Banc of California, Inc. has hired Jagdeep Singh Sahota as Chief Payments Officer. In this newly created role, Sahota will be responsible for the development and oversight of the bank's strategic initiatives in payments, both its direct investment as well as related strategic partnerships. Through these initiatives, Banc of California will continue to augment the value-added services it provides to its business clients, while also serving a broader cross section of the payments ecosystem, including payment service providers, payment facilitators, ISOs, and merchants. Sahota will report to Banc of California's Chief Operating Officer, John Sotoodeh. Sahota has over 20 years of experience in the payments space and previously held senior leadership positions at NMI, JP Morgan Chase, Visa, Salesforce and PayPal. He has eight US patents and 23 global patent application filings to his name.