The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup brings you the latest global fintech stories this Thursday. Paysafe’ s Skrill digital wallet has expanded to the US with currency platform Coinbase , while Jumio has secured a $150million funding round.
On the move
Atidot, the AI and machine learning provider for life insurers, has appointed Valentina Isakina as senior advisor. Isakina will also join Atidot’s advisory board. Her previous roles include advisor for the Office of Tony Blair, strategy for Nationwide Insurance and consulting roles at McKinsey & Company. Cristóbal Conde Cristóbal Conde is now non-executive chairman at fintech firm Fimatix . He’s tasked with identifying opportunities to acquire other fintech and govtech firms. The hire follows the recent appointment of Tim Howarth as chief executive of Fimatix.
Fintech company Cashflows has strengthened its leadership team with three new hires. Francesco Tirelli joins as chief customer officer, while Graham Hiom is head of new business. Additionally, Stephen Fowler joins as head of account management. Cashflows also unveiled plans to develop new products and services.
The CEO Leadership Alliance – Orange County appoints Jasmine Pachnanda to the role of senior vice president. CLA-OC is focused on growing Southern California into a ‘recognised global superhub for artificial intelligence’. More appointments
Meanwhile, RTGS.global, the cross-border liquidity network, has added Jean-Michel Godeffroy and Lord Chris Holmes to its board of advisors. The organisation says the appointments will help the organisation to solve financial friction which is currently estimated to cost the global economy $15trillion per year.
GeoComply Solutions Inc , a geolocation fraud prevention company, has appointed Tim White as general manager of its fintech and OTT streaming business. He will drive the worldwide expansion of GeoComply’s products, as well as manage the roll-out of the company’s international partner programme.
Northern Trust Front Office Solutions has named Nichole Mann as head of operations administration. Meanwhile, Nora Tiller joins as head of client solutions. Front Office Solutions is an integrated, cloud-based service and data platform that enables investment offices to view and analyse data.
Allica Bank has appointed four new relationship managers in order to boost support for brokers and drive new lending. Michael Mann and Maria Fraughan join as business relationship managers. While Daniel Kneafsey and Craig Edwards join to expand the footprint of its new asset finance division. Acquisitions
Wagestream Global small business platform Xero has acquired Tickstar , the e-invoicing infrastructure […]