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Taavet Hinrikus steps down as TransferWise CEO

Day-to-day oversight of the firm will be handled by co-founder Kristo Käärmann

Taavet Hinrikus steps down as TransferWise CEO

The founder and chief executive of one of London's biggest fintech startups is handing over the day-to-day running of the firm.

Taavet Hinrikus, who co-founded online money transfer service TransferWise with Kristo Käärmann in 2010, wrote on his blog today that he is handing over the everyday oversight of the firm.

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