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...
OpenAI has tapped the former president of Amazon Web Services’ Japan operations to lead its push into that country. Tadao Nagasaki’s appointment, announced Monday (April 15), comes as the artificial intelligence (AI) firm is opening an office in Tokyo and releasing a custom version of its GPT-4 for Japanese speakers. “We...
Lloyds Bank Business & Commercial Banking has appointed Linda Weston to the newly created position of head of commercial cards, effective in June. Weston will join the bank with 25 years of experience in the cards and payments industry, including roles at Barclaycard Payments, J.P....
Goldman Sachs has promoted its chief strategy officer and global head of investor relations, Carey Halio, to global treasurer. Halio will also become a member of the bank’s management committee, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said in an internal memo dated Thursday (April 11) seen by PYMNTS. Goldman...
Former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman has been named managing partner at Valor Capital. The firm, which says it launched the first U.S. and Latin American cross-border venture fund in 2011, announced Schulman’s appointment in a Monday (April 8) news release. “Dan needs no introduction for those who have been in the tech...
J.P. Morgan Chase’s board said Monday (April 8) that planning for an orderly CEO transition in the medium term is one of its top priorities. “The board is focused on enabling an orderly CEO transition to take place in the medium-term,” it said in a proxy...
JPMorgan Chase has announced a new organizational structure for its Global Banking (GB) business. The GB business now brings together the bank’s Commercial, Corporate and Investment Banking lines, according to a memo provided to PYMNTS Thursday (April 4) by JPMorgan Chase. “Our new GB franchise strengthens...
Streaming audio platform Spotify named a new chief financial officer. Christian Luiga is joining Spotify from Saab AB, a European defense and security company, where he served as deputy CEO and finance chief, the Swedish company announced in a news release Thursday (April 4). Before that, Luiga held leadership roles,...
Payments platform ConnexPay has named industry veteran Ben Peters as its new CEO. Peters, who has spent two decades in the payments and vertical software space, will replace ConnexPay founder Bob Kaufman, who is moving into the role of board chairman, the company announced in a Tuesday (April 2) news release. “Under...
