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CBA using productivity app to spy on staff

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has come under fire for using an app that tracks workers' downtime, ordering 'non-productive' workers to apply for a leave of absence.

15 March 2023

Company update/people

Provenir taps Vincent Camara as regional leader for France

Provenir, a global leader in data and AI-powered risk decisioning software, today announced that Vincent Camara has been appointed Regional Manager in France. Camara will lead Provenir’s sales operations in the region, serving the growing number of financial services businesses in need of data and AI-powered risk decisioning solutions.

10 March 2023

Company update/people

World Federation of Exchanges publishes Women Leaders List for 2023

The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, today published its annual Women Leaders List.

03 March 2023

News/people

N26 chief risk officer quits

German digital bank N26 has lost its third senior executive in a year, with chief risk officer Thomas Grosse leaving for personal reasons.

03 March 2023

News/cloud

Financial Cloud Summit 2023: Strategising digital transformation and balancing trust with partners

To successfully engage in digital transformation in the transition to the cloud, financial firms are looking for creative methods to approach their cloud strategy. In doing so, companies are dealing with issues of cost, security, and scalability. The first stage of the conference explores how companies are making strategic on visibility, data ownership, cloud providers, and more.

02 March 2023

News/people

Swiss fintech Radicant sacks CEO

Radicant Bank, a Switzerland-based digital bank, has sacked its CEO and co-founder after an internal email blasting critics and local politicians was leaked online.

23 February 2023

Company update/people

FintechX appoints Viljar Kähari as chief compliance officer

Viljar Kähari has joined FintechX OÜ as chief compliance officer. Based in the company’s Tallinn, Estonia, headquarters, he will serve as a member of the management board.

17 February 2023

Company update/retail

Bank of Ireland introduces family friendly policies for staff

As part of its ambition to be one of the best places to work in Ireland and Northern Ireland, Bank of Ireland Group plc has announced a range of both new and enhanced family friendly policies and supports.

15 February 2023

News/people

PayPal’s Dan Schulman to step down

PayPal’s president and CEO Dan Schulman has announced his plans to retire from the payments giant on December 31st, 2023.

10 February 2023

News/people

Zenus Bank appoints John Woods as chief revenue officer

The Puerto Rico-based digital bank that allows people and businesses around the world to open a US bank account, Zenus Bank, has promoted John Woods to chief revenue officer (CRO).

09 February 2023

News/people

BNPL provider Affirm cuts 19% of staff, ends crypto initiative

BNPL platform Affirm announced it has cut 19% of its workforce, amounting to 500 employees.

09 February 2023

Company update/people

MarketAxess selects Pierce Lord as head of data product

MarketAxess a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income market, has today announced the appointment of Pierce Lord as Head of Data Product, a new role for the business.

09 February 2023

Company update/people

Detected names Mike Ainslie as new CFO

Detected, the London based fintech business is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Ainslie as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mike brings a wealth of experience in the financial and operations industry, having served as COO of World-Check and more recently as CFO at Yell.

02 February 2023

Company update/people

Hans Wijers steps down as ING supervisory board chairman

ING announced today that Hans Wijers has expressed the intention for personal reasons to hand over his duties as chairman and retire from the ING Group Supervisory Board in the second half of 2023. Hans Wijers was appointed to the Supervisory Board in 2017 and became its chairman in 2018. In 2021 he was reappointed for a second term.

02 February 2023

News/people

Marqeta appoints Simon Khalaf as CEO

Marqeta has tapped technology executive, Simon Khalaf, as its new CEO, effective January 31st.

27 January 2023

Company update/people

GPS adds two payments veterans to c-suite

Global Processing Services (“GPS”), a fast-growing next-gen global payments technology platform, today announced the appointment of Jim McCarthy as Executive Vice President – Global Head of Sales and Product, and Kevin Fox as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer. In this newly created role, Jim will lead GPS’ global commercial and product teams in close collaboration with Kevin on sales acceleration.

27 January 2023

Company update/people

N26 appoints Arnd Schwierholz as CFO

N26, The Mobile Bank, today announced the appointment of Arnd Schwierholz as its new Chief Financial Officer. The experienced manager will lead the company’s financial department moving forward.

27 January 2023

News/people

Exclusive: Feedzai cuts workforce amid ‘restructuring’ - sources

Sources have confirmed that Portuguese unicorn Feedzai has cut its workforce as the company begins restructuring in the face of challenging economic conditions.

27 January 2023

Company update/retail

Sage and Equifax combine to help UK employees take the pain out of life admin

Sage, a global payroll technology leader, today announced a partnership with Equifax that will automate financial and employment checks for UK workers when they apply for everything from loans and mortgages to new jobs.

18 January 2023

Company update/inclusion

Mastercard aims to reach over 100k female students through Girls4Tech program

Mastercard today announced the expansion of its signature Girls4Tech, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education program in India. Supported by the Mastercard Impact Fund, and in partnership with the American India Foundation (AIF), the expansion of the program aims to reach an additional 1 lakh female students across the country by 2024 to encourage them to take up STEM education. This includes 14,400 students in Delhi as well as onboard 40 additional government schools where STEM courses will be offered to girls aged 8 to 14.

17 January 2023

Human resources