Blythe Masters Sees Blockchain Advisory Role at Santander
Spanish banking group Banco Santander has announced that Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters will see a new role as the group’s senior blockchain advisor. Spain-based global banking group Santander has announced several new roles for Digital Asset Holdings (DAH) CEO Blythe Masters. In a press release, the banking group revealed Masters’ new position as the banking group’s senior adviser on blockchain. Furthermore, Masters will also join the group’s International Advisory Board as well as the board of its online-only bank, Openbank. Prior to her new position, Masters previously served....
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Banco Santander has named Digital Asset Holdings (DAH) CEO Blythe Masters to a new role as senior blockchain advisor. Masters previously held a non-executive position as chair of the board of Santander Consumer USA, a division of the company that specializes in auto lending, a seat she resigned from in conjunction with the news. According to a press release from Santander, Masters is taking on a newly created role, while also joining Banco Santander's International Advisory Board and the board of its online bank, Openbank. In statements, Banco Santander Executive Chairman Ana Botín said:....
The Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC), a digital currency advocacy group, has appointed former Wall Street executive Blythe Masters to its board of advisors. Masters who joined Digital Asset Holdings - a startup that uses blockchain tech to enhance the settlement of traditional and digital assets - as CEO in March spoke about her new advisory role. She said:
Banco Santander, one of the early participants of the R3 blockchain consortium has abandoned the working group, joining investment banking institution Goldman Sachs in departure. The Spanish banking giant’s decision to let its R3 membership lapse is the second high-profile exit from the working group and comes in the months after it roped in Blythe Masters for a blockchain advisory role at the bank. Masters is the chief executive at Digital Asset, a startup that is arguably R3’s competitor in developing blockchain solutions for the financial services industry. Santander is the second major....
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Powerful finance lady Blythe Masters is having a hard time convincing investors to invest in her blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings, according to a news report from The New York Times. NewsBTC.com earlier reported that Blythe is looking to raise $35M for her blockchain startup before Christmas from leading investor groups such as JPMorgan Chase, where she earlier worked for 27 years, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Santander, Bank Of America, Morgan Stanley and NASDAQ. The NYTimes reports that leading financial institutions including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are miffed that Digital....