the CME.
Azimo shake-up sees appointment of new CFO and COO
Remittance fintech looks internally for C-level replacements.
BMLL appoints Paul Humphrey as CEO
Johannes Sulzberger, outgoing CEO, will remain on the board as a non-exec director.
Japan’s MUFG switches CEO after first year, digital chief takes control
The unusual decision points to the bank’s newly-placed importance on fintech.
Fundbox hires “Swiss army knife” CFO signalling IPO
CFO Marten Abrahamsen is a former investment banker.
Finxact appoints former Trump Treasury counsellor to board of directors
Core banking firm hires industry veteran.
Andrea Remyn Stone joins Refinitiv to boost open platforms development
Stone joins the firm from Dealogic, where she had been chief strategy officer since 2015.
BNY Mellon Markets appoints Paresh Shah as global COO for FX
He joins BNY from HSBC, where he held the role of COO Americas for FX.
Al-paca it in: Monzo co-founder leaves to farm Alpacas
The co-founder is quitting to focus on family business ‘Barnacre Alpacas’.
Signicat appoints new CEO and chairman
Signicat already works with DNB, Allianz and Saxo Bank.
