Category: People
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Former Worldfirst Executive Oliver Whelan Joins UK Fintech Storfund
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After a six-month search, Storfund has appointed Oliver Whelan, previously Worldfirst Global Head of Enterprise, as Chief Revenue Officer. Whelan, who spent ten years at payments fintech Worldfirst, will be responsible for accelerating Storfund’s rapid and profitable growth. This press release contains multimedia content.
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Meet Chief Strategy Officer At Extractable Alex Jiménez
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Alex Jiménez is a Managing Principal at EPAM’s Financial Services Consulting practice focused on retail banking. His other recent experience includes serving as Chief Strategy Officer at Finalytics.ai, an AI fintech platform, and Extractable, a digital strategy and design consultancy.
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Meet Fintech Influencer And Journalist Aaron Pressman
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Aaron Pressman (Twitter) is a creative and clever journalist with comprehensive experience distilling complex issues into compelling content. He is a fast writer who can produce brief analyses on breaking news and spend weeks drilling into a complex topic to create award-winning feature stories. Find more information on his personal…
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Zurich: Loanboox Hires Former Wefox CEO Oliver Lang
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Zurich-based Swiss FinTech AG d/b/a Loanboox (website) brings German fintech celebrities onto its board of directors. The financing platform is also expanding its team in its northern neighbor. The German-Swiss insurtech Wefox is already considered a valuation unicorn and Loanboox has now been able to recruit former Wefox CEO Oliver…
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Edwin Zacipa – Introducing One Of The Most Important LATAM Fintech Influencers
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Edwin Zacipa (Twitter) (Linkedin) is one of the leading fintech influencers in Latin America. Based in Colombia, he is an entrepreneur with experience in retail banking, co-founder, and former managing director at the Colombian Fintech Association. He had led the Colombian operations of British consulting firms specializing in Open Banking.
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Meet The Crypto Czar And FinTech Entrepreneur Alex Alexandrov
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The crypto czar and FinTech entrepreneur Alex Alexandrov was born in Ukraine and moved to Canada at a young age. He started a bitcoin mining venture around 2012 when the Bitcoin (BTC) price was around $4. In 2013, Alex and his then partner Jason Butcher acquired the crypto startup CoinPayments…
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Introducing Binance.US CEO & President Brian Shroder
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The former Boston Consulting Group principal Brian Shroder with a Harvard MBA, is the CEO of BAM Trading Services Inc. d/b/a Binance.US, the US branch of the Binance Group. In April 2022, Binance.US raised over $200 million in its first external funding round just before the crypto markets collapsed. The…
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PPRO CFO Goetz Moeller Replaced By Rahul Raswant!
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The FCA-regulated e-Money Institution PPRO Financial Ltd d/b/a PPRO is controlled by the German PPRO Holding GmbH and has affiliated companies in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. The company was co-founded by the former Wirecard manager Tobias Schreyer in 2011. The German Goetz Moeller has been the CFO…
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Fintech Pioneer Gian Reto a Porta Named Business Angel Of The Year
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The Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (Seca) has named Gian Reto à Porta its 20th Business Angel of the Year. The pioneering Swiss fintech entrepreneur impressed the jury with his commitment as a fintech networker and successful angel investor in Swiss scaleups. He brings not only smart money…