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UK paytech Orchestr recruits Paysafe alumni as new CPO and CTO

Former Paysafe VP Aleksandar Saykov joins as chief product officer, while Boris Petrov joins as chief technology officer from stablecoin start-up BVNK.

Nubank names Livia Chanes CEO, Latin America

The announcement comes as the company surpasses 135 million customers globally and receives authorization to operate as a bank in Mexico, where it will establish itself as the country’s largest digital bank.

N26 hires CTO Marcin Pakulnicki from ING

N26 has announced that Gino Cordt will step down as CTO at the end of this year after holding the position since September 2019.

Ally Financial Names Mark Mathewson Chief Information and Data Officer

Seasoned technology executive brings 25+ years of financial services expertise and a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing organizations

Monzo co-founder Blomfield joins Anthropic

Blomfield revealed on X that he is taking a leave of absence from venture capital firm Y Combinator to join Anthropic co-founder and chief compute officer Tom Brown's compute team.

Remitly Europe CEO Eva Taleva-Borislavova named Paynetics COO

Taleva-Borislavova brings experience from a 12-year tenure at Paysafe and from leading Remitly's European operations since late 2023.

Tuan Nguyen Ends Six-Year Tenure as Techcombank CIO

He helped oversee the bank’s expansion of its digital, technology and AI capabilities.

StarCompliance reshapes leadership amid AI compliance push

The reshuffle arrives at a moment of rapid expansion for Star, fuelled by growing appetite for employee compliance tools, oversight of digital assets, AI-enabled offerings and coverage of newer risk categories including prediction markets.

Revolut appoints Kuba Fast to head European banking entity

Fast takes the reins from Joe Heneghan, who now steps up to lead the fintech’s broader European holding company, Revolut Holdings Europe UAB.

Arab African International Bank names technology head

Cairo-based Arab African International Bank (AAIB) has appointed Islam Gomaa as its head of technology.

ClearBank appoints Ken Johnstone as chief product officer

He has worked across the UK, Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, delivering products across complex and varied markets.

Former M&G Switzerland CEO joins global quant IM as Swiss sales chief

De Gennaro was most recently the head of sales Switzerland at Man Group, where he was succeeded by Joerg Zimmermann last month.

Microsoft Layoffs Affect 4,800 Roles, Says Jobs Are Not Being Replaced by AI

The reductions will mostly fall within Microsoft’s Commercial and Xbox organisations

Michael Goodenough named new CAB Europe CEO

Goodenough succeeds Kostas Konstantis, who has led CAB Europe's operations since its inception in 2024.

Ray Brash named MiFinity group COO

Most recently COO of CleverCards, Brash is a founding member of The Payments Association's advisory board and advisor to SpriveApp and Ekko.

Takis Georgakopoulos Takes the Helm at Fiserv

It is an internal promotion, but one with a significant external pedigree behind it.

NatWest's Wayne Freeman departs CTO role at Boxed and Mettle

James Gawn is succeeding Freeman as CTO of both units, having served as engineering director of Boxed and Mettle since 2023.

ThetaRay hires Santander compliance chief Luis Pinedo

In his new role, Pinedo will bring key perspectives from tier-one banking operational challenges to ThetaRay’s product development and design.

Guernsey elects new leaders for Financial Services and Digital/Innovation

Deputy Laine, Vice-President of the Committee for Economic Development, said: “It’s a privilege to have been elected as Vice-President of ED, a Committee with a mandate that is critical to the future of the island.

Natixis CIB bolsters technology and innovation hub in India with strategic leadership appointment

He brings to the role nearly two decades of experience in Global Capability Center management and offshoring strategies, entrepreneurship, delivery, software engineering, financial markets, architecture, data, digital transformation and innovation.

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