Tagged: appointment

March 10, 2021 @ 7:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Roostify, a U.S.-based digital lending platform, announced on Wednesday it has appointed Roger Fendelman as its first ever Chief Compliance Officer. According to Roosify, Fendelman has nearly 25 years of experience at the intersection of compliance and technology.  He will oversee the company’s governance, risk,… Read More

March 9, 2021 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    U.S.-based fintech Dwolla announced on Tuesday it has appointed former Mastercard Senior Vice President of Global Acceptance Solution, David Glaser, as its new President and Chief Operating Officer. According to Dwolla, Glaser has more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise payments… Read More

March 8, 2021 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Chip, a UK-based automatic savings app, announced on Monday it has appointed Tom Evans as its new Chief Technology Officer. According to Chip, Evans joins the fintech from 10X Banking and brings more than 24 years of experience in software development and engineering. Prior… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingUSA, a U.S.-based fintech lender that provides loans to small businesses ranging from $1000 to $35,000, announced on Thursday it has appointed Adam Contino as its new CFO. According to LendingUSA, Contino has more than 30 years of experience in leading transformation and growth initiates… Read More

February 24, 2021 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Linkly, an Australia-based fintech, announced on Wednesday it has appointed former Global COO of Afterpay, Frerk-Malte Feller, as its new CEO. According to Linkly, Feller previously held senior exceutive positions at eBay and PayPal.  “The company’s solutions and the recent move into online payments,… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Green Dot Corp. (NYSE: GDOT), a fintech and registered bank holding company, announced on Monday it has appointed Amit Parikh as new Executive Vice President of its Banking as a Service division. According to Green Dot, Parikh will lead the organization responsible for delivering end-to-end… Read More

February 9, 2021 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Anju Patwardhan as a non-executive director to the Board. According to Curve, Anju brings decades of expertise and leadership in financial… Read More

February 8, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PaySimple, a U.S.-based payment management and subsidiary of EverCommerce, announced on Monday it has appointed  Jamie Chomas has joined the company as Vice President of Integrated Partnerships.Prior to joining PaySimple, Chomas was Vice President of Growth Strategy at FIS and Vice President of Digital Strategy… Read More

January 28, 2021 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Prime Trust, a blockchain-driven trust company, has made some changes in its team. According to Scott Purcell, Founder of Prime Trust, Tom Pageler has been promoted from President and COO to become Prime Trust’s new CEO.  As previously reported, Pageler was appointed President and… Read More

January 27, 2021 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. fintech Galileo announced on  Wednesday it has appointed Archana (Archie) Puri as its new Chief Product Officer. According to Galileo, Puri has more than 20 years of experience in technology products with a “strong domain” context in payments.  Prior to joining Galileo, Puri spent… Read More

January 25, 2021 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paysend, a UK-based global payments platform, announced on Monday it has appointed Alexander Nicolaus as its new Chief People Officer. According to Paysend, Nicolaus has an “impressive” global and international career to date in Europe, China, and across Asia. He previously helped large corporates (Willis,… Read More

December 18, 2020 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Billtrust, a fintech firm focused on B2B payment cycle management, announced on Thursday it has appointed Gwenn Lazar as new Senior Vice President of Channel Development. Billtrust reported that through the role, Lazar will drive the company’s business development and channel management initiatives. Billtrust further… Read More

December 17, 2020 @ 3:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

B2B fintech-as-a-service provider Rapyd announced on Thursday it has expanded its American leadership team by appointing LeAnne Hoang as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and Robert MacColl as Head of Network Partnerships. According to Rapyd, Hoang brings a wealth of regulatory and compliance knowledge to… Read More

December 10, 2020 @ 10:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mortgage marketplace lender LendingHome announced on Thursday it has appointed Michel Bourque as its new CEO and has secured $75 million through its Series E investment round, which was led by Benefit Street Partners. According to LendingHome,  Bourque will assume day-to-day leadership of the company and… Read More

December 9, 2020 @ 9:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Betterment, the largest independent online financial advisor, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Sarah Kirshbaum as its new CEO. Levy will notably be replacing Betterment’s founder, Jon Stein.  According to Betterment, Levy previously served as Viacom Media Networks’ Chief Operating Officer and has been an… Read More

December 1, 2020 @ 11:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yapily, a UK-based open banking infrastructure provider, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Martin Threadkall as its new COO. According to Yapily, Threadkall brings more than a decade of growing payment startup and scale-up businesses expertise. Prior to joining Yapily, Threadkall was notably the Co-Founder… Read More

December 1, 2020 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Payment processing platform Klarna announced on Tuesday it has appointed Michael Moritz, partner at Sequoia Capital, as the Chairman of the Klarna Board of Directors and the appointment of three new members to the board: Omid R. Kordestani, former Executive Chairman of Twitter,  Lise Kaae of… Read More

November 30, 2020 @ 3:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia’s marketplace trade credit platform Marketlend recently announced it has expanded its Asian division by appointing Andrew Ross to lead origination and insurance endeavors for Marketlend throughout Asia. Ross will notably assist Marketlend to expand its presence in trade commodities, insured backed discounted trade credit… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 7:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingUSA, a U.S.-based fintech lender that provides loans to small businesses ranging from $1000 to $35,000, announced on Monday it has appointed Narine Yenovkian as its new Vice President of Compliance. LendingUSA reported that in her new role, Yenovkian will lead the Compliance Department in… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 7:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions announced on Monday it has appointed Edmund Reese as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective on November 30th. Reese reportedly joins Broadridge from American Express, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and CFO of the Global Consumer… Read More