Latest Human resources News: Finextra Research

StanChar set to resume job cuts

UK bank Standard Chartered (StanChar) is reportedly set to commence a new round of job cuts after posting a 33% drop in profits for the first half of the year

30 July 2020

Company update/wholesale

CubeLogic makes executive hires

CubeLogic, the market leading provider of enterprise risk management solutions for the energy, commodities, and financial services industries has hired David Baker as Group Chief Technology Officer and John Harris as Chief Operations Officer for the Americas region.

28 July 2020

News/people

UK fintech Curve hires ex-PayPal exec as first CFO

PayPal's former finance director has been hired by UK-based card and mobile app provider Curve to act as its first chief financial officer (CFO).

28 July 2020

News/people

Westpac hires new IT head

Australian bank Westpac has appointed former ANZ technology chief Scott Collary to lead the consolidation of its technology and operations division.

28 July 2020

Company update/startups

Startupbootcamp sets up Dubai HQ

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region has announced that Startupbootcamp, one of the world’s most active global industry-focused startup accelerators and investors has established its regional headquarters at DIFC.

27 July 2020

Company update/people

Etrading expands managed service offering

Etrading Software, the independent, global provider of technology-led solutions designed for financial institutions and industry initiatives, has today announced three new hires in its London office, as well as a new operational layer in Asia.

27 July 2020

News/retail

Standard Chartered prepares for new way of working with virtual internships

Standard Chartered has devised an online learning programme for 300 interns who will work remotely across the bank's business and support functions.

25 June 2020

News/people

UBS poaches Credit Suisse IT exec

A former chief information officer and managing director at Credit Suisse, Jason Shane, has been recruited by rival Swiss bank UBS to become its head of technology for internal audit, compliance, regulatory and governance.

05 June 2020

News/crypto

Swiss crypto firm launches university courses

Swiss crypto bank Seba has sought to address the potential skills gap in emerging technology by launching a blockchain-themed university education course.

05 June 2020

Company update/people

Finastra appoints chief customer officer

Finastra has appointed Neil Blagden as Chief Customer Officer. He ultimately takes responsibility for customer success – overseeing everything Finastra does to design, deliver and enable excellent experiences for its customers.

04 June 2020

Company update/retail

BBVA exports digital 'Ninja' staff training programme to San Miguel

BBVA and Mahou San Miguel, Spain’s leading producer of beer, have begun a collaboration that will roll out the bank’s digital professional development program (‘Ninja’), offering it to the beverage company’s employees.

28 May 2020

Company update/wholesale

London launches first-ever virtual trade mission to New York

The London & Partners Mayor’s International Business Programme is proud to be launching their first-ever virtual trade mission ’travelling’ to New York – the first of a series kicking off today, Thursday 14th May.

14 May 2020

News/regulation

FCA head of RegTech: Prioritise female hires across the industry

Francesca Hopwood Road, head of regtech at the FCA drilled down on how the hiring process structurally worked against the employment of females in regtech during the Regtech Women’s event ‘Cracking Communications: Be effective, be confident, be compliant’.

12 March 2020

News/inclusion

IWD: Prioritising female hires for fintech gender parity

In conversation with Finextra Research, Donna Parisi, head of finance and fintech at Shearman & Sterling and Michelle Tran, founder of NYC FinTech Women, discuss the persistent gender disparity within fintech and how women can and should be encouraged to make their mark.

09 March 2020

News/Human resources

Quality over quantity: A vital motto for Open Banking expansion

Notching up eye-watering numbers of APIs is not a valuable metric for success. A creeping, deep-rooted growth strategy is vital for successful expansion in Open Banking says Rune Mai, CEO and co-founder of Nordic API Gateway.

26 February 2020

News/Human resources

Barclays pulls plug on Big Brother

Barclays Bank has scrapped a personnel monitoring system that chided staff for taking time out from their desks, after suffering a rash of complaints from employees and privacy groups.

21 February 2020

News/wholesale

Barclays in Big Brother bother over employee spyware

Barclays Bank is facing a backlash from employees after installing productivity spyware on staff computers that admonishes individuals if they're not deemed to be working hard enough.

20 February 2020

Company update/Human resources

Financial firms could generate $140 billion from workforce modernisation - Accenture

Financial services companies in North America could unlock up to US$140 billion in productivity gains and cost savings by 2025 if they employ new technologies that help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their workforces, according to a recent study by Accenture.

13 December 2019

News/sustainable

BBVA tells employees to ignore email outside of working hours

BBVA is introducing a policy of digital disconnection for employees in Spain, encouraging them to put down their devices and take a break from the emails outside of working hours.

18 November 2019

Company update/Human resources

Deutsche Bank names chief transformation officer

As Deutsche Bank moves into the next phase of its radical transformation, it has today created a new Management Board function that brings together responsibility for Transformation and Human Resources.

04 November 2019