Santander: Hires head of P2P payments
- Banco Santander has appointed Trish Burgess as the new global head of peer-to-peer (P2P) payments
- Burgess will lead strategy and development of the department, and will bring “new payment services to customers that are fast,” per the company
- Burgess also will work under Chirag Patel, Santander’s global head of digital payments
- Last year, Santander said it planned to invest €20B over four years into its digital and technology departments
- Then the bank aims to create efficient digital offerings for businesses, customers and merchants worldwide
- Burgess has an MBA from The Wharton School and a Master of Science in Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
