Bitstamp crypto exchange hires former Barclays exec as new COO
Sameer Dubey is a 10-year veteran of Barclays and former head of operations for N26. U.K.-based crypto exchange Bitstamp has hired a former director of financial services company Barclays’ payments team as its chief operating officer.In an announcement today, Bistamp said it would be appointing Sameer Dubey to the executive position as part of its effort to scale across the firm’s businesses. Dubey worked as the director of the head of payments for Barclays corporate and was a member of the team behind the bank’s blockchain and distributed ledger council. He was also the head of operations....
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Stephen Bearpark is a 3-year veteran of Amazon and former finance director for Barclays. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has hired Stephen Bearpark, a former finance director at tech giant Amazon, as its chief financial officer.In an announcement today, Bitstamp said it would be appointing Bearpark to the executive position where he will be responsible for overseeing the financial growth of the exchange. Bearpark worked at Amazon’s EU Transportation division in Luxembourg for more than three years, and was a finance director at financial services company Barclays until 2008. “By bringing....
Bitstamp is replacing its CEO for the first time since the company’s establishment. Bitstamp, one of the world’s oldest and largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is replacing its CEO for the first time.Nejc Kodrič, the firm’s CEO who co-founded Bitstamp back in 2011, is stepping down from his position. He will be moving into a new advisory role on the company’s board of directors, Bitstamp executives told Cointelegraph on Oct. 22.Julian Sawyer, who currently serves as the managing director of the United Kingdom and Europe at major global crypto exchange Gemini, will replace Kodrič, becoming....
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Barclays is taking sterling deposits for a new bitcoin exchange, making it the only UK bank to do so currently. Banks in the UK have avoided working with bitcoin exchanges so far, but customers of new bitcoin exchange Bit121 can deposit their sterling to a Barclays account with a Canary Wharf address. The account belongs to a payment service provider called PacNet Services Ltd, which Bit121 works with. Barclays therefore does not have a direct relationship with the bitcoin exchange. When contacted, Barclays refused to comment on its policy towards working with bitcoin exchanges. Daniel....
A Barclays customer in Scotland has claimed the bank blocked access to his account after he made two transactions to buy bitcoin. The customer, who wanted to remain anonymous, wrote about his experience under the username Apollo Moonwalker on reddit. He has since revealed to CoinDesk that he bought bitcoin through Bitstamp and Localbitcoins in the first week of December. He claimed he sent about £100 each time, first through a SEPA payment to BitStamp and then a bank transfer to a seller on Local Bitcoins a week later. After making the second transaction through Local Bitcoins, he said he....