Presto Automation has appointed its chief operating officer, Xavier Casanova, as CEO. Casanova succeeds interim CEO Krishna Gupta, who will return to his role as chairman of the board of directors, the provider of drive-thru automation technology for the hospitality industry said in a Tuesday...
Global payment solution provider Verifone has appointed one of its advisors, Mike Kohlsdorf, as its new CEO. Kohlsdorf has been a senior operating partner affiliated with Francisco Partners, the owner of Verifone, since 2011 and has served as CEO of eight of that firm’s portfolio...
A 23-year veteran of U.K. bank Standard Chartered is reportedly departing for India’s Yes Bank. Manish Jain, who had been Standard Chartered’s co-head of corporate, commercial and institutional banking for India, is set to become Yes Bank’s head of corporate banking, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Aug. 1). A spokesperson for...
Specialty apparel company Gap has appointed Mattel veteran Richard Dickson as its president and CEO, effective Aug. 22. Dickson is currently president and chief operating officer at global toy company Mattel, where he “restored the company to growth” and was a leader in reinvigorating the brands Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price,...
Ant Group has appointed its senior vice president, Peng Yang, as president of the company’s International Business Group (IBG). Yang will report to Eric Jing, chairman and CEO of Ant Group, and is tasked to lead the the company’s international growth and further solidify partnerships,...
Paytronix has appointed industry veteran and current board member Jeff Hindman as its new CEO. Hindman succeeds the company’s founder and current CEO, Andrew Robbins, who will assume the new role of executive chairman, Paytronix said in a Tuesday (July 18) press release. These moves aim to position Paytronix for...
Amazon laid off a “small number” of employees in its Pharmacy business Thursday (July 13). The layoffs come after the retail giant completed its largest job reduction in its 29 years, focused on grocery and devices, CNBC reported Friday (July 14). Reach for comment by PYMNTS, Amazon spokesperson Brad...
James Bullard, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has announced his resignation. Bullard stepped down from those roles Thursday (July 13) and will leave the bank effective Aug. 14 to become the inaugural dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of...
The Department of the Treasury has named Andrea Gacki as the new director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). As the current director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Gacki has a track record of leading the U.S. government’s implementation and enforcement of economic sanctions, the Treasury Department...