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Velera Appoints California Coast Credit Union CEO Todd Lane to Board of Directors
December 18, 2025

Credit union service organization (CUSO) Velera appointed Todd Lane, president and CEO of California Coast Credit Union, as a member of its board of directors. Lane has served as an associate board member since 2021, Velera said in a Thursday (Dec. 18) press release. “In...

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CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham to Join Crypto Payments Company MoonPay
December 17, 2025

Caroline D. Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will join crypto payments company MoonPay as chief legal officer and chief administrative officer upon the conclusion of her role at the CFTC. MoonPay announced the appointment in a Wednesday (Dec. 17) press release, saying Pham has overseen “a pivotal year of...

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Freightos Launches CEO Search as Founder Zvi Schreiber Prepares to Step Down
December 17, 2025

Freightos founder and CEO Zvi Schreiber has decided to step down from his role as CEO to pursue other entrepreneurial interests. Schreiber will leave the role Jan. 31, 2026, but will continue to serve as a non-executive board member, the global freight booking and payment...

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Monzo Investor Group Seeks to Reinstate FinTech’s CEO
December 17, 2025

A group of shareholders in digital bank Monzo reportedly want to reinstate its outgoing CEO. TS Anil is due to step down as head of the U.K. company in February, but these investors hope to keep him in the chief executive position, the Financial Times...

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Federal Government Employment Dropped in October as DOGE Cuts Took Effect
December 16, 2025

Federal government employment dropped sharply in October and continued to fall in November as cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) earlier this year began to impact employment numbers. Employment in the sector dropped by 162,000 in October and 6,000 in November, according to...

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Outgoing Monzo CEO TS Anil Was Allegedly Asked to Leave by FinTech’s Board
December 16, 2025

Monzo CEO TS Anil announced in October plans to hand the company over to new leadership. The company said the transition was happenstance. It had been seeking a new United Kingdom CEO to report to Anil and found in Google veteran Diana Layfield, someone who...

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Socure Promotes CRO Matthew Thompson to President and CCO Amid Global Expansion
December 11, 2025

Socure, the artificial intelligence-first platform for global identity and risk decisioning, has promoted its chief revenue officer, Matthew Thompson, to president and chief commercial officer. Thompson will partner with Socure Founder and CEO Johnny Ayers to lead the company’s global expansion, according to a Thursday...

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Chime Names Mark Troughton President 
December 10, 2025

Chime announced three promotions within its executive leadership team Wednesday (Dec. 10), saying the moves reflect the company’s expansion and growth. The promotions include a new president, chief operating officer (COO) and chief growth officer (CGO), the consumer FinTech company said in a Wednesday press...

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Pipe Picks Product Chief Claurelle Rakipovic as New CEO
December 07, 2025

Embedded capital FinTech Pipe is reportedly set to name a new chief executive. Luke Voiles, who became the company’s CEO in 2023, will be replaced by Pipe’s chief product officer Claurelle Rakipovic, the company announced Monday.  With Pipe for a year, Rakipovic has helped turn...