ATB Financial’s Holbrook steps down as chief transformation officer
He had been at the Canadian firm for nine years.
Movers and Shakers
Standard Chartered pinches new global head of cybersecurity from Singtel
David McLinton also spent time as JP Morgan Chase’s CISO.
Signicat CEO: The internet has destroyed consumer trust
“On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog.”
Atom bank’s former co-founder joins Queensland’s Daytek capital
Paul Hanks has joined DayTek Capital as a technology advisor.
Metro Bank raids FCA for new risk director
Jose Morago says he’s “excited” to get back to the finance industry.
ICBA welcomes Charles Potts as the new chief innovation officer
Potts’ extensive financial services experience spans more than 25 years.
Standard Chartered appoints new CIO of corporate, commercial & institutional banking
Rene W. Keller joins Standard Chartered from Deutsche Bank.
BoE’s Carney says finance is too slow on tackling climate change issues
Carney is due to become the United Nations’ special envoy for climate change.
First Direct founder leaves retirement to join mortgage platform Dashly
Mike Harris becomes chairman of the company.
Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
Morgan Stanley plans 1,500 job cuts
US bank wants to protect itself from economic headwinds.
CashFlows appoints new COO
Helen Smith joins the business from Earthport and Visa Europe.
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
Oracle veteran Atherton joins ACI Worldwide
New hire joins ACI Worldwide after 14 years at Oracle.
Starling Bank co-founder joins Winklevoss crypto exchange
Julian Sawyer set to lead Gemini’s European operations.
Wells Fargo hires Santander’s US chief as new COO
Scott Powell will be the bank’s new chief operating officer.
Monzo hires Visa exec to lead US push
TS Anil will join the digital bank early next year.
Ingenico announces risk director Panteha Pedram’s appointment to MRC
She will unpick new regulatory changes for the council and its members.
UK challenger OakNorth’s partnerships chief leaves bank
Amir Nooriala has left the bank after just six months in the role.
Finastra hires Lisa Fiondella as chief data officer
She will be responsible for developing a data product roadmap.
Former ASOS CTO joins Sonovate
Strudwick will oversee product, engineering, infrastructure and data teams.
Deutsche Bank already using robots as it gears up to cut 18,000 jobs
AI has “massively increased productivity” for the bank.
Revolut appoints new group chief risk officer Pierre Decote
Ex-Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Barclays execs have also been hired.
HSBC set to replace investment banking chief
Samir Assaf, head of global banking & markets, expected to move to a non-exec role.
Swedish neobank Northmill appoints new chief analytics officer from Swedbank
Georges Mansourati spent eleven years at Swedbank.
Monzo’s COO quits to launch a grocery start-up
The departure of Foster-Carter is the latest in a few personnel changes at Monzo.
Irish start-up Siren gets $10m Series A
It’s paired with Siren’s new board member, Bob Griffin.
Tandem appoints former HSBC exec as chief growth officer
Malani will spearhead Tandem’s international expansion into Hong Kong.
BFS Capital swings in new ex-axe throwing exec
The new COO comes from an international axe throwing event company.
Revolut appoints new chairman
Martin Gilbert will begin his role as of 1 January 2020.
ATB Financial acquires Grow Technologies
Grow’s founder will join the ATB team.
Phil Heasley retires from ACI Worldwide
The board has been conducting a thorough search for his successor.
Digits Financial raises $10.5m in Series A
Digits remains in stealth mode for now and remains at an invite only stage.
BIS appoints head of its new innovation hub
Benoît Cœuré joins from the ECB executive board.
Eileen Burbidge steps down as chair of digital bank Tide
She gave up her role at Tide following a funding round.
Nordea’s chief digital officer quits ahead of bank’s next digital phase
MacLeod feels it’s “the right time” for him to leave.
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Nets makes changes to the executive committee
This includes a new CEO of Issuer and eSecurity Services and group CHRO.
Flywire appoints new president and COO
Former Apple Pay executive Rob Orgel joins the team.
