Moves

Phil Carmalt will start in the role at BofA on May 29 and will continue to be based in Hong Kong.

The bank's regional Apac co-head of trade finance has said he is leaving to take a break; Aditya Gahlaut, has started as regional head, Asia, global trade solutions, at HSBC; the bank has also made changes in its regional payment leadership team.

French bank appoints Soo Tat to head its all-important global transaction and payment services business in the Asia Pacific.

Veteran Matt Weir has been appointed as the UK firm's general manager for Asia Pacific.

Reynels Lee has been named head of Malaysia at M-Daq Malaysia, formerly Easy Pay Transfers, which was acquired in July; the firm has a presence in seven markets.

Payment and treasury management firm Sunrate wants Li to help spearhead expansion across emerging Asia.

Winnie Chen is due to onboard in Singapore from September, replacing recent retiree, Faisal Ameen, as regional leader of the region’s Global Payments Solutions division.

The former Citi director has an expanded role as CFO and COO at the payment platform which processes over $500m a year and is expanding into New Zealand in the "coming months".

The Indian fintech has appointed Anuj Bansal as its chief financial officer who will take charge of treasury management.

The global payment platform has facilitated transactions in over 40 countries across over 300 payment methods.

CT has learned that Matthew Davies will provide interim leadership for Apac payments, after Ameen, BofA's Apac head of global transaction services, stepped down last week.

This International Women’s Day (IWD), CT hears from the leader driving forward Bank of America's international payments strategy.