Following the 149th Annual General Meeting of the Chartered Banker Institute, we are delighted to announce the election of Paul Denton as our new President and Chair, and the appointments of a new Vice-President, Billy MacLeod and a new Board Trustee, Eunice Chan Chun Hei.
The Bank of America has moved to support Simply Asset Finance, a fintech that focuses on lending to SMEs, with a loan facility worth up to $120 million.
ekko, a pioneering fintech dedicated to integrating sustainability into every financial transaction, has announced two major appointments as part of its ongoing expansion efforts. The company has confirmed the addition of Anthony Thomson, the founder and former chairman of Metro Bank, Australian neobank, 86 400, and Atom Bank to its board of directors. Additionally, Majda Dabaghi has been named as ekko's new CSO. These two strategic appointments reflect ekko's significant ambition as it enters an important phase of development and expansion following the company's recent $2.5m in funding.
Visa Foundation is supporting women in growing their small businesses and making them more resilient, increasing economic mobility and creating wealth for themselves.To learn more about the financial inclusion efforts made by the organisation, Finextra spoke to Najada Kumbuli, vice president and head of investments at Visa Foundation.
The Board of the insurtech company Lumera has appointed Jonas Alfredson CEO. He is currently Lumera's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and has been acting CEO since February 2024. He will assume the position on July 1.
Demand for tokenised real-world assets could reach $30.1 trillion by 2034, with trade finance assets making up a significant part of the market, predicts a paper from Standard Chartered and Synpulse.
