Facebook Taps David Marcus to Lead Payments Initiatives

David-Marcus
10 August 2020

Facebook formed a new payments group called “Facebook Financial” on Monday and put Novi wallet executive David Marcus at the helm.

  • Marcus, who co-created the Libra stablecoin, said via tweet that he will continue running Facebook's Novi digital wallet subsidiary.
  • The restructuring will allow the social media giant to better integrate its Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp payments operations, Bloomberg reported.
  • “It felt like it was the right thing to do to rationalize the strategy at a company level around all things payments," Marcus told Bloomberg.
  • Former Upwork CEO Stephane Kasriel will serve under Marcus as Facebook's new payments vice president.