Tagged: new appointments

July 14, 2022 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum has strengthened its core tech leadership team and digital transformation capabilities with the addition of key executives to its Board of Directors, Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao, CEO of SBI Digital Asset Holdings, and Al-Noor Ramji, Tata Motors board member and former Prudential Chief Digital… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tarabut Gateway, which claims to be the largest Open Banking platform in the MENA region with a market presence in Bahrain, the UAE and KSA, announced (earlier this week) two new appointments to its senior executive team, Nino Ocampo and Adnan Erriade. Nino joins as… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hiro, the “go-to” developer tools company for builders of the Bitcoin economy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Julia Austin to the Board of Directors. Austin, a former technology executive and current Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, “brings three decades of experience implementing… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jason Fung, former gaming head at TikTok, has launched a new venture for connecting Metaverses. Meta0, an interoperability protocol for connecting Metaverses, recently announced the completion of its litepaper and the appointment of Jason Fung as CEO. Prior to joining and founding Meta0, Jason reportedly… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US, the U.S. partner to the world’s largest crypto exchange and “America’s home” to buy, sell, trade, convert and stake digital assets, recently announced the appointment of Jasmine Lee, a seasoned financial services and technology executive, as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Jasmine will… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Algorand Foundation, whose mission is to grow the ecosystem of the “carbon-negative” Layer 1 blockchain invented by Turing Award winner and MIT professor Silvio Micali, Algorand, recently announced the appointment of Eric Wragge as Global Head of Business Development and Capital Markets. Wragge joins… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kueski, which claims to be one of the largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer lenders in Latin America, announced the appointment of Sung Hae Kim as the company’s Chief People Officer. Kim’s main objectives are “to promote Mexico as a technology and… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amber Group, a global digital asset platform, has announced the appointment of Benjamin Bai as its Chief Legal Officer. An industry veteran, Benjamin joins from Ant Group where he “served as its Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property (IP) and International Litigation Counsel.” Benjamin joins… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThinCats, which claims to be the “leading” alternative finance provider to SMEs, recently  announced the appointment of Richard Newman, Senior Director, Transaction Management to manage its Midlands transaction team. Richard reportedly has over 20 years of corporate finance experience occupying senior roles at HSBC, RBS… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial super app with over 18 million customers worldwide, has announced the appointment of Sid Jajodia as US CEO. Sid joined Revolut as Chief Banking Officer in July 2021 and will “continue in this role alongside being US CEO, leading the roll… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Processing Services (GPS), a global payment tech platform, recently announced the promotion of Joanne Dewar to Vice Chair. Kevin Schultz has also “been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.” Joanne will “maintain her position on the GPS board, where she will focus on… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 4:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Embedded finance platform Monite has reportedly hired Alex Akimov to serve as Head of API, previously also Head of API of Adyen (in the most recent move as part of its platform scaling strategy). Somewhat like Adyen, currently capitalized at about $40 billion, Monite’s embedded… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 4:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ARK36, the CySec-regulated crypto hedge fund, announced that it has established a Fintech advisory board comprised of global fintech leaders, investment veterans and senior government advisors, and it has “appointed its first fintech advisory board consultants Frank Thorwald, Dr. Mark Moore, Wayne Christian and Lord… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN, a Fintech platform using artificial intelligence (AI) and investment-driven personalization to “shape the future of investor experiences,” announced two key hires “to help expand their high-growth areas across distribution and international.” Jason O’Shaughnessy has joined TIFIN as Head of International. O’Shaughnessy previously “ran the… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fundbox, an embedded working capital platform for small businesses, announced that the company has partnered with Galileo Financial Technologies, an open API platform that enables unique and differentiated financial solutions, and MetaBank, a financial empowerment company, “to accelerate its product roadmap and help bring innovative… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) recently announced that Victor Jung is joining the firm as Head of Digital Assets. In this role, Jung will be “responsible for developing and overseeing the execution of the firm’s digital asset strategy.” He will oversee this strategy globally and “report… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cion Digital, developers of the enterprise SaaS blockchain orchestration platform, recently announced the appointment of senior executive Sundar Nagarathnam as Chief Operating Officer. Sundar will play “a dynamic role in accelerating execution and innovation as the company pushes forward on its growth and expansion goals.”… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 1:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The IFRS Foundation Trustees have appointed Jeffrey Hales―SASB Standards Board Chair and Accounting Professor at University of Texas―and Michael Jantzi―VRF Board Director and Sustainalytics founder and former CEO― “as members of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), effective July 2022.” Their appointments “make the ISSB… Read More

June 25, 2022 @ 4:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ATMIA has announced the appointment of David Tente as the next President of the ATM Security Association (ASA) from July 1, 2022. He succeeds outgoing President, Mike Lee, “who is retiring as CEO of ATMIA, which runs ASA, at the end of June.” Tente will… Read More

June 25, 2022 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sardine, the behavior-based fraud, compliance and payments platform, announced Simon Taylor as its Head of Content & Strategy. The appointment has been made after Sardine achieved its milestone of acquiring over 100 customers. Sardine aims to transform how companies “move money and fight fraud through… Read More