Engine by Starling appoints Dr Jörg Howein as product chief; Tangerine launches SME platform
Engine by Starling has appointed Dr Jörg Howein as its chief product officer. The company also said Canadian digital bank Tangerine has launched a new small-business platform. That launch came less than a year into a 10-year technology partnership between the two firms.
Engine by Starling has named Dr Jörg Howein as chief product officer. The appointment places him in a senior product leadership role at the banking technology company. Separately, Tangerine, described as a Canadian digital bank, has introduced a platform aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. That rollout occurred within the first year of a technology partnership between Tangerine and Engine by Starling that is set to run for ten years. The two developments highlight how banking software providers and digital banks are linking leadership changes with new business-facing services.
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