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Fireblocks appoints Bank of England head of fintech Varun Paul as CBDC lead

Digital asset firm Fireblocks has appointed the former head of fintech at the Bank of England, Varun Paul, as its new central banking digital currency (CBDC) and market infrastructure director.

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Santander's PagoNxt hires Mastercard exec Kush Saxena as CEO of Merchant Solutions

Banco Santander's payments offshoot PagoNxt has appointed Mastercard exec Kush Saxena as CEO of its core Merchant Solutions business, Getnet.

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Mollie poaches Klarna CTO Köppen

Dutch payments service provider Mollie has appointed Klarna CTO Koen Köppen as its new chief technology officer.

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Bolt to fire third of staff as tech damage spills over to fintech

Check-out payments startup Bolt has become the lastest fintech unicorn to feel the heat of the tech stocks bonfire, setting out plans to sack a third of its workforce, amounting to 250 staff.

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Laybuy hires fraud chief from HSBC as chief risk officer

New Zealand-based buy now, pay later provider Laybuy has hired HSBC's group head of fraud Jamie Byles as its new chief risk officer.

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Tandem Bank appoints chief impact and marketing officer

Tandem Bank has appointed Georgina Whalley to the newly-created role of chief impact and marketing officer with a mandate to focus on building the digital bank's green credentials.

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Klarna to lay off 10% of staff amid market downturn

Klarna is set to fire 10% of its employees amid a valuation crunch at the buy now, pay later giant.

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Atom Bank appoints new CTO

Atom Bank has appointed Andy Sturrock from BP as its new chief technology officer, with an upgrade to the app-based bank's core banking platform the first item on his agenda.

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Wahed appoints former BlackRock lawyer to global legal team

Global Islamic fintech company, Wahed, has just announced the appointment of former BlackRock lawyer, Shahan Jamil, as deputy general counsel.

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Ex-HSBC colleagues reunite to solve global data governance headache

HSBC’s former global data analytics boss Jon Farina has joined WCKD RZR, a 'data enablement' software startup founded by the bank's ex-chief administration officer.

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Ex-Meta fintech chief David Marcus unveils Bitcoin startup

David Marcus, the man who led Meta's frustrated Novi and Diem projects, has re-emerged with a Bitcoin startup focused on the Lighting Network.

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Former Swift chief Lázaro Campos joins PPRO as chairman

Digital payments processors PPRO has appointed former Swift CEO Lázaro Campos as its first independent chairman.