H&M exec joins Swedish FinTech firm
Trustly, a pan-European FinTech company specialising in providing faster payments, has announced the appointment of Josef Darmark and Märta Viberg. The two will play an integral role in Trustly’s global expansion.
Career Moves
Alibaba gains new Director
E-commerce giant Alibaba has announced the appointment of its new director, with industry veteran Wan Ling Martello now working as an independent director on the company’s board.
Emergent Payments hires PayPal and Visa executives
Senior executives from Visa, MasterCard and Worldpay have all joined Emergent Payments, a recently relaunched payments company that specialises in improving the transaction process for digital businesses.
Andreesen Horowitz appoints TrialPay CEO as general partner
Andreesen Horowitz has announced the appointment of Alex Rampell as its new general partner.
TSYS appoints new Chief Information Officer
Total System Services (TSYS) has appointed Patricia A. Watson as its new chief information officer (CIO). Watson has over 17 years’ experience within the financial services industry, including her time as head of Bank of America’s payment division.
Planet Payment appoints new President
Planet Payment, the international payment and transaction company, has promoted from within by appointing current chief operating officer Robert J. Cox as the new company president.
HSBC Bank names new CEO
Antonio Simoes has been appointed CEO of HSBC Bank plc and Chief Executive of Europe. The former Goldman Sachs associate will officially start his role on September 1st.
Square adds new member to board of directors
Square has added Ruth Simmons, former Goldman Sachs board member and president of Brown University, to its board of directors.
Visa appoints new group executive for Latin America and Caribbean region
Eduardo Coello, a 15-year veteran of the payments company, will be responsible for all of Visa’s operations in the region including regional business development and client relationship management with financial institutions, merchants, and partners.
Ripple Labs appoints former US Treasury official as advisor
Ripple Labs, a payments technology company and supporter of the Ripple protocol, has named Michael S. Barr, former official at the US Department of the Treasury, as an advisor to the company.
