Marqeta announced the addition of Chief Legal Officer, Crystal Sumner, as a key member of its executive team. Sumner will be responsible for overseeing Marqeta's global legal and regulatory affairs. Sumner comes to Marqeta from cloud-based banking platform Blend, where she was responsible for building and scaling all aspects of the legal, compliance and risk functions.

Most recently, she held the Head of Legal, Compliance and Risk role, leading the quickly growing company through its IPO in 2021. Prior to Blend, Sumner was also an Enforcement Attorney at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Marqeta's appointment of Sumner to its executive team comes as it continues to increase its global platform functionality and ability to serve a wide range of companies looking to expand into financial services.

Sumner is an advocate for equality in the workplace and empowering female leaders and is an active member of both the Women's General Counsel Network and Chief, a professional leadership network focused on connecting and supporting women in executive roles.