Embattled Indian FinTech Paytm has just undergone a leadership shakeup. Bhavesh Gupta, the company’s president and chief operating officer, is stepping down from that role for personal reasons, parent firm One97 Communications said in a regulatory filing Saturday (May 4). In addition, the company has appointed Rakesh Singh as...
Peloton Interactive has begun a search for a new CEO and announced that Barry McCarthy has stepped down as CEO, president and board director. Chairperson Karen Boone and Director Chris Bruzzo will serve as interim co-CEOs, while Director Jay Hoag has become the new chairperson of the board of directors, the connected fitness company said...
Canada’s Scotiabank has a new CEO for its global banking and markets (GBM) business. Travis Machen, who joins the bank from Morgan Stanley, is set to take on his new position on May 6, Scotiabank announced in a Monday (April 29) news release. “In this role, Mr. Machen will...
Small-business-focused payments/card solutions company myPOS has named Mario Shiliashki as its new CEO. Shiliashki, the company announced Wednesday (April 24) in a news release provided to PYMNTS, “brings a global view of payments, having worked across four continents for companies such as PayPal, Mastercard and...
Shopify reportedly plans to base raises on numerical scores assigned to employees based on their skill level. Employees will be eligible for a raise only when their score increases within a certain amount of time, Seeking Alpha reported Tuesday (April 23), citing a paywalled article by The Information. Reached...
Banking software company Temenos has appointed Jean-Pierre Brulard as CEO, effective May 1. Brulard will succeed Andreas Andreades, who will retire from the company, Temenos said in a Tuesday (April 23) press release. Brulard was most recently with VMWare, a $61 billion U.S.-listed cloud computing...
The largest U.S. banks cut a total of more than 5,000 jobs during the first quarter. They did so to control costs during an uncertain economic climate in which investors are unsure if the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates later this year, Reuters reported Tuesday (April 16). Citigroup...
Crypto.com is in the process of adding 1,400 employees, a little more than a year after cutting one-fifth of its staff. The turnaround at the digital asset exchange began after bitcoin and other tokens rallied, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (April 16). The company has added 700...
Green Dot has named payments industry veteran Renata Caine as its new Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) general manager. Caine previously worked at Marqeta and at the commercial payments division of WEX, the digital bank/Fintech firm said in a Monday (April 15) news release. “Renata is an impressive leader whose deep experience driving strategy...
