Published: February 19, 2026 at 11:26 am
ClearBank has appointed a new European CEO and the opening of a branch in France.
Tristan Kirchner joins the tech-enabled clearing bank as CEO of ClearBank Europe N.V. to spearhead the bank’s accelerating expansion across the continent.
Kirchner brings more than 25 years of payments and financial services experience, having held senior leadership roles at Uber Payments, Barclays and Visa.
Based in Amsterdam, Kirchner will lead ClearBank’s European operations and long‑term strategy. He will work closely with Mark Fairless, ClearBank Group CEO, and Maurice Oostendorp, Chair of ClearBank Europe Supervisory Board, to shape expansion into new markets and evolve the bank’s services across the region.
His deep understanding of Europe’s regulatory and payments landscape will be instrumental as ClearBank scales its presence across a dynamic payments market.