October 11, 2018 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender ThinCats announced on Thursday it has appointed Kevin Steven as its new Director of Regional Business Development for South Yorkshire. According to ThinCats, Steven has more than 15 years’ experience in banking and corporate finance providing advice and access to innovative funding solutions to SMEs and… Read More

September 12, 2018 @ 1:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinme, a financial services and blockchain technology company, announced on Wednesday it has appointed Chris Rolling as its new CFO. According to Coinme, Rolling has more than thirty years of executive-level experience at public and private companies around the globe. He is set to help… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pundi X (CURRENCY: NPXS) announced on Wednesday it has appointed Vic Tham as its new Chief Investment Officer. According to Pundi X, Tham comes to Pundi X team from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was the Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, for Global Transactions… Read More

August 24, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FundedByMe, a multi-national investment crowdfunding platform, announced on Friday it has appointed Ingmar Rentzhog, the founder of Swedish communication agency Laika Consulting AB, to its board. This news comes just a few months after FundedByMe acquired Laika.  According to FundedByMe, Rentzhog founded Laika Consulting AB in 2014… Read More

August 21, 2018 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tipalti, a global payables platform announced on Tuesday it surpassed $5 billion in annual transactions, with over 3 million suppliers onboard on the platform. According to the company,  these milestones follow its more than doubled new business bookings in Q2 2018 versus Q2 2017 and became… Read More

August 15, 2018 @ 9:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. fintech OpenFin announced on Wednesday it has appointed Deutsche Bank’s Head of Market Data, Risk, and Compliance, Stephen Wood, as its newly created Global Head of Enterprise. OpenFin reports that Wood brings to its team more than 20 years of financial services industry experience, along… Read More

August 10, 2018 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

InstaReM, a Southeast Asia’s digital cross-border money transfer service provider, announced on Friday it has appointed Nilesh Pathak as its new Chief Technology Officer. Pathak will reportedly lead the company’s technology team, divided between India and Lithuania, driving the firm’s technology strategy, architecture, development as… Read More

July 23, 2018 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aion, a multi-tier blockchain network designed to support a future where many blockchains exist to solve unique industry problems and to power the services of the modern world, announced on Monday it has appointed former Deloitte partner, Ian Chan, as a new senior executive. According to Aion, Chan will… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Investment bank, wealth manager, and Oppenheimer Holdings subsidiary, Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. announced on Tuesday it has appointed Rahul Buxani as its new Managing Director focused on Fintech. According to Oppenheimer, Buxani’s appointment is part of a significant strategic expansion of its commitment to the… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform for small businesses, OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), announced last week it has appointed Stephen Klimas as its new Head of Investor Relations. Prior to joining OnDeck, Klimas was Managing Director for Finance and Capital Markets of Avolon, a global commercial aircraft leasing company,  following the company’s acquisition of… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 10:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Credibly, a small and medium-sized business lending platform, announced on Tuesday it has hired Jerome Pender to drive its information technology strategy. According to the online lender, Lender is a seasoned professional more than three decades of experience in information technology. He has experience in… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 3:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian global payments provider Verrency announced on Tuesday is continuing to grow its global footprint, appointing Aaron Oliver as Commercial Director for Asia and the Middle East, based in Singapore. Founded in 2016, Verrency states its payments API platform has been designed to enable financial institutions to innovate more efficiently and effectively through a… Read More

July 2, 2018 @ 1:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, fintech startup seriesOne announced it has appointed Kaine B. Kim, the former Deputy Director of South Korea’s Financial Commission, as Head of Legal & International Development. According to seriesOne, Kim will assist clients and stakeholders in accessing the South Korean and other Asian… Read More

June 21, 2018 @ 8:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendUp, a socially responsible online lender on a mission to redefine financial services for the emerging middle class, announced on Thursday it has appointed Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris joined as board chair, and Frank Rotman, an early Capital One employee and its longtime Chief Credit Officer, joined… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a provider of late-stage private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research, announced on Friday it has appointed Vijay Chetty as its new Vice President of Business Development. SharesPost reported that before he joined its team, Chetty spent more than three years focusing… Read More

June 4, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Renew Financial, the inventor of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing and a leading provider of financing for home improvements, announced last it has appointed Kirk Inglis, currently Renew Financial’s CFO, as its new CEO. According to Renew, Inglis has more than 20 years of experience… Read More

May 22, 2018 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aspiring “crypto-bank” Crypterium announced last week that Marc O’Brien, the former CEO of Visa UK and a key advisor of Revolut, has been appointed as its new CEO. According to Crypterium, O’Brien has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, fintech, and regtech. He had been… Read More

May 22, 2018 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Betterment, the largest independent online financial advisor, announced on Tuesday it has appointed financial services and fintech veteran Donna Wells to its board of directors. According to Betterment, Wells brings close to 30 years of experience in the industry, as well as a history as a successful public… Read More

May 19, 2018 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zichain, a crypto finance company, announced this week it has appointed Jun Hao and Bogdan Fiedur to its Advisory Board. Zichain reported that its  Advisory Board was created to provide strategic guidance and valuable technical advice to the company’s management team. It will also support Zichain… Read More

May 17, 2018 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, France-based online lending platform Lendix announced it has appointed Luuc Mannaerts as the new CEO of Lender Nederland, Lendix’s Dutch subsidiary. According to the online lender, Mannaerts has more than 20 years of experience in the Dutch and European banking sector. Prior to… Read More