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Christopher Casale is Senior Business Development Lead, FinTech Banking at Cross River, a position he has held since February 2022. His mandate covers business development for fintech and crypto clients, with a focus on driving adoption of Cross River's payments, card issuance, and stablecoin settlement solutions. His work spans direct-to-bank partnerships and digital assets.

Prior to Cross River, Casale held a FinTech Partnerships role at Meta from September 2021 to February 2022, and before that served as a Business Development Officer at Investors Bank from June 2020 to September 2021. Earlier in his career he was FVP of Institutional Commercial Banking at IDB Bank, and held VP and Managing Director-level roles in commercial banking deposits at Sterling National Bank. He began his career at J.P. Morgan, where he worked as a High Net Worth Relationship Manager from 2009 to 2013. His academic background includes study at the City University of New York-College of Staten Island.