Cred Crypto Lender Names PayPal Veteran As CFO
Cred, a global crypto-backed lending and borrowing platform, has announced the addition of two executive team members. Joe Podulka, a 10-year veteran of eBay and PayPal, joins Cred as chief financial...
View ArticleMoney Transfer Co. Azimo Names New CEO
Digital money transfer company Azimo plans to promote COO Richard Ambrose to CEO, as Founder Michael Kent is moving from the CEO role into the executive chairman position, the company said in a...
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What 10 Top CEOs Said About Payments This Summer
There was no shortage of things to watch this summer for payments and commerce peeps. Contactless launched in New York City, retail earnings season was an ongoing rollercoaster, Facebook decided to...
View ArticleDigital Banking Veterans Join i2c Leadership Team
Global digital banking firm i2c Inc. is rounding out its leadership team to include four payments industry veterans, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Sept. 4). Leaders added to the...
View ArticleJack Ma’s Successor Said To Face ‘Big Challenge’
China’s Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma is leaving the firm on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at a time when business has taken a dive, Reuters reported on Monday (Sept. 9). Ma’s hand-picked successor is Daniel...
View ArticleWeWork’s Neumann To Relinquish CEO Role After IPO Shelving
Adam Neumann, co-founder and CEO of WeWork, will step down from his position, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The news comes on the heels of the announcement that the company’s once...
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REPORT: 22 Payments Execs Get Real About AI
For artificial intelligence, beyond the buzzwords and the breathless anticipation lies the reality. Data exists everywhere, of course — and in the payments space, the data is effectively a deluge....
View ArticleProxy War Prompts Exit Of USA Technologies CEO
USA Technologies CEO Stephen Herbert has stepped down against the backdrop of a proxy war ignited by the company’s biggest investor, New York-based hedge fund Hudson Executive Capital, Biz Journals...
View ArticleGoogle Hires First Chief Health Officer
As the tech giant aggressively pursues the health market, Google has hired former Obama administration health official Karen DeSalvo as its first chief health officer. DeSalvo spent the past two years...
View ArticleBill Daley Exits BNY Mellon After Less Than Five Months
The Bank of New York Mellon’s (BNY Mellon) Bill Daley is stepping down after being appointed vice chairman in June, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (Oct. 22). The appointment and...
View ArticleWalmart Taps Kathryn McLay To Lead Sam’s Club
Walmart-owned Sam’s Club has appointed Kathryn McLay to serve as president and chief executive officer, replacing John Furner, who this month succeeded the departing Greg Foran as Walmart U.S. CEO, Fox...
View ArticleCo-Founder Of Circle To Leave Co-CEO Role
The co-founder of Boston-based payments firm Circle will step down from his co-CEO role at the end of December. Sean Neville reportedly notified the board of directors of the company at a quarterly...
View ArticleAfterpay Taps Veteran Mobile Exec To Lead Global Products
Afterpay has appointed former Fanatics executive and longtime mobile leader David Katz as its new global chief product officer, the company announced on Wednesday (Jan. 15). “The customer demand for...
View ArticleWalmart’s Chief Merchant To Exit Post-Holidays
Walmart is making changes to its executive team after the holiday shopping season, according to a report by CNBC. Walmart’s chief merchant, Steve Bratspies, is leaving, according to an internal memo...
View ArticleSamsung Announces Reorg Amid Falling Earnings
Samsung is reorganizing its executive suite following a drop in earnings and the retrial of former leader and Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, known professionally as Jay Y. Lee, according to reports on...
View ArticlePULSE Debit/ATM Network Taps New Product Management, Operations Leaders
The nationwide debit/ATM network PULSE has tapped Jennifer Schroeder to serve as its executive vice president for product management, the company announced Wednesday (Jan. 22). Previously serving as...
View ArticleWalmart-Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Pay Raises, Wave To Pay And The Sweet...
It was a good week for Amazon’s stock price, with a valuation that briefly exceeded $1 trillion before falling back into the far more conservative $927 billion range, reaffirming its membership in the...
View ArticleMastercard Names New CEO; Banga To Become Executive Chair
Mastercard’s Ajay Banga is leaving his post as CEO to assume the company’s executive chairman position effective Jan. 1, 2021, as Chief Product Officer Michael Miebach prepares to take his reins,...
View ArticleHudson’s Bay CEO To Depart In Coming Weeks
After helping to blaze the path for Hudson’s Bay Co. to go private, the company’s chief executive is departing the firm. Helena Foulkes, who is expected to leave in the weeks to come, came to the Saks...
View ArticleChipotle’s Creator Leaves Board, Vacates Exec Chair Title
Following the appointment of Chipotle Mexican Grill’s CEO Brian Niccol to chairman, the chain’s Founder Steve Ells has left the board and vacated his executive chairman title. Ells started the chain in...
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