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Visa names Ryan McInerney as incoming CEO

Visa has announced that current president, Ryan McInerney, will be appointed CEO of the banking giant effective from the 1st of February, 2023.

18 November 2022

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GoTo Group cuts 12% of staff

Indonesian tech group, PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk, has announced that it will layoff 12% of its staff, amounting to 1,300 employees.

18 November 2022

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New FTX CEO slams 'complete failure of corporate controls'

John Ray, the man who took over at Enron after its collapse and is now in charge of FTX has blasted his predecessor at the failed crypto exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, declaring in court filings that he has never "seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information".

17 November 2022

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Juni joins fintech bloodbath; lays off a third of staff

Juni, the Swedish neobank for e-commerce entrpreneurs, is to lay off a third of its 217-strong workforce just months after raising $206 million in Series B and venture debt funding.

17 November 2022

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Tink recruits JPMorgan payments expert Andrew Boyajian as VRP head

Tink has recruited Andrew Boyajian, former head of emerging payments and fintechs at JPMorgan, to lead its variable recurring payments unit in the UK.

17 November 2022

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Former PayPal CEO Harris shuts down latest startup weeks after launch

Nirvana Money, a fintech startup founded by former PayPal and Intuit CEO Bill Harris, has shut down less than a month after its launch.

17 November 2022

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Former TrueLayer ANZ CEO launches open finance consultancy

Brenton Charnley, the former CEO of TrueLayer's Australian and New Zealand operation, has resurfaced with a consultancy startup to help businesses take advantage of open finance.

15 November 2022

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JP Morgan to open Athens payments R&D centre

Wall Street giant JP Morgan is opening a payments innovation lab in Athens as part of a wider Greek expansion.

14 November 2022

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FTX files for US bankruptcy protection; Bankman-Fried quits

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX says it has started the process of for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, and that founder Sam Bankman-Fried is stepping down as CEO.

11 November 2022

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Investor calls on Temenos to oust CEO

Investor Petrus Advisers has called on Swiss core banking vendor Temenos to fire "out of his depth" CEO Max Chuard immediately and for chairman Andreas Andreades to resign.

11 November 2022

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CMA begins search for new chair of Open Banking entity as Crosswell steps down

Charlotte Crosswell is to step down from her role as chair and trustee of the UK's Open Banking Implementation Entity, kickstarting a reruitment process for a fresh face at the helm as the organisation transitions to a new entity, Open Banking Limited.

08 November 2022

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Stripe lays off 1100 employees

Payments behemoth Stripe is the latest fintech to take the axe to its global workforce, laying off more than 1100 - 14% - of its staffers.

03 November 2022

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