People | FinTelegram News

Category: People

September 24, 2023

People Radar: Meet Rock Star Investor and Crypto Advocate Cathie Wood!

Cathie Wood is certainly a Rock Star investor and bullish about tech and cryptocurrencies. Born in November 1955 in Los Angeles, California, she is best known as the founder, CEO, and CIO of ARK Invest, a leading investment management firm. She is arguably the world's most influential investor in technology today and has earned a reputation as an evangelist for disruptive innovations. Meet her on FinTelegram.

People Radar

September 21, 2023

Elon Musk: Interesting Things We Learned About The Richest Man On The Planet In The New Biography!

Walter Isaacson's latest biography on PayPal and Tesla founder Elon Musk has stirred controversy, particularly regarding an incident involving Starlink satellite internet service and a Ukrainian drone attack. However, the 688-page book delves deeper, revealing lesser-known facets of Musk's life. Elon’s childhood in South Africa reads like the origin story for a superhero, or maybe a supervillain, the Washington Post comments.

People Radar

September 18, 2023

People Radar: Latvian Payment Veteran Edgars Lasmanis And His Ventures!

We have stated in our review of the offshore broker RoboForex that it offers its financial products in the jurisdictions of the EEA without the appropriate regulatory permission. New clients without KYC can also make quick deposits via credit/debit cards. One of the facilitating payment processors is Walletto, founded by Edgars Lasmanis and supervised by the Bank of Lithuania. Here is a short portrait.

September 7, 2023

Swiss Regulator FINMA CEO Resigns In Wake Of Credit Suisse Downfall!

The collapse of Credit Suisse is also having an impact on the Swiss regulator FINMA. The regulatory authority surprisingly announced that its CEO, Urban Angehrn, will resign by the end of the month. This decision comes roughly half a year after FINMA faced significant scrutiny for not averting the downfall of Credit Suisse. Angehrn, who has been at the helm since November 2021, cited health concerns as the primary reason for his departure.

September 7, 2023

German Payment Company PPRO Appoints Motie Bring As New Chief Executive Officer

German payment processor PPRO announced that its Board had elevated its Chief Commercial Officer, Motie Bring (LinkedIn), to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective from 2 Oct 2023. Motie will succeed the outgoing CEO, Simon Black, who had previously declared his intention to step down. This decision comes after a thorough internal and external search process overseen by the Board in recent months.

Job Movements

September 6, 2023

UBS Super-Rich Banker Moves To British Rival Schroders.

Schroders has hired the former UBS executive Urs Büchi (LinkedIn) for the German market. He will drive private banking in the neighboring country from Zurich. Urs Büchi has been head of wealth management in Germany for the British asset manager since last August. According to a statement on Tuesday, he focuses on expanding this growth market.

September 2, 2023

FinTech Giant Wise Accidentally Facilitates Withdrawal for Sanctioned Individual! CEO Goes On Parental Leave!

Amidst the complexities of global sanctions and the dynamics of financial technology, Wise, a UK-based fintech leader, finds itself entangled in an incident of inadvertent sanctions breach. An individual listed on the Russian sanctions roster was unexpectedly allowed to withdraw £250 ($316.63) from a Wise business account, as revealed by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), a regulatory arm of the UK government.

August 31, 2023

Former UBS Executive Sarah Youngwood Appointed As Nasdaq CFO

Fortunately, the Nasdaq board remains a female-driven exchange. This is also shown by the latest job appointments at the world's most important technology exchange. Sarah Youngwood (LinkedIn), who previously found herself sidelined on Sergio Ermotti's UBS board, has been appointed as the CFO for Nasdaq. This transition will take effect from December 1, as she fills the shoes of outgoing CFO Ann Dennison.

August 29, 2023

Legal Opinion: Josip Heit, MLM Leader, Declared a Person of Public Interest!

Josip Heit, domiciled in Germany, is notably engaged in multi-level marketing endeavors. Legal representations made by his Berlin-based legal counsel, Irle Moser, as documented in court filings, attest to this. Mr. Heit holds authoritative positions in several corporate entities spanning jurisdictions, including the UK, Germany, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, and Mohéli. One might pose the legal question: Does he qualify as a person of public interest?

August 26, 2023

The Presumed Death Of Russian Troll Master Yevgeny Prigohin And The Russian Mafia State!

The Russian entrepreneur and troll master Yevgeny Prigozhin was often referred to as "Putin's chef" or "Putin's henchman" due to his once close ties with the Russian President. He presumably died in a mysterious plane crash. Prigozin's journey from a convicted criminal to a billionaire with interests in various sectors, including catering, media, private military companies, and troll factories, is nothing short of remarkable.

August 23, 2023

PPRO Founder Philipp Nieland Invests Into Private Equity Firm HPE Growth

Amsterdam-based HPE Growth (website), a prominent growth investor specializing in European technology firms, unveiled that PPRO founder Philipp Nieland and his Nieland Family Office, known for its expertise in global technology investments with digital business models spanning two decades, is making a minority GP investment into HPE Growth. This strategic partnership will facilitate the expansion of HPE Growth's technology investment platform.

August 23, 2023

The Downgrading Of Real Estate Firm Signa Group May Have Lethal Consquences!

Austrian real estate mogul Rene Benko and his Signa Group, one of Europe's biggest real estate groups, may be in lethal troubles. This is no surprise given the new economic environment of high interest rates, restrictive lending and stagnating real estate prices. Over the past two decades, Signa Group has grown explosively. Now the German rating agency Creditreform has suspended the rating for Signa Group, which is a new disaster news. Insolvency is no longer ruled out.