We appointed the Chief Product Officer, a product leadership hire, to sharpen what gets built and why.
Spenmo — Spenmo's spend management platform raised an $85 million Series B led by Tiger Global.
The market for this leadership
Live MitchelLake intelligence across Fintech and ASEAN.
More leadership we placed at Spenmo
Adjacent signals across Fintech
Leadership Change · EMEA
Klarna →Klarna's CFO Niclas Neglén and Chief Marketing Officer David Sandström are both departing the company
Partnership · Asia
Paymentology →Paymentology announced successful launch of Apple Pay integration for GoTyme Bank in the Philippines, enabling 10 million customers to use Apple Pay via Paymentology's cloud-native issuer processing platform.
Partnership · Americas
Synchrony Financial →Synchrony Financial entered into an enterprise collaboration with OpenAI to power AI-native shopping experiences and agentic commerce for credit card issuers.
Partnership · EMEA
Cashflows →Cashflows (London-based payments FinTech) has invested in Tap & Go (Blackpool card-payment startup), formalizing a commercial partnership that began in 2025. The investment enables Tap & Go to expand product offerings beyond card payments into e-commerce, virtual payments, and multi-site solutions, and to enter new verticals (universities, stadiums, dentistry, hotels, etc.).
Product Launch · Oceania
Beforepay →Beforepay (ASX:B4P) is expanding its lending platform while developing a new product/service called Carrington Labs
Product Launch · Americas
BridgerPay →Payment orchestration platforms are emerging as a boardroom-level strategic priority. BridgerPay CEO Ran Cohen highlights that merchant diversification (90% now use 2+ payment processors), measurable revenue loss from failed transactions, and CFO/finance team oversight are driving rapid adoption. Market projected to grow from $3.13B (2026) to $7.27B (2031).