Tagged: new appointments

June 14, 2021 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON: LLOY), a British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009 and one of the UK’s largest financial services organizations, with 30 million customers and 65,000 employees, has confirmed that David Gledhill will be joining… Read More

June 11, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), an established global industry association for the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) ecosystem, announced on Thursday (June 10, 2021) that Yuval Rooz, Co-Founder and CEO at Digital Asset, has been appointed to join its Board of Directors. As… Read More

June 10, 2021 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stavvy, the fully integrated digital transaction platform, has confirmed several key leadership hires in order to facilitate its ongoing growth and expansion efforts. Stavvy has hired Amy Huchthausen as Chief Impact and Culture Officer; Kara Banosian as CMO; Beth Lehman as Head of Compliance and… Read More

June 6, 2021 @ 7:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ata Plus, an equity crowdfunding platform and Recognized Market Operator (RMO) that has been registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia, recently revealed that it has appointed Karen Puah to serve as its Chief Operating Officer. Ata Plus is a blockchain enhanced Equity Crowdfunding online platform,… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 1:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payfare Inc. (TSX: PAY), a global Fintech firm supporting digital banking and instant payment solutions, has hired Kamran Haidari to serve as its Chief Technology Officer and Braulio Lam will be responsible for leading product innovation and development as the firm’s Chief Product Officer. As… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mark Skehill has reportedly been hired as Enterprise Sales Manager – UK and Western Europe at ECOMMPAY, a global payment service platform and also a direct bank card acquirer with its own Fintech solutions. Mark Skehill has been recruited as part of ongoing growth for… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a tech solutions provider, revealed on Tuesday (June 1, 2021) that it has hired Ian Strudwick  to serve as the company’s GM and Head of Asia Pacific (APAC). Ian’s appointment is effective immediately. His appointment has come after David Ingleson… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BondIT, an established provider of asset and wealth management tech, has hired Dr. David Curtis as its Partner and Head of Global Client Business. In his new role, Curtis will be expected to lead BondIT’s business expansion internationally in order to meet the rising demand… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsbank, an established embedded finance platform, has reportedly hired Ben Smith as General Manager for Australia as the banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform expands operations across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Smith has earned a degree in Chemistry from The University of Manchester before he moved to… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blackhawk Network, a global payments provider, has confirmed that product management and payments executive, Cory Gaines, will now be serving as the company’s its Chief Product Officer. Gaines will be expected to lead Blackhawk’s growth and development efforts  in payments products, which includes globalizing the… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger, a provider of security and infrastructure solutions for digital assets, has hired Iqbal V. Gandham, and Charles Hamel. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the new hires have joined Ledger from eToro and Opera. They’ll be serving as executive leads at Ledger… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Manchester-based B-North, the challenger developing an SME lending bank for the United Kingdom, has hired five more professionals to support its finance and risk departments. David Travis has joined as B-North’s Secretary and General Counsel, Andrea Harrison will be serving as Head of Financial Reporting… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 11:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Paysend, a Fintech firm with the goal to develop the “next generation” of integrated global payment solutions that will save time, money and serve millions, has announced that it will be expanding its operations to the APAC region. Paysend reports reaching over 3.5 million… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qolo, the omnichannel payments platform for Fintech, recently revealed that they’ve appointed two new senior management professionals: Peter Bardwick as Chief Financial Officer, and Betty Mitchell as Chief Client Officer. Patricia Montesi, Qolo CEO, stated: “Qolo anticipates 300% growth in our second year as we… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

California-based Fintech company Wealthfront revealed on Wednesday (May 12, 2021) that marketing executive and entrepreneur Jaleh Bisharat has joined the firm’s Board of Directors. According to a release shared with CI, Bisharat has over 30 years of experience working as a marketing executive at major… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Property investment marketplace CrowdProperty has reportedly launched its Australia-based division in order to support property development in the country. David Ingram has been appointed as the Chief Executive for CrowdProperty’s business operations in Australia. CrowdProperty has issued over £100 million in loans to UK-based property… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matt Harris, a VC focused on financial services and based in New York City, says he’s pleased to welcome Noah Breslow to Bain Capital Ventures as an operating partner. Thrilled to welcome @noahbreslow to Bain Capital Ventures as an operating partner! Noah is a flat… Read More

May 8, 2021 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

João Del Valle, Co-founder at Ebanx, is the new Chief Executive of the firm. After working as COO for several years, preceded by nearly seven years as company CTO, Del Valle has now taken over the executive leadership of the Fintech firm, which was being… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 12:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OneBanks, the developer of a pop-up kiosk format which can offer in-person banking services on behalf of several different banks and financial services customers, has appointed Andy Willmot,  (the Chief Digital Architect at Lloyds Banking Group) as its Chief Technical Officer. With banks now beginning… Read More

May 1, 2021 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech Cashplus, which recently received approval to become a regulated bank after operating as an e-money institution for many years, has expanded its board by welcoming Francesca Shaw as a non-executive director. Shaw will also serve as Chair of the digital bank’s audit committee… Read More