FinaMaze appoints Michael McManus-Schouchana to lead European Expansion
FinaMaze, the ADGM-based AI Digital Wealth Manager, announced today the appointment of Michael McManus-Schouchana as a key member of the Advisory Board. Michael, a renowned business development expert with over 20 years of international experience, will lead the charge in driving FinaMaze’s strategic growth and development in Europe. Michael’s impressive resume includes working with prestigious […]
Penrose Midstream Partners secures equity commitment from EIV Capital
Penrose Midstream Partners, a growth-oriented midstream company focused on acquiring, developing, operating and optimizing midstream infrastructure, yesterday announced an equity commitment by EIV Capital, and Penrose’s management. Penrose is led by Chief Executive Officer Rick Van Eyk, an industry veteran with a 20-year track record of value creation in the energy business, including leadership roles […]
Gateway First Bank to acquire Bartlesville’s Regent bank branch
Gateway First Bank plans to expand its footprint in the Bartlesville, OK, community by acquiring a banking center at 422 Dewey Avenue in downtown Bartlesville. The location is currently a branch of Regent Bank. The acquisition is subject to the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals. The parties currently expect the transaction to close in […]
Republic Capital Group welcomes Jim Collins as Partner, MD and General Counsel
Republic Capital Group, one of the leading independent investment banks that focuses on the RIA, wealth and asset management, securities, and fintech industries, announced yesterday that Jim Collins has joined the firm as Partner, Managing Director & General Counsel. He previously was a partner at the M&A investment bank, Silver Lane Advisors LLC (“Silver Lane”), and at […]
LendingClub appoints Janey Whiteside to its Board of Directors
LendingClub Corporation, the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America’s leading digital marketplace bank, yesterday announced that Janey Whiteside joined as the newest member of its Board of Directors, effective April 20, 2023. “We’re so pleased to welcome Janey to our Board of Directors,” said Scott Sanborn, CEO of LendingClub. “Janey has a track record of […]
SmartMetric’s fingerprint-activated biometric credit card to replace mag-stripe cards
It has been reported that Spain is supposedly the first European country that has officially announced the adoption of fingerprint activated biometric credit and debit cards that will not have a mag stripe. Because of the inherit risk of mag stripes that are easily read and copied, Spain is being reported that card issuing banks will […]
Dominari Financial acquires Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust
Dominari Financial Inc, the financial services subsidiary of Dominari Holdings Inc, has announced the acquisition of the broker-dealer and registered investment advisor business of Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust. The acquired business will be the foundation of a new financial services entity that will be known as Dominari Securities LLC. Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust […]
BTG Pactual acquires 100 percent of FIS Privatbank S.A. in Luxembourg
FIS Privatbank is a private bank that operates for about 30 years in Luxembourg, one of the main banking jurisdictions in Europe. Its expertise comprises the activities of wealth management, asset management and financing. Main clients are high net worth individuals, family offices and institutional investors. At the end of 2022, the bank managed about EUR 500 mm from […]
Stephen Bowman and Hikmet Ersek elected to Voya’s Financial board
Voya Financial, Inc., announced yesterday that Stephen “Biff” Bowman and Hikmet Ersek have been elected to the company’s board of directors, with immediate effect. Bowman was most recently chief financial officer of Northern Trust Corporation, a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking. He will serve on the board’s audit committee; […]
JCB and Vietnam Prosperity launches VPBank JCB Credit Card
JCB International Co. Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, and Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank), a major commercial bank in Vietnam, announced the launch of VPBank JCB Credit Card in Vietnam. The new VPBank JCB Credit Card is the first credit card which is […]
