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Visa to house 1000 staff in new Atlanta office

Visa is to build a new office hub in the fintech-savvy city of Atlanta, tapping in to the city's entrepreneurial spirt and local talent pool.

30 September 2021

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DBS hunts for top tech talent via hack2Hire programme

DBS is to recruit 150 of Singapore’s top technology talent to bolster its AI and blockchain capabilities via its hack2Hire programme.

28 September 2021

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Goldman Sachs exec who led Marcus retires

Harit Talwar, the man who has led Goldman Sachs' foray into consumer banking as the head of Marcus, is retiring.

27 September 2021

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Barclays hires Amazon payments head to lead POS finance business

Barclays has hired Amazon's head of European payments Antony Stephen to lead the bank's foray into the booming buy now, pay later market.

23 September 2021

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Crypto regtech Coinfirm raises $8m; appoints Mircea Mihaescu CEO

Coinfirm, a regtech targeting digital currencies and blockchain-based finance, has raised $8 million in funding and appointed industry veteran Mircea Mihaescu as CEO.

17 September 2021

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Blomfield lifts lid on foot-picking Softbank partner

As he transitions from founder to investor, Tom Blomfield has laid out some advice for firms looking to raise money, including a warning about meetings with a certain foot-picking, cigarette-smoking executive at the giant Softbank Vision Fund.

13 September 2021

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Starling Bank to offer 6-month paid returnships

Women Returners and Innovate Finance have partnered to launch a cross-company returner programme, encouraging individuals to re-enter the fintech sector following extended career breaks.

10 September 2021

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Funding Circle CEO Samir Desai steps down

Funding Circle CEO Samir Desai is stepping down, to be replaced by the small business lender's UK managing director Lisa Jacobs.

10 September 2021

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Binance US names Ant exec Shroder president

The US arm of Binance has appointed former Ant Group and Uber executive Brian Shroder president, replacing Brian Brooks who quit suddenly in August after just four months in the job.

10 September 2021

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AIB prioritises financial literacy with skills programme for 12-18-year-olds

In an effort to support 500,000 customers with their financial literacy, communication, critical thinking, and digital innovation by 2023, AIB has launched a skills programme for 12-18-year-olds called Future Sparks.

06 September 2021

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Railsbank appoints Wise MD Stuart Gregory as chief product officer

Global embedded finance platform Railsbank has announced its appointment of Stuart Gregory as chief product officer. Gregory joins Railsbank to lead product, engineering, and partnerships.

06 September 2021

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Swift hires JPMorgan Chase's Hunter to lead Americas and UK business

Swift has appointed John Hunter, the former boss of JPMorgan Chase's global clearing services, as its chief executive of the Americas and UK region.

03 September 2021

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