First Niagara Taps HSBC Exec for Cards, Payments Post

First Niagara Financial Group in Buffalo, N.Y. has hired an HSBC executive to lead the commercial card and payments business of its treasury management group.

The $38 billion-asset company said Peggy Yankovich will oversee card-based solutions, product strategy, positioning, business management and sales enablement. The job is a newly created position at First Niagara, according to a company spokeswoman.

Yankovich was previously global head of corporate cards, global payments & cash management at HSBC. She also previously worked for Bank of America.

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