Tagged: appointment

November 6, 2020 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Trulioo, an on-demand global identity verification company, announced on Friday it has appointed Leigh Ramsden as its new Chief Financial Officer. According to Trulioo, Ramsden has more than 20 years of financial analysis and progressive leadership experience and will succeed Anne Lawlor, who will be… Read More

November 5, 2020 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global fintech infrastructure platform, Nium, announced on Thursday it has appointed Frederick Crosby as its new Chief Revenue Officer. The appointment comes less than two weeks after Nium it is expanding its services into Africa and the Middle East. According to Nium, Crosby has nearly… Read More

November 2, 2020 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paya,  a U.S.-based integrated payment and commerce solutions provider, announced on Monday it has appointed Matt Humphries as Head of Investor Relations. Pay reported in this role, Humphries will be responsible for communicating the vision and value of the company’s integrated payments model and technology… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 8:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitstamp, a Luxembourg based cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Thursday it has appointed Julian Sawyer as its new CEO. Sawyer will take over the position from Bitstamp’s Founder, Nejc Kodrič, who will notably remain a “integral” part of the crypto exchange and has transitioned to a… Read More

October 18, 2020 @ 10:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  FinTech Australia announced on Monday it has made several new board appointments and has elected Paypa Plane founder and CEO Simone Joyce as Chair.  The three new appointments include:  Marie Mortimer, managing director of Loans.com.au and  director of FinTech QLD.  Nathan Walsh, Co-founder and… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CircleUp, an investment platform that targets early-stage consumer product companies, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Nick Talwar as its new CEO. Ryan Caldbeck, Co-Founder and former CEO, will become an Executive Chairman of the company. Founded in 2012, CircleUp describes itself as an investment… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK digital banking group Tandem announced on Tuesday it has appointed Barclays vet and former CEO of Allium, Paul Noble, has been appointed its new Chief Commercial Officer. This news comes less than two months after Tandem acquired Allium.  As previously reported,  Allium notably has… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

YieldStreet, an online marketplace for a diverse array of asset-backed investments, announced on Wednesday it appointed Ron Suber, President Emeritus of Prosper Marketplace, and a leading fintech investor, to the Yieldstreet Board of Directors. As previously reported, Ron Suber is one of the better-known names… Read More

August 17, 2020 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Payments platform Stripe recently announced it has appointed Dhivya Suryadevara as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Stripe, Suryadevara served as Chief Financial Officer at the automobile brand, General Motors, where she oversaw financial operations amounting to over $100 billion in annual… Read More

August 11, 2020 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase announced on Monday it has appointed Manish Gupta as its new Executive Vice President of Engineering. Coinbase reported that Gupta joins its team from Lyft, where he served as Vice President of Engineering for the past two years. He previously was employed… Read More

August 10, 2020 @ 7:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Linqto, a U.S.-based digital trading platform for private market securities, announced on Monday it has appointed former Ripple executive Miguel Vias as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Through the new role, Vias will be working with pre-IPO unicorns, secondary market sellers, and digital assets… Read More

August 7, 2020 @ 2:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase announced earlier this week it has appointed Greg Tusar, Co-Founder of U.S.-based institutional crypto brokerage platform Tagomi, as its new Vice President of Institutional Products. The appointment comes just a couple of months after Coinbase acquired Tagomi.  According to Coinbase, Tusar brings more… Read More

July 28, 2020 @ 10:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, has appointed former PayPal executive, Scott Weller, as its first CFO.  According to AltFi, Weller has worked across the U.S., Asia, and Europe. He also was previously… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LiquidityBook, a U.S.-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy and sell-side trading solutions, announced on Tuesday the appointment of Cash Lafferty as Head of Business Development – West Coast. According to LiquidityBook, Lafferty has 20 years of experience across a variety of sales, trading, technology roles…. Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 8:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions announced on Thursday  Jim Young, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his role to pursue an opportunity with Indigo Ag, Inc., a private company operating at the intersection of technology, markets, and sustainability.  According to Broadridge,… Read More

June 25, 2020 @ 8:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paysafe Group, a global payments provider, announced on Thursday it has appointed Afshin Yazdian as CEO of its newly formed U.S. Acquiring division. According to Paysafe, Yazdian will for bringing to life Paysafe’s vision of being the U.S.’s leading payments solutions provider. Paysafe reported that… Read More

May 26, 2020 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced on Monday it has appointed Back Young Heo as its new CEO. According to Bithumb, Heo joined Bithumb in 2017 as the head of compliance and prior to Bithumb, worked in traditional finance for 14 years at Citibank, CitiCapital,… Read More

May 14, 2020 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency payments processor CoinPayments announced on Wednesday it has appointed Jason Butcher as its new CEO. CoinPayment reported that Butcher has been its Chief Operating Officer since 2017, and previously as an advisor starting in 2015, helped boost CoinPayments’ monthly transactions to more than $100… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 4:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ownera, an emerging digital securities network, announced on Wednesday it has appointed Anthony Woolley as Europe’s Head of Business Development. Prior to joining the network, Woolley was the UK Chief Innovation Officer for the publicly traded French multinational investment bank and financial services firm Societe… Read More

April 20, 2020 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase has reportedly appointment former Head of Digital at Barclays, Brett Tejpaul as its new Head of Institutional Coverage. According to Coinbase, Tejpaul spent 17 years in global leadership roles in both the UK and U.S., including Global Head of Sales (across all… Read More