To lead strategic planning for the firm overall and in conjunction with its regional teams, Chris Newkirk is coming to Visa Inc. as its new chief strategy officer. Newkirk, who will start work on June 15, will be an executive committee member and will report to Visa...
Amazon says it plans to send an “appropriate” executive to testify before Congress about how the company uses third-party data, after the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee requested CEO Jeff Bezos to appear, Reuters reported. The eCommerce titan has faced allegations that it used...
The group founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s entry into digital currency has named a former U.S. Treasury Department executive as its first CEO. Stuart Levey, who is serving as chief legal officer of HSBC, the London-based global investment bank and financial...
Mastercard has appointed Mark Barnett as president of its European business headquartered in Brussels. He will be tasked with developing strategy, direction and comprehensive success of Mastercard’s operations across 53 countries in Europe. Mastercard’s European businesses cater to more than 950 million people via business...
March 02, 2020
There is no lack of good ideas in financial services, nor is there a lack of enthusiasm for putting them in place and enhancing the customer experience among banks and other financial service providers. Two years of tracking by the Innovation Readiness Playbooks has clearly demonstrated that financial institutions (FIs) of all sizes are interested in innovating […]
September 12, 2022
African banking group Ecobank has announced that its current CEO Ade Ayeyemi will retire after he turns 60 years old, which is in line with the company policy, a press release said. Succeeding him will be Jeremy Awori, the release said. Alain Nkontchou, Ecobank Group Chairman, said Awori is a “highly respected leader” in the […]
May 27, 2020
To lead strategic planning for the firm overall and in conjunction with its regional teams, Chris Newkirk is coming to Visa Inc. as its new chief strategy officer. Newkirk, who will start...
May 17, 2020
Amazon says it plans to send an “appropriate” executive to testify before Congress about how the company uses third-party data, after the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee requested CEO...
May 06, 2020
The group founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s entry into digital currency has named a former U.S. Treasury Department executive as its first CEO. Stuart Levey, who...
