Category: People
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FCA-Regulated Paysafe Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
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NYSE-listed payment processor Paysafe Ltd announced that it appointed Alex Gersh (LinkedIn) as its new CFO. Gersh joins the company on October 3, 2022, and will report to Paysafe CEO Bruce Lowthers. The new payment executive joins Paysafe from Nasdaq-listed Sportradar, a global sports technology company. He has a record…
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New Boss At Fintech Abrantix!
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Paytech company Abrantix has appointed former chief market officer of French payments giant Worldline, Roger Niederer, as its new CEO. According to a statement, Niederer brings global expertise in fintech and merchant services, M&A and internationalization experience, and a worldwide network. He replaces founder Daniel Eckstein, who will remain with…
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Kenyan Pezesha Receives $11M from Women’s World Banking And IOG!
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The Kenyan embedded finance fintech company Pezesha (website) secured an $11 million pre-Series A equity round led by Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II with participation from Verdant Frontiers Fintech Fund, cFund, and Cardano blockchain maker Input Output Global (IOG). The round also included a $5 million loan from Talanton…
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Searching The Wirecard Millions? FinTelegram’s Investigative Journey To Find Answers!
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FinTelegram launched a new series about the search for the vanished Wirecard millions. The only big question at Wirecard was and is where around €1.9 billion remained. The Wirecard collapse in 2020 triggered one of the biggest financial scandals in Germany. While founder and CEO Markus Braun is still in…
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DWS Hires Ex-Fintech Manager For New Digital Unit
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German fund company DWS has appointed André Bajorat (LinkedIn) as head of the new Digital Strategy, Products and Solutions division. Bajorat is to take over the department on September 1. He has worked at Deutsche Bank since 2020 as head of the strategy at the corporate bank. Previously, he was…
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FinTech Atlantic Money Praises The “Great Work” Of Wise, Revolut, And PayPal – And Wants To Acquire Them!
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Wise, Revolut & Co have made a name for themselves with low fees for foreign transfers. Atlantic Money says: We can do it better and much cheaper. The founders of FinTech Atlantic Money do not lack self-confidence and aim to surpass their competition.
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Former Austrian Politician Koestinger Appointed CEO At Mountain-View Data!
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The fund and financial data provider Mountain-View Data, which works not only with ESG data but also with data on cryptocurrencies is the new entrepreneurial home of former Telecom and Austrian Agriculture Minister Elisabeth Koestinger. The latter left politics in May 2022 as one of the closest confidants of former…
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Funding Circle Co-Founder Unveils New fintech Super Payments With $27M Investment!
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Samir Desai (pictured above), the co-founder of Funding Circle, has unveiled Super Payments, a fintech startup he founded back in February but very little was known about until now. The startup successfully raised £22.5 million (about $27 million) in a funding round led by Accel, with participation from Union Square…
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United Fintech Hires Mitch Vine And Danny Finnerty To Expand Us Presence
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United Fintech has expanded its team in New York with the appointment of Mitch Vine and Danny Finnerty (pictured) to expand the fintech’s US presence and provide a one-stop store for banks, hedge funds, and asset managers. The company acquires and scales innovative fintech companies in the capital markets space,…
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PayPal Veteran Jim Magats Becomes CEO Of MX, A Startup That Brings Together Banks And Fintech Companies
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MX, the startup competing with Plaid to connect financial institutions and fintech players, is naming PayPal executive Jim Magats as its new CEO. Magats is an early two-decade PayPal veteran who was recently senior vice president for Omni payments solutions. He replaces Shane Evans, who was named interim CEO in…