Fintech Focus — June 2020

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June 2020

• Addepar: Ruchir Swarup joined Addepar as Chief Technology Officer. Ruchir was previously a Managing Director for the Aladdin platform at BlackRock. Link
• Airbnb: Tara Bunch joined Airbnb as Global Head of Operations. Tara was previously VP of Operations at Apple.
• American Express: Glenda McNeal joined the Executive Committee at American Express. Glenda is currently President of Strategic Partnerships and will become the first black woman to sit on the Committee. Link
• Blackstone: Ruth Porat joined the board of directors at Blackstone. Ruth is the Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet. Link
• Chime: Sumit Mallick joined Chime as Head of Litigation. Sumit was previously a member of the Global Investigations and Litigation team at Stripe.
• Compass: Margaret Smith was named Interim Chief People Officer at Compass. Margaret was previously Head of Talent with the firm.
• Gemini: Jeremy Ng joined Gemini as Managing Director for Asia-Pacific. Jeremy was previously CEO of Asia at Leonteq. Link
• Green Dot: Greg Quarles joined Green Dot Bank as Chief Executive Officer. Greg was previously Chief Executive Officer of American State Bancshares. Link
• IEX: Daniel Ciment joined IEX as Chief Operating Officer. Daniel was previously Managing Director of Head of Global Equities Electronic Trading at JPMorgan. Link
• JPMorgan: Sarah Olsen joined JPMorgan as an Executive Director with the firm’s wholesale payments innovation team. Sarah was previously a Managing Director of Corporate Development at Gemini. Link
• Libra: Sterling Daines joined the Libra Association as Chief Compliance Officer. Sterling was previously Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance at Credit Suisse. Link
• Marqeta: Helen Riley and Jud Linville joined the board of directors at Marqeta. Helen is Chief Financial Officer of X (an Alphabet company). Jud is the former Chief Executive Officer of Global Cards and Customer Services at Citi. Link
• Meed Banking Club: Loren Tama joined Meed Banking Club as Chief Financial Officer. Loren was previously a Managing Director at KPMG.
• Opendoor: Mark Kinsella joined Opendoor as VP of Engineering. Mark was previously a Director of Engineering at Lyft. Link
• Pipe: Michal Cieplinksi joined Pipe as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer. Michal was previously SVP and General Counsel at LendingClub.
• Ripple: Vidya Mani joined Ripple as VP of Engineering for RippleNet. Vidya was previously Director of Engineering at Braintree.
• Silicon Valley Bank: Mark Rohrwasser joined Silicon Valley Bank as Chief Information Officer. Mark was previously International Chief Information Officer at Equifax. Link
• Square: Darren Walker joined the board of directors at Square. Darren is President of The Ford Foundation. Link
• Tradeshift: Carrie Dolan joined Tradeshift as Chief Financial Officer. Carrie was previously Chief Financial Officer of Metromile. Link
• Two Sigma: Jeff Wecker joined Two Sigma as Chief Technology Officer. Jeff was previously a Partner and Chief Data Officer at Goldman Sachs. Link
• Visa: Chris Newkirk joined Visa as Chief Strategy Officer. Chris was previously President of Small Business and International at Capital One.

What We’re Following

• Techcrunch article: “Apple launches Path to Apple Card, a 4-month credit worthiness improvement program”
• ProPublica article: “This Treasury Official Is Running the Bailout. It’s Been Great for His Family”
• Fintech Beat podcast: “Brian Brooks on the Community Reinvestment Act — and fintech”
• WSJ article: “Germany Moves to Overhaul Accounting Oversight Amid Wirecard Scandal”
• Popula long-form comic: “Style Normalizing the Language of Force”
• Longreads article: “Tea, Biscuits, and Empire: The Long Con of Britishness”

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