Silicon Valley Bank has named new heads of its payments and digital solutions divisions. The bank announced Tuesday (Aug. 22) that Martin Murrell had been named head of global payments, while Milton Santiago would become its new global digital solutions head. “In a period of dramatic change in the payments and...
Sweetgreen has reportedly hired two former Chipotle executives to help with its Midwest expansion. Company officials told The Wall Street Journal Monday (Aug. 21) that it had named Michael Kotick, who had been Chipotle’s senior director of marketing, as its head of marketing, and Chad Brauze, previously of Chipotle and Burger...
Amazon’s devices chief is planning to exit the company. David Limp, who oversees products like the company’s Alexa assistant, intends to retire in the coming months, the executive and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced Monday (Aug. 14). “Dave has been an outstanding innovator, exhibited strong judgment and ownership, and...
Payroll provider CloudPay has appointed Roland Folz as its new chief executive. Folz, who had been CEO of financial services firm Solaris, will take up his new role immediately, CloudPay said in a news release Monday (Aug. 14). “In his new role as CEO, Folz...
Ford has named Apple veteran Peter Stern to oversee its connected car efforts. Stern, a key player behind the launch of services like Apple TV+, Apple One and Apple Fitness+, was named to lead the newly formed Ford Integrated Services, the auto giant said in...
PayPal has named longtime Intuit executive Alex Chriss to serve as its new president and CEO. The payments company announced Chriss’ appointment in a Monday (Aug. 14) press release, following a months-long search for a replacement for current president and CEO Dan Schulman. “With his depth of experience in product...
MercadoLibre has appointed a senior vice president, Martín de los Santos, as its new chief financial officer (CFO). He succeeds Pedro Arnt, who left to pursue new opportunities outside the company, the eCommerce and digital financial services firm with operations in 18 Latin American countries said in a...
Truepill, a provider of B2B solutions for the pharmacy industry, has appointed its president, Paul Greenall, as CEO. Greenall joined the company in 2022 and, as president, oversaw global operations and led the company’s business strategy, partnerships and growth teams, Truepill said in a Friday...
Salesforce has laid off about 50 sales and customer success employees in its Irish offices. These job cuts were made Wednesday (Aug. 2) and are in addition to a 10% reduction of the companywide staff announced earlier this year, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Reached for comment by PYMNTS,...