Barclays Appoints Georgi Balinov as Head of Global Technology Payments Banking
June 11 2020 - 10:25AM
Business Wire
Barclays announces the appointment of Georgi Balinov as Head of
Global Technology Payments Banking. Mr. Balinov will be based in
New York, and will report to Marco Valla, Global Head of
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Banking at
Barclays.
Mr. Balinov joins Barclays with over fifteen years of experience
in banking, most recently as Head of FinTech Americas within the
Financial Institutions Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In
this role he was responsible for financial technology investment
banking coverage across the payments, financial software and data
sectors. Mr. Balinov has been involved in the origination,
structuring and execution of M&A deals and capital raises for
clients across all financial technology sectors. He has led
multiple advisory and capital raise transactions for clients
including Visa, Blackhawk Network, bill.com, nCino, Evertec,
Euronet, Verisk, Nasdaq, and IHS Markit.
“Georgi has an outstanding track record of performance, and deep
relationships with key players across the technology payments
space, a critical area of investment for our Technology franchise,”
said Laurence Braham, Global Head of Technology Banking at
Barclays. “His extensive transaction experience and proven
leadership capabilities will further enhance our capacity to
provide first-class strategic advice and execution services, and
will in turn generate considerable value for our clients.”
“Georgi’s appointment is further evidence of Barclays’ steadfast
commitment to operating a top tier TMT franchise,” added Marco
Valla, Global Head of TMT Banking at Barclays. “His addition to the
team will enable us to further build upon our existing critical
relationships across the technology payments spectrum, and will
accelerate the already strong momentum in our TMT Banking
Group.”
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by
business, by different types of customer and client, and geography.
Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations
around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global
corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our
service company which provides technology, operations and
functional services across the Group. For further information about
Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com. Barclays
offers investment banking products and services in the US through
Barclays Capital Inc.
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