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Fintechbits tracks fintech people moves every week: senior hires, promotions, departures and job cuts in fintech, payments and stablecoins. This edition covers 5 to 11 November 2026. Every entry is taken from the company’s own filing or announcement, linked in the table.
Fintech people moves from 5 to 11 November, with their sources
| Move | Person | New role | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joining | Stacey Cunningham | President, Bullish | Former President of NYSE Group, where she also held senior roles including Chief Operating Officer; previously held senior roles at Nasdaq. Announced 9 November. | SEC 6-K |
| Joining | Brendan Tansill | President, Retail and Payments, NCR Voyix | Executive Vice President. Returns to NCR Voyix after serving as Chief Executive Officer of Candescent, formerly NCR Voyix’s Digital Banking business. Reports to Darren Wilson. Announced 5 November. | Company release |
| Joining | Andrew Leigh | Chief Compliance Officer, Netcoins | Netcoins is operated by Surge Digital. Joins from Shakepay, where he served as Chief Compliance Officer. Also serves as Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer; registration approved by the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission on 4 November. Announced 10 November. | Company release |
| Joining | Julian Sawyer | Independent Non-Executive Director, Wirex | Co-founder of Starling Bank and its Chief Operating Officer until 2019; later Managing Director, Europe at Gemini, then Chief Executive Officer of Bitstamp and Zodia Custody. Announced 10 November. | Company release |
| Joining | Lisa Nelson | Board Director, Blockchain.com | Former Microsoft executive. Announced 9 November. | Company release |
| Joining | Luis Berruga | Board Director, Blockchain.com | Former Global X ETFs CEO. Announced 9 November. | Company release |
| Moving up | John Natalizia | Chief Executive Officer, Vanquis Banking Group | Deputy CEO since April 2026 and co-founder of Snoop, acquired by Vanquis in July 2023. Succeeds Ian McLaughlin, who left the business and stepped down from the Board effective 10 November 2026. Subject to regulatory approval; joins the board with immediate effect. Announced 11 November. | RNS |
| Moving up | Alexander E. C. Overstrom | Chief Financial Officer, PNC, from 1 March 2027 | Executive Vice President and Head of Retail Banking; earlier Head of Merchant Services. Succeeds Robert Q. Reilly, who has accepted the position of Executive Vice Chairman. Appointed 5 November. | SEC 8-K |
| Moving up | David Gilbert | Interim Chief Financial Officer, TransUnion, from 1 January 2027 | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, International segment, since August 2017. Chief Financial Officer Todd M. Cello’s resignation takes effect on 31 December 2026. Appointed 5 November. | SEC 8-K |
| Moving up | Darren Wilson | President, NCR Voyix | From Executive Vice President and President, Retail and Payments. Continues to report to Chief Executive Officer James G. Kelly. Announced 5 November. | Company release |
| Leaving | Natalia Mirgorodskaya | Chief Accounting Officer, Upstart | Resigning effective 30 November 2026 to pursue another opportunity. Chief Financial Officer Andrea Blankmeyer will serve as Interim Principal Accounting Officer. Notified the company on 3 November; filed 9 November. | SEC 8-K |
| Leaving | Mark Cubitt | Non-Executive Director, Beeks Financial Cloud Group | Steps down with effect from 6 November 2026 after nearly 10 years on the board; served as Chairman until December 2024. Announced 6 November. | RNS |
Fintechbits analysis
Why the fintech people moves from 5 to 11 November matter
Finance seats changed hands at three US companies, and none of them went to an outside hire. PNC picked Alexander E. C. Overstrom, who once ran its Merchant Services business, to take over as CFO in March, with Robert Q. Reilly moving to Executive Vice Chairman. TransUnion is covering the gap left by Todd M. Cello with David Gilbert, its International CFO, on an interim basis from January. At Upstart, whose risk gauge Fintechbits has tracked, Chief Accounting Officer Natalia Mirgorodskaya leaves at the end of November and CFO Andrea Blankmeyer picks up her duties until a permanent replacement is found.
Vanquis has handed the top job to the co-founder of a fintech it bought. John Natalizia co-founded Snoop, which Vanquis acquired in July 2023, and has been Deputy CEO since April. His appointment still needs regulatory approval. Fintechbits covered Vanquis’s partnership with Experian on 9 November. NCR Voyix also reshuffled: Darren Wilson becomes President, overseeing the Retail and Restaurant sales organisations and payments, and Brendan Tansill comes back from Candescent to lead the Retail and payments businesses, reporting to Wilson.
The crypto platforms spent the week hiring from traditional finance. Bullish appointed former NYSE Group President Stacey Cunningham as President, Blockchain.com added a former Microsoft executive and a former Global X ETFs chief to its board, and Wirex put Starling co-founder Julian Sawyer on its board. Netcoins hired Andrew Leigh from Shakepay as Chief Compliance Officer while it pursues membership of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization. The 29 October to 4 November edition was drawn entirely from SEC 8-K filings; this one adds UK RNS notices and a run of governance and compliance hires at crypto firms.
How this fintech people moves list is compiled
Fintech people moves count when the announcement or filing date falls inside the week. Fintechbits includes C-suite, president, division head and board appointments, departures the company has announced, and job cuts of 100 roles or more. Nothing comes from rumours, profile changes or other roundups.
For 5 to 11 November the search covered SEC 8-K filings reporting Item 5.02 and 6-K filings from foreign issuers, UK RNS announcements, European exchange notices and the newsrooms of Adyen, Worldline, Nexi and Klarna, 6-K filings and newsrooms for Latin American fintechs including Nu Holdings and dLocal, Asia-Pacific exchange and company announcements, and BusinessWire, PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire and Newsfile releases. Moves reported in the press but not confirmed in a company filing or announcement that Fintechbits could open were left out, and no job cuts met that test for 5 to 11 November.
Questions about fintech people moves from 5 to 11 November
Who is Vanquis Banking Group’s new chief executive?
John Natalizia, Vanquis’s Deputy CEO since April 2026, was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 11 November 2026, subject to regulatory approval. He succeeds Ian McLaughlin, who stepped down effective 10 November, according to the company’s RNS.
Who is Bullish’s new President?
Stacey Cunningham, former President of NYSE Group, was appointed President of Bullish on 9 November 2026, according to the company’s 6-K.
Which companies named new finance chiefs from 5 to 11 November?
PNC Financial Services Group named Alexander E. C. Overstrom Chief Financial Officer from 1 March 2027, and TransUnion named David Gilbert Interim Chief Financial Officer from 1 January 2027. Both were disclosed in 8-K filings.
Where do Fintechbits fintech people moves come from?
Every entry comes from a primary source: an SEC filing, the company’s own announcement or an exchange or regulator notice. Each row in the table links to it, so readers can check the wording themselves.
Fintechbits People Moves is compiled from company announcements, regulatory filings and exchange notices. Every entry links to its source. Spotted a move Fintechbits missed? Email contact@fintechbits.net.
