Visa Canada announced in an email Thursday (Aug. 31) to PYMNTS that Dan Iwachiw is now the vice president and head of Canada Products. An industry veteran with 20+ years in the financial services sector, Iwachiw will oversee the growth, adoption and evolution of Visa Canada products and...
Globalstar, an international telecom infrastructure provider, has named Paul Jacobs as its new CEO. Jacobs, the founder and CEO of XCOM Labs and former CEO and executive chairman of Qualcomm, brings a wealth of wireless industry experience and a proven track record of fostering innovation-led growth to his new role...
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s executive vice president of the supervision and credit group, Azher Abbasi, will reportedly retire on Oct. 31. Abbasi will be succeeded by Niel Willardson, who will become interim executive vice president on Oct. 1, Bloomberg reported Monday (Aug. 28), citing an email from...
Plaid has appointed payments and financial services executive Cecilia Frew as head of open finance. “In this role, Cecilia is responsible for overseeing Plaid’s evolving and dynamic relationships with financial institutions as we move into a new era of digital finance,” Plaid said in an announcement emailed to...
U.S. Bank has set the effective date of two previously announced promotions. Effective Sept. 1, the bank’s current vice chair and CFO, Terrance Robert Dolan, will become vice chair and chief administration officer overseeing the company’s combined Chief Administration Office, U.S. Bank said in a...
Basware has appointed Jason Kurtz, who has served as interim CEO since the start of 2023, as its permanent CEO. Kurtz has over two decades of experience in B2B enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and a successful track record in managing global organizations that will be applied...
Silicon Valley Bank has named new heads of its payments and digital solutions divisions. The bank announced Tuesday (Aug. 22) that Martin Murrell had been named head of global payments, while Milton Santiago would become its new global digital solutions head. “In a period of dramatic change in the payments and...
Sweetgreen has reportedly hired two former Chipotle executives to help with its Midwest expansion. Company officials told The Wall Street Journal Monday (Aug. 21) that it had named Michael Kotick, who had been Chipotle’s senior director of marketing, as its head of marketing, and Chad Brauze, previously of Chipotle and Burger...
Amazon’s devices chief is planning to exit the company. David Limp, who oversees products like the company’s Alexa assistant, intends to retire in the coming months, the executive and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced Monday (Aug. 14). “Dave has been an outstanding innovator, exhibited strong judgment and ownership, and...
