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Worldline Announces CEO Transition After Summer’s ‘Slow Trading Conditions’
September 13, 2024

Worldline’s board of directors said Friday (Sept. 13) that Gilles Grapinet will step down as CEO and board member Sept. 30 and that the company will search for a new CEO who will work with the board to determine a new strategic plan. The company...

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CellPoint Digital Appoints Payments Head Mark Patrick Chief Revenue Officer
September 13, 2024

CellPoint Digital appointed Mark Patrick, who had been its global head of payments since 2019, to be its chief revenue officer. Patrick succeeds Greg Worch, who retired, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 11) press release. In his new role, Patrick will lead the...

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PwC Plans to Cut1,800 Jobs Citing Changing Market Demand 
September 11, 2024

Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is reportedly cutting around 1,800 jobs. The layoffs, its first in 15 years, will be accompanied by a restructuring of PwC’s technology group amid slowing demand for its advisory services, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Sept. 11), citing sources familiar...

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BILL Names Ex-Visa Executive Mary Kay Bowman Head of Payments Business
September 09, 2024

BILL has named former Visa executive Mary Kay Bowman as its executive vice president, general manager of payments and financial services. Bowman will oversee the payments and financial services business of the financial operations platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and will report directly to BILL...

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TerraPay Appoints Visa Veteran Ralph Koker as Global Head of Products
September 03, 2024

Global money movement company TerraPay appointed Visa veteran Ralph Koker as global head of products. In his new role, Koker will refine TerraPay’s product strategy, spearhead its go-to-market initiatives, and help the company scale its service offerings and strengthen its client relationships on a global...

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Goldman Sachs Begins Layoffs as Part of Annual Review Process
August 30, 2024

Goldman Sachs reportedly plans to lay off between 3% and 4% of its workforce — amounting to about 1,300 to 1,800 people — as part of its annual review process. The layoffs have already started, will continue through the fall and are expected to be...

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Stripe CTO David Singleton to Step Down, Start Own Company
August 29, 2024

David Singleton said in a post on LinkedIn that he is stepping down as chief technology officer (CTO) at Stripe after seven years to start his own company. Singleton will be succeeded by Stripe Deputy CTO Rahul Patil and will remain at Stripe until October to support the...

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Report: TD Bank’s Money Laundering Troubles Could Lead to CEO Change
August 28, 2024

TD Bank’s ongoing issues with its anti-money laundering (AML) controls could usher in a leadership change. That’s according to a Wednesday (Aug. 28) Reuters report, based on interviews with 10 shareholders at Canada’s second-largest bank, as well as two analysts. They said a change in...

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Report: General Motors Hires Apple Veteran Tim Twerdahl
August 27, 2024

General Motors (GM) has reportedly hired former Apple leader Tim Twerdahl as vice president of product management for the automaker’s software services group. Twerdahl will report to GM’s senior vice president of software and services product management, Baris Cetinok, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Aug. 27), citing unnamed sources....