British financial institution Salad Money has named Klarna’s former U.K. CEO to chair its board. Alex Marsh, whose appointment was announced Wednesday (Dec. 18) in a news release provided to PYMNTS, succeeds Sir Tim Melville-Ross, who has held the chair position since Salad launched in...
Banco Santander has appointed PayPal veteran Nitin Prabhu as its global head of Digital Consumer Bank (DCB). In this role as head of one of the bank’s five global businesses, Prabhu will be responsible for the auto and consumer business globally as well as its fully digital bank Openbank,...
U.S. Bank has appointed Kristy Carstensen, who was formerly its chief financial officer of Payment Services, as the new leader of its Global Treasury Management business. In her new role, Carstensen will also oversee the bank’s prepaid card organization, U.S. Bank said in a Monday (Nov. 25) press release....
Digital bank Dave has reportedly named a new marketing chief amid regulatory troubles. Kevin Frisch, a veteran of companies such as Intuit QuickBooks and Uber, started his tenure with Dave this week, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Nov. 19). His appointment is happening as Dave — which offers cash advances and...
Clothing reseller ThredUp has chosen Amazon’s ex-luxury resale head as its new social commerce director. Danielle Vermeer will take on the newly-created role of head of social commerce beginning in January of next year, ThredUp said Tuesday (Nov. 11). “We are always building and innovating...
Chipotle has named Interim CEO Scott Boatwright as CEO and member of the board, effective immediately. Boatwright has served as interim CEO since Aug. 31, when former Chipotle Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol left the company to become CEO of Starbucks. Before that, Boatwright served as Chipotle’s chief operating...
Digital commerce solutions firm NCR Voyix has appointed a new president to helm its company. In a Wednesday (Nov. 6) news release, the company named Darren Wilson as its newest international president. The release noted that Wilson will report to CEO David Wilkinson. Wilson’s experience...
The one-time head of Meta’s augmented reality glasses project is headed to OpenAI. Caitlin Kalinowski has been hired to oversee the artificial intelligence startup’s robotics effort, according to a Monday (Nov. 4) post on LinkedIn. Kalinowski began leading Meta’s AR glasses team in March 2022,...
Peloton appointed the co-founder of Apple Fitness+ to serve as its new leader. Peter Stern, who joins the digital fitness brand from a position at Ford, is slated to become president and CEO beginning Jan. 1, according to a Thursday (Oct. 31) press release. “Peter...
