MasterCard has made changes to its leadership setup in Asia Pacific, with former president Matthew Driver gaining the role of group executive, while a new role has been created to improve payment infrastructure in the region.
Barclays has appointed Richard Fisher, former CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and current Pepsi board member, as a senior advisor. The appointment will be effective from 1st July, 2015.
Indian mobile payment platform Paytm has made three new additions to its board of directors, including Facebook’s first female engineer and the former global business head of WhatsApp.
MasterCard has appointed Ling Hai and Ari Sarker as co-presidents for the Asia/Pacific region and has also created new sub-regions: North East Asia and Australasia (NEAA) and South East Asia and South Asia (SEASA).
Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, the former basketball player, businessman and philanthropist, is joining Square this summer as a member of its board of directors.
Visa Inc. has elected Lloyd Carney as an independent director to its board of directors. Carney will also serve as a member of the board’s Audit and Risk committee.
Former Google executive Frank T. Young has joined Global Payments as senior vice president of Global Product and Innovation.
The International Payments Framework Association (IPFA) has made Elizabeth McQuerry, a partner in the US payments consulting firm Glenbrook Partners, its new CEO with immediate effect. It has also appointed a new member to its board of directors and a new company secretary.
Ripple Labs has announced a new addition to its advisory board, with Donald Donahue, former CEO of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), joining the company to offer security and financial expertise.
Xapo looks to add Wall Street experience as Visa founder Dee Hock forms its new advisory board alongside former chairman & CEO of Citibank John Reed, and former Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence H. Summers.
