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Bison Bank chooses Martins as Chief Crypto Officer

13 July 2026 Portugal
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Bison Bank is combining with Bison Digital Assets to form a unified entity, with Ricardo Martins transitioning into the role of chief crypto officer, head of the operations and data department

ClearBank appoints Johnstone as CPO

10 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Ken Johnstone joins from NatWest and will lead product strategy, scaling the bank’s platform and capabilities across the UK and Europe

Ripple appoints Parfitt

09 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Tom Parfitt joins the firm as a liquidity analyst, where he will be focusing on liquidity management and supporting the growth of RLUSD, Ripple’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin

SWIAT chooses Miederer

02 July 2026 Germany
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Felix Miederer will become the German fintech’s co-CEO while remaining in his current position as chief operating officer, with current CEO Henning Vollbehr stepping down

IRACE appoints Byrne as CCO

02 July 2026 Ireland
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Niamh Byrne has joined the institutional banking platform as its group chief commercial officer, following four years at Zodia Custody, most recently as head of revenue operations

Standard Chartered makes new appointments in Europe

30 June 2026 UK, Europe
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Margaret Harwood-Jones has been appointed as CEO for Europe and UK and Jörg Hessenmüller as CEO for SCB AG

Gallais joins Zodia Custody

24 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Aude Gallais joins the institutional digital asset custodian as its partnerships lead, following two years with Taurus, where she was strategic partnerships manager

Broadridge appoints Nichols

23 June 2026 US, UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

As co-president of digital assets, Nichols will spearhead Broadridge’s strategy, product development, and execution across the tokenisation and digital asset arena

Xapo Bank chooses Fernandes

19 June 2026 Gibraltar
Reporter: Matthew Challis

André Lezan Fernandes brings a decade of financial services experience with him to the bank, joining as its product project manager following six years with Kraken

Ondo chooses Hoffman

12 June 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

John Hoffman joins the firm as managing director, head of product portfolios, from Grayscale Investments, where he served as managing director, head of distribution and partnerships

Pirum promotes Stillwell

12 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

James Stillwell will lead product management for CollateralConnect, Pirum’s cross-venue collateral management and optimisation platform

Ramachandran joins Standard Chartered

12 June 2026 UAE
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Hari Ramachandran joins the firm as product director, digital assets and DLT, bringing seven years of experience spanning stablecoins, custody, and tokenisation with him to his new role

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