SETL Hires Former SWIFT and Ripple Exec as Head of Payments
by Fintechnews Switzerland February 25, 2021SETL, a London-based settlement and payments infrastructure provider, announced the appointment of Marjan Delatinne to its executive management team as the Head of Payments.
Marjan will have the overall responsibility for growing SETL’s payments business, alongside its market infrastructure and asset management offerings.
Marjan joins SETL having most recently served as Global Head of Banking at Ripple. She brings with her a wealth of experience, having previously held senior business development roles at SWIFT, where she was responsible for the commercialisation of large scale projects both in securities and payments, namely Target 2 Securities and SWIFT gpi (Global Payments Innovation).
Marjan began her financial markets career in sales and relationship management at BNY Mellon and Euroclear.
Sir David Walker
Sir David Walker, SETL Chairman, said:
“I am delighted to welcome Marjan as part of SETL’s executive team.
Her appointment comes at an exciting time for our business, as we have successfully completed the world’s first Central Bank Digital Currency live fund transaction with Banque de France, using the SETL blockchain.”
Marjan Delatinne, Head of Payments at SETL, said:
Marjan Delatinne
“I am delighted to join the SETL management team at this exciting time in its corporate development. Key to helping the payments industry tackle the common pain points is a need for strong and committed community engagement. SETL’s payments solution is designed to improve the management of cross-border settlement and solve the liquidity management challenge.
We use DLT technology to aggregate payment sources and gain a fuller and clearer picture of liquidity, enabling payments providers to dynamically manage their liquidity in real-time across a highly fragmented landscape.”
Featured image: Marjan Delatinne, Head of Payments at SETL
