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Company update/people

Bank of Ireland appoints Áine McCleary as chief customer officer

Bank of Ireland has today announced the appointment of Áine McCleary as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Reporting to the Group CEO in a newly-created Group Executive Committee role, the CCO will be an advocate for the customer across the entire Group.

12 May 2023

Company update/payments

Temenos announces 2023 Customer Awards

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced its 2023 Customer Awards winners at the Temenos Community Forum (TCF) in Vienna, celebrating the global pioneers, innovators and visionaries in banking.

12 May 2023

Company update/sustainable

Climate Action Data Trust appoints new executive director

The Climate Action Data Trust (CAD Trust), a decentralised metadata platform that links, aggregates and harmonises all major carbon registry data, has announced the appointment of Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu as Executive Director, with effect from 1 May 2023.

05 May 2023

Company update/people

Elaine Bucknor, former Sky CIO, appointed to Darktrace board

Darktrace plc (DARK.L) (together with its subsidiaries, "Darktrace" or "the Group"), a global leader in cyber security AI, ispleased to announce today the appointment of Elaine Bucknor as Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 June, 2023.

05 May 2023

Company update/retail

Lanistar appoints Ed Blankson as new CFO

London-based fintech Lanistar, has today announced the appointment of Ed Blankson as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Blankson arrives at Lanistar with a wealth of expertise behind him having spent multiple years as a Senior Official at Tide.

28 April 2023

Company update/wholesale

LATAM fintech Clara raises $60m

Clara, the leading end-to-end spend management solution for companies in Latin America, today announced that it has closed $60M USD in an equity financing round led by GGV Capital. In addition, GGV Managing Partner Hans Tung will join the company’s Board of Directors.

28 April 2023

News/people

IFGS 2023: How are neobanks challenging incumbents in 2023?

The afternoon IFGS sessions kicked off with a fireside chat looking at whether Neobanks are still creating that challenging atmosphere they have been known for. Finextra’s own senior reporter, Paige McNamee, moderated the session and was joined by Mark Mullen, CEO of Atom Bank, and Valentina Kristensen, director of growth and communications at OakNorth. Kristensen had her new baby Leo on stage with her.

17 April 2023

News/startups

HSBC hires ex-SVB bankers to focus on US ‘innovation economy’

Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March, HSBC is now hiring around 40 ex-SVB bankers to establish a new unit targeting tech, healthcare, and VC funds in the US.

14 April 2023

News/inclusion

Childhood financial education backed by Centre of Financial Capability

On the 29th of March, the Centre for Financial Capability organised a charity event in UK Parliament to push for widespread and standardised financial education in the UK.

14 April 2023

Research/Human resources

The Future of Fintech in the UK 2023

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News/people

Mind the gap: Revolut's mean gender pay differential increases

Revolut's attempts to bridge the gender pay gap at its business appears to be going into reverse, with the mean differential between women and men increasing from 22.7% last year to 25.4% as of April 2022.

05 April 2023

News/people

European Payments Council names Giorgio Andreoli Director General

Etienne Goosse will step down as Director General of the EPC from April 2023 after 12 years in the role.

31 March 2023

News/people

Accenture to cut 19,000 employees as corporate spending wanes

Accenture has announced it will cut 19,000 jobs, 2.5% of its workforce, over the next 18 months. This follows a number of cutbacks in the finance and fintech sector amid a slowdown in IT spending.

24 March 2023

News/payments

Earned wage access platform Rain raises $116m

Earned wage access platform Rain has closed a Series A round comprised of $66 million in equity and another $50 million in debt.

23 March 2023

Company update/identity

Keystone Talent Bank integrates ID-Pal for right-to-work checks

Global identity verification provider ID-Pal today announced a partnership with Keystone Talent Bank to deliver real-time digital right to work checks.

20 March 2023

News/retail

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