N26 has announced that its Supervisory Board has appointed Mike Dargan as the next Chief Executive Officer of N26 Bank SE and N26 SE, effective from April 2026.
Dargan will succeed Co-founder Maximilian Tayenthal and Marcus W. Mosen.
Dargan is an experienced international banking executive with more than 25 years in leadership roles across financial services, technology and transformation.
During his tenure as Group Chief Operations and Technology Officer at UBS, he led global digitisation initiatives aimed at improving client experience.
Prior to joining UBS in 2016, Dargan served as Chief Information Officer for Corporate and Institutional Banking at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, and as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Strategy at Merrill Lynch across Asia and Europe.
He began his career at Oliver Wyman, where he concluded as Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking for Asia Pacific.
Commenting on his appointment, Dargan said:
“I am honoured to begin this next chapter in my professional life. Financial services are the lifeblood of any society, and I am committed to ensuring trust and strong customer outcomes for a digital-only bank. N26 has established a solid foundation, and I look forward to working with the team to develop the next stage of its strategy.”
Featured image credit: Edited by Fintech News Singapore, based on image by Lanfira via Freepik
