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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001522540-26-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MQ"
cik: "0001522540"
company_name: "Marqeta, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-13T20:30:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-13T20:32:18.106281+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marqeta CAO Sarah Barkema resigns; CFO Patti Kangwankij to assume principal accounting officer role

## Summary
- Sarah Barkema, Chief Accounting Officer and SVP of Finance, resigns effective August 21, 2026.
- Departure not due to disagreement with financial statements, internal controls, operations, or policies.
- CFO Patti Kangwankij will become principal accounting officer after Barkema's departure.
- Company will conduct a search for a new Chief Accounting Officer.
- No material plans, contracts, or compensation changes for Kangwankij related to the new role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001522540-26-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MQ
- cik: 0001522540
- company_name: Marqeta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-13T20:30:36+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254026000066/0001522540-26-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1522540/000152254026000066/mq-20260810.htm

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