Dickson Chu, who headed the Google Wallet program at U.S.-based Citigroup, has left the bank to take a newly created post as senior vice president for merchant solutions at daily deal site LivingSocial.
Chu, who had served as managing director for digital networks in Citi’s global enterprise payments unit, leaves the bank after less than two years. He had joined Citi after a six-year stint at PayPal, where he last served as vice president of global products and experience.
Chu was instrumental in forging Citi’s partnership with Google, which puts a Citi-issued mobile credit card supporting MasterCard PayPass in the Google Wallet.