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Flagstone appoints 10x’s Leda Glyptis and Monzo’s Meri Williams to board

UK cash deposit platform, Flagstone, has announced the addition of fintech heavyhitters Leda Glyptis and Meri Williams to its board of directors, ahead of planned Series B funding in 2023.

06 May 2022

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Ukrainian refugees connected with UK tech jobs by Fintech Without Frontiers

Fintech Without Frontiers – an industry led-initiative created by Ozone API – has launched a bid to connect Ukrainian refugees with career opportunities in the UK fintech space.

05 May 2022

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GoCardless appoints Mastercard and VocaLink exec Paul Stoddart as president

Direct-to-bank payments firm GoCardless has appointed Mastercard's Paul Stoddart as president.

04 May 2022

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Robinhood to cut nine per cent of staff

Discount brokerage Robinhood is to sack nine percent of its employees, citing an unwieldy growth curve that resulted in the creation of "duplicate roles and job functions".

27 April 2022

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Bink appoints executives from HSBC and Visa as it expands into new markets

Loyalty app Bink has appointed two executives from HSBC and Visa as the business capitalises on investments from Lloyds and Barclays and expands into Australia.

27 April 2022

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TD creates South Florida tech hub

Toronto Dominion Bank is to hire 200 staff for a new technology hub in South Florida, part of the bank's commitment to growing its IT team with the creation of 2000 new roles in 2022.

27 April 2022

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NextGen Nordics: Juni launches USD accounts

Ahead of our NextGen Nordics conference on 27th April 2022, we will be putting together a weekly briefing of selected top stories that are emerging out of the region and setting the blueprint for payments innovation across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

22 April 2022

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Finextra and Jobbio join forces to unlock fintech's finest talent

If you are looking for fast-growing opportunities to enrich your career, look no further than Finextra.jobs.

22 April 2022

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EBAday 2022: Headline speaker line-up revealed

The Euro Banking Association and Finextra have announced their headline speaker line-up for EBAday 2022.

22 April 2022

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Finastra hires Isabel Fernandez to lead lending biz unit

Finastra has appointed former ING Bank board member Isabel Fernandez as EVP for the company’s lending business unit.

22 April 2022

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Plaid co-founder unveils bank for fintechs

Plaid co-founder William Hockey has taken the wraps off his new venture, a bank he is running with his wife that is built specifically to help developers creating financial products.

22 April 2022

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Pay.UK appoints first CTO

Pay.UK, the operator of the UK’s national retail payment systems including Faster Payments, Bacs and Direct Debit, has appointed David Morris from Network International to the new role of chief technology officer (CTO).

21 April 2022

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