Abdullo Kurbanov, co-founder and CEO of Alif Bank, speaks to CEO Today about Alif and his career so far. You've got an interesting story of coming back home from London against all the odds and building a company in Central Asia. Why start a fintech in Tajikistan? In the early 2010s, the world was reeling […]
Square and Afterpay have entered into a “Scheme Implementation Deed” under which Square will acquire all of the issued shares in Afterpay. The transaction will be paid entirely in stock and is estimated to have a value of $29 billion. Like many other buy-now-pay-later companies, Afterpay has thrived during the pandemic as more shoppers have […]
On Friday, Xavier Niel announced a “simplified public tender” offer for Iliad shares at an offer price of $216 per share. The proposal saw a 61% increase for the stock on the Euronext Paris, boosting Niel’s net worth by $3 billion up to an estimated net worth of $10.4 billion. Niel owns approximately 70% of […]
Lynne Darcey Quigley, CEO and Founder of Know-it, explains why the platform-as-a-service concept is an advancement that financial business leaders cannot afford to neglect. Customers crave convenience. However, financial institutions often struggle to meet their demands whilst safeguarding information. As banks comply with evolving regulations, customers will benefit from the opening of APIs to customer […]
Revolut is now the UK’s most valuable fintech firm ever, making co-founder Storonsky, who owns more than 20% of the company, a paper billionaire several times over. His net worth is estimated to sit around the $7 billion mark, up from $1.1 billion not long over a year ago in March 2020. Over the past […]
However, over the years, it has evolved into a set of standards that are now used by most healthcare providers to ensure secure environments for storing and transmitting health information. In this blog post, we will not only cover what HIPAA compliance means but why you should care about it too! What Is HIPAA Compliance? […]
As Boeing’s new CFO, West will take on the challenge of leading the company out of the coronavirus crisis, which resulted in record losses of almost $12 billion for the aerospace company last year. West currently stands as the CFO of Refinitiv, a role he has held since 2018, and formerly held the position of […]
Benedetto Vigna will join the sports car powerhouse in Maranello coming from STMicroelecronics, the French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Geneva. Vigna, a physicist by training, rose through the ranks at STMicroelectronics by establishing the business on micromechanical systems, then going on to broader responsibilities and currently leading STMicroelectronics’ most profitable operating business which is a […]
Mr Zine earned an M.Sc. in financial engineering from the University of Montreal, Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales, in 1996, after he was awarded a scholarship in 1994 from the Canadian Government to continue his graduate studies. He began his career at the Royal Bank of Canada where he worked on several strategic projects, including […]
On Tuesday, Starlink’s president Gwynne Shotwell said that by September, SpaceX will be able to beam down Starlink satellite broadband to the entire globe, with around 1,8000 satellites already deployed. By mid-2027, SpaceX hopes to have launched around 42,000 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. However, president Shotwell has said that SpaceX will need to receive […]
Just a month on from Norwegian exiting bankruptcy protection, the company’s CEO, Jacob Schram, is stepping down after 18 months in the role. Current CFO, Geir Karlsen, is set to take his place. Karlsen has been with Norwegian as its CFO since April 2018. He temporarily took on the position of CEO when former Bjorn […]
Virgin Atlantic has suggested that the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVOTL) could fly between towns and major airports, operating as an air taxi service. The launch would come as part of a partnership with Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace, which is set to conduct test flights this year. Virgin Atlantic isn’t the only company to […]
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