Walmart has hired Julia Unger to serve in the position of vice president of financial services. Unger will report to Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Janey Whiteside, and her first day will be Monday (April 12), according to a memo. “[Unger] has impressive experience...
Client onboarding platform provider Agreement Express has appointed Mike Winters to the role of vice president of sales, according to an announcement emailed to PYMNTS. “We’re happy to welcome Mike Winters to the team to drive all aspects of sales within Agreement Express,” Agreement Express...
Chewy Co-founder Ryan Cohen will be appointed GameStop’s chairman of the board, which is expected to take place at the June 9 annual shareholder meeting, the company announced in a press release on Thursday (April 8). Cohen, who manages the activist investment firm RC Ventures, invested...
Global identity verification company Trulioo has named Garient Evans as its senior vice president of Identity Solutions, according to a Thursday (April 8) announcement emailed to PYMNTS. Evans comes onboard amid a “hyper-growth stage” for the company, which is showcased by the rollout of Business...
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Kenneth A. Blanco announced he will be leaving the agency next week. He will be working at Citi as chief compliance officer of its newly created financial crimes unit, Bloomberg reported. “Serving as FinCEN’s eighth director has been a...
David Fischer, chief revenue officer (CRO) for Facebook since 2010, is stepping down from his role and will leave the social media giant by the end of this year, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (March 30). Fischer is one of Facebook’s highest-ranking executives under Chief Operating Officer...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added a new CEO in Adam Selipsky, who previously worked at the company for 11 years, according to a company blog post. Selipsky was one of the first vice presidents hired in 2005 and ran AWS’s Sales, Marketing and Support...
Amazon’s head of acceptance and payment categories is heading over to WhatsApp in India to lead payments, Reuters reported on Friday (March 19), citing sources. Manesh Mahatme, a seven-year Amazon Pay executive, was hired by WhatsApp at a time when digital messaging, shopping and payments is...
Aparna Chennapragada, a 12-year Google veteran, will now be working with Robinhood as chief product officer, according to a Wednesday (March 17) post on its company blog. In this position, she’ll be tasked with overseeing product, design and research. The blog post said her leadership...
