Banco Santander (Brasil) said Friday (March 20) that Gilson Finkelsztain, CEO of Brazilian stock exchange B3, will become its new CEO when Mario Roberto Opice Leão steps down from that position at the Brazilian bank by the middle of the year. Leão will step down...
Klarna has lost four senior staff members since January, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 19), citing updates in LinkedIn profiles. Andrea Ferraz Estrada, head of investor relations and M&A, who worked at Klarna for six years and seven months, left the company in March to become...
U.S. Bank-owned payments processing company Elavon has named a new CEO. Wally Mlynarski has been tapped to serve as its chief executive, Elavon announced in a news release Wednesday (March 18). According to the release, Mlynarski joins Elavon from Bank of America, where he oversaw merchant services and receivables. He had...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking a new enforcement director. The regulator announced Monday (March 16) that Judge Margaret Ryan had stepped down as director of the Division of Enforcement. Principal Deputy Director Sam Waldon will now serve as the division’s acting director, with the SEC expecting...
Identity verification/fraud protection platform Trulioo has named three new executives from the payments field. The company on Thursday (March 12) announced the appointments of Chad Gerhardstein as chief risk and strategy officer, Danielle Holbrook Dunn as chief transformation officer, and Uri Zelmanovich as chief financial...
International freight industry platform Freightos appointed its chief financial officer and interim CEO, Pablo Pinillos, as its CEO and a member of the board of directors, effective Monday (March 16). The move comes after Freightos founder Zvi Schreiber stepped down from his role as CEO...
Issuer processing platform Thredd has named a new chief technology officer (CTO). Marilyn McDonald will join the company following senior positions that offered “global transformation experience” at the likes of Citigroup, Mastercard, Expedia and StubHub, Thredd said in a Monday (March 9) news release. “Her focus is on strengthening operational readiness, bank-grade delivery, enterprise...
Visa has appointed one of its executives, Leonardo J. Collado, to lead Pismo, the provider of processing solutions for bank, FinTechs and financial institutions around the world that Visa acquired in 2024. Collado, who is currently senior vice president at Visa and head of value-added services for Latin...
Morgan Stanley announced Thursday (March 5) that it would reduce its global workforce by about 2,500 employees, or roughly 3% of its total staff, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. The reductions are broad in scope, impacting the firm’s three primary pillars: investment...