Cpo news and trends

How AI Helps Turn the Finance Function Into a Competitive Moat
B2B Payments // October 03, 2023

Sustainable growth comes from consistent organizational buy-in at the executive level. “It is about setting strategic direction from the top,” Aanchal Kochhar, head of product at Capital One Trade Credit, told PYMNTS. And two roles whose departments are growing increasingly important, as well as becoming...

Treasurers Will Have ‘Cloud Moment’ as Real-Time Payments Gain Traction
Payments Innovation // October 27, 2022

As Modern Treasury Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Matt Marcus sees it, over the next few years, the payments sector will see seismic shifts as transactions make the leap to near-instant settlement and widespread usage. Speaking with PYMNTS, Marcus said he’s grown used to rapid...

First Fed Bank Names FinTech Banking Exec Grandner as Chief Payments Officer
Digital Payments // October 17, 2022

First Fed Bank has announced a new senior vice president and chief payments officer in Ana Liza Grandner, a press release said. Grandner has over 20 years’ experience in financial services with banks and fintechs, including being VP, Head of Fintech Banking and Head of...

Bakkt Bitcoin Exchange Hires PayPal, Google Alum As CPO
Personnel // April 15, 2019

Bitcoin exchange Bakkt has hired PayPal and Google alum Mike Blandina as its chief product officer. Previously, Blandina was at Google Wallet, where he was engineering director of payments, and at PayPal as vice president of engineering. He joins former Worldpay exec Balaji Devarasetty, as well...

Interviews & Exclusives
How AI Helps Turn the Finance Function Into a Competitive Moat

October 03, 2023
Sustainable growth comes from consistent organizational buy-in at the executive level. “It is about setting strategic direction from the top,” Aanchal Kochhar, head of product at Capital One Trade Credit, told PYMNTS. And two roles whose departments are growing increasingly important, as well as becoming increasingly intertwined, are that of the chief product officer (CPO) […]

Treasurers Will Have ‘Cloud Moment’ as Real-Time Payments Gain Traction

October 27, 2022
As Modern Treasury Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Matt Marcus sees it, over the next few years, the payments sector will see seismic shifts as transactions make the leap to...

Quick Reads
OpenAI Names Ex-Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar as CFO, Kevin Weil as CPO

June 10, 2024
OpenAI has named a new chief financial officer (CFO) and a new chief product officer (CPO) as it prepares for its “next phase of growth.” Sarah Friar, former CEO of Nextdoor, has joined OpenAI as CFO, and Kevin Weil, former president, product and business at Planet Labs, has joined the company as CPO, OpenAI said in a Monday (June […]

First Fed Bank Names FinTech Banking Exec Grandner as Chief Payments Officer

October 17, 2022
First Fed Bank has announced a new senior vice president and chief payments officer in Ana Liza Grandner, a press release said. Grandner has over 20 years’ experience in financial...

Bakkt Bitcoin Exchange Hires PayPal, Google Alum As CPO

April 15, 2019
Bitcoin exchange Bakkt has hired PayPal and Google alum Mike Blandina as its chief product officer. Previously, Blandina was at Google Wallet, where he was engineering director of payments, and at...

The CPO’s Rocky Climb To The Top

March 30, 2015
It’s a relatively new executive position, but the emergence of the Chief Procurement Officer in corporations has already demonstrated the positive correlation between intelligent, cost-saving procurement behavior and the success...