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Goldman Sachs Appoints New Global Digital Asset Leader
August 06, 2020

Goldman Sachs has named Matthew McDermott its new global head of digital assets, in a move signaling the bank’s renewed commitment to that area of banking, CNBC reported. McDermott, previously a managing director for Goldman who was in charge of running the company’s internal funding...

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PayPal Boosts Venture Team With Wells Fargo Exec
August 05, 2020

Peggy Mangot, who once led the development of the Wells Fargo mobile banking app Greenhouse, has been hired by online payments giant PayPal as part of the company’s internal ventures team, PayPal Ventures, CNBC reported. Mangot worked as Wells Fargo’s senior vice president in the...

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Stripe Hires AWS Exec For CRO Position
August 05, 2020

Stripe, the San Francisco-based company which works to build economic online infrastructure, announced in a press release that Mike Clayville, a 36-year sales veteran of companies like Amazon Web Service (AWS), VMware and BEA Systems, would be joining to help grow the company’s global sales...

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Uber Will Let Employees Work From Home Until June 2021
August 04, 2020

Uber will let employees work from home through June of next year, according to CNBC. The decision comes after Google made a similar choice, showing the newfound acceptance of remote work amid the pandemic. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made the announcement at an employee meeting. The...

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Citi Changes Its TTS Management Team
August 03, 2020

Citi has named Stephen Randall as the TTS global head of liquidity management services in the London office, the company has announced. He succeeds Mark Smith in the role. Randall will report to Global Head of TTS Naveed Sultan and will be a member of the Global...

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Sezzle Names Former PayPal Exec To Lead Sales
July 30, 2020

Sezzle, the Minneapolis-based installment-based payments platform, has announced the appointment of Reid Bork to its leadership team. Bork, who served as senior director of global accounts at PayPal for a dozen years, was named vice president of enterprise sales. In the newly created role, he...

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Paytm Money Taps Veteran FinTech Exec As New CEO
July 29, 2020

Paytm Money, which bills itself as India’s largest online investment and wealth management platform, announced Wednesday (July 29) it has appointed Varun Sridhar as its new chief executive. The veteran FinTech executive will be in charge of the launch and development of firm’s equity brokerage...

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CEO Davies Exits Revolut After One Year
July 27, 2020

Banking veteran Richard Davies is leaving his role as CEO of banking at digital-banking shop Revolut, one year after coming aboard to bring his seasoned skills to the startup, the Financial Times reported. Davies’ exit comes just four days after the London-based operation announced $80...

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Spreedly Fills Three Top Roles
July 23, 2020

Payments orchestration software producer Spreedly is growing its leadership team and has named new heads of human resources, technology and marketing, the company announced on Thursday (July 23). “As demand for the Spreedly platform continues to accelerate, it’s vital that we expand our leadership team...