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FCA recruits for 100 new 'digital delivery' roles in Leeds

The Financial Conduct Authority is fulfilling its promise to extend its physical footprint beyond London, opening an office in Leeds and recruiting for 100 new roles.

03 August 2022

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Compliance.ai raises $6m; appoints new CEO

US RegTech software firm Compliance.ai has raised $6 million in funding and appointed a new CEO to replace co-founder Kayvan Alikhani.

03 August 2022

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E-commerce lender Clearco axes 125 jobs

Canadian e-commerce lender Clearco is laying off 125 people - about 25% of its workforce - as it faces up to a slowdown in the sector and the wider economic downturn.

02 August 2022

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Bibby Financial Services selects NatWest’s Marion King as non-executive director

SME funder Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed former director of payments at NatWest Marion King as board member and non-executive director.

01 August 2022

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CommBank to create hundreds of tech jobs at new Melbourne hub

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has opened a technology hub in Melbourne that will house more than 400 software developers, cloud engineers and cyber specialists.

28 July 2022

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Jack Ma prepares to cede control of Ant Group -WSJ

Jack Ma is preparing to give up control of Ant Group in an effort to distance the fintech giant from his Alibaba tech group in the face of regulatory pressure, according to the Wall Street Journal.

28 July 2022

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Mastercard names Ellen Jackowski chief sustainability officer

Mastercard has appointed HP's Ellen Jackowski chief sustainability officer, spearheading the payment giant's ESG strategy.

25 July 2022

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Revolut loses more senior UK compliance execs

The exodus of senior compliance staffers from Revolut continues, with a string of resignations, including UK chief risk officer Victoria Stubbs, over the last few weeks.

25 July 2022

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Bank of Ireland triples length of paid paternity leave

Bank of Ireland has introduced a new policy that triples the bank’s current paternity leave, allowing an employee to take six weeks of paid leave within the first six months of the new child’s life.

25 July 2022

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Banks choosing to build and not buy tech, suggests survey

Corporates' demands for digital services are leading a majority of corporate banks to look in-house when building their technology stack, according to recently published research.

20 July 2022

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Novo hires Brad Paterson as EVP of business development

Novo, a provider of digital-only banking services for US small businesses, has hired Brad Paterson, Visa's former director of consumer and emerging products, and PayPal's former head of new ventures, as the company's EVP of business development.

14 July 2022

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Goldman Sachs hires Google's Jared Cohen for new innovation unit

Goldman Sachs has hired senior Google executive Jared Cohen to co-lead a new applied innovation office.

12 July 2022

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