GoCardless bags a product pro 🧠

What we’ll cover today:

💼 GoCardless hires an ex-Worldpay product wizard

🧠 Pipe’s new flex: turning into a full-stack CFO tool

🚀 Upcoming fintech events spotlight AI-powered finance tools

GoCardless Hires Worldpay’s Shaun Puckrin as CPO 🚀

GoCardless, the fintech that helps businesses collect recurring payments, just hired Shaun Puckrin—ex-Worldpay product boss—as its new Chief Product Officer (CPO).

🚨Breaking News:
Shaun Puckrin joins GoCardless to lead product strategy, aiming to level up how the company handles payments and open banking.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• Shaun Puckrin was previously CPO at Worldpay and Global Processing Services.

• He’ll now guide product innovation at GoCardless.

• GoCardless wants to grow big in open banking and account-to-account payments.

• This move signals their bet on product-led growth.

• The hire comes during a time of rapid change in the payments world.

✔️Straight to the Point –
GoCardless is playing smart by getting a seasoned product guy to stay ahead in the payments race—open banking, here they come.

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Pipe Acquires Glean AI to Flex in Spend Management 💸

Pipe, known for helping businesses get non-dilutive capital, just bought Glean AI—a tool that tracks company expenses and cuts waste.

🚨Breaking News:
Pipe’s acquiring Glean AI to offer CFOs a more powerful way to manage both capital and spending—all in one spot.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• Pipe is expanding beyond capital access into finance management.

• Glean AI helps track vendor spend and uncover hidden savings.

• The acquisition helps Pipe become a “one-stop” CFO tool.

• Glean AI will keep working as a standalone platform too.

• Big upgrade for startups looking to stretch every dollar.

✔️Straight to the Point –
Pipe’s playing the long game by giving CFOs more reasons to stay—capital, cost control, and insights, all under one fintech roof.

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Africa Fintech Summit unites the African FinTech ecosystem, including startups, investors, regulators, and banks, to discuss innovation and growth in financial technology on the continent.
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Money20/20 Asia 2025
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FinovateFall 2025
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Date: September 8–10, 2025 | Location: New York, NY, USA

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