Jefferies Hires Credit Suisse Fintech Banker David Goldstein

Financial technology investment banker David Goldstein is leaving Credit Suisse Group AG for Jefferies Financial Group Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

He will join Jefferies as a vice chairman and fintech banker, said one of the people, all of whom asked to not be identified because the matter isn’t public. His departure comes as Credit Suisse doles out retention packages to hold onto talent amid management changes and a string of quarterly losses.

Representatives for Credit Suisse and Jefferies declined to comment.

Financial technology bankers have been in high demand amid steady M&A activity among ...