UniRush, issuer of the Visa RushCard prepaid debit card and the rapid! PayCard, has ankled Ron Hynes as Chief Executive Officer. Hynes previously served as Executive Vice President of Global Prepaid Solutions at MasterCard Worldwide and, most recently, as President of Global Markets at Mozido. Hynes has a deep and tenured background in the payments…
Mercator Advisory Group has ankled Theodore Iacobuzio to the firm’s senior management team as Managing Director of Custom Research and Consulting Services. Most recently before joining Mercator Advisory Group, Ted was responsible for Global Insights, MasterCard Worldwide’s interdisciplinary thought leadership organization. With Global Insights he produced groundbreaking work in consumer acceptance of mobile payments technology,…
Prepaid card king Green Dot has ankled William Jacobs as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jacobs has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Global Payments, a payment processing services company, since June 2014. Jacobs also served as Lead Independent Director of that company and as one of its business advisors…
VA-based startup PayPortal is off to the races offering a flat-rate, online & wireless credit card payment processing product. The Company is founded by payment processing industry veterans Peter Groff and Terry Koepsell. PayPortal has partnered with PowerPay to offer a flat rate product at 2.79% + $0.30 per transaction, with absolutely no hidden fees…
The Bancorp has ankled Damian Kozlowski as Chief Executive Officer of, President of The Bancorp Bank and a Director of the company and the bank, effective June 1st. Kozlowski succeeds Interim Chief Executive Officer John C. Chrystal. Chrystal will remain a Director of both the company and the bank. Kozlowski joins The Bancorp after having…
A new survey has found nearly 6 in 10 payment execs are unprepared for growing competition. A new Global Payments Insight Study of consumer finance, higher education, insurance and other billing organization executives—conducted by ACI Worldwide and research and advisory firm Ovum—found that most organizations lack the payments innovation necessary to win consumers. Principle findings…
Square has ankled Lord Paul Deighton for its Board of Directors. Deighton served as the United Kingdom’s Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, CEO of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and as a partner at Goldman Sachs. Deighton most recently served as the United Kingdom’s Commercial Secretary to the Treasury,…
Ingenico ePayments has ankled Joseph Leija as the new General Manager for North America. Most recently, Leija was with Sage Payment Services. Leija brings 18+ years of experience in cross-border payments, and has worked with many of the top 100 global eCommerce merchants, enabling them to expand their businesses internationally. Prior to Sage, he was…
Virtual Piggy has ankled a seasoned financial services and technology executive as its new CEO and Chairman. John Coyne took over the helm last month. He is focusing on simplifying and updating Virtual Piggy’s business models by leveraging its current infrastructure and enhancing its operating environment for mobile payments to enable more flexibility to meet rapidly changing…
Herzliya, Israel-based SuperCom has ankled Zvi Mitlanski as its new VP of Secure Financial and Retail Solutions. Mr. Mitlanski brings with him over 20 years of executive management and business leadership experience across the payments, banking, retail, government and telecommunication sectors, with experience driving global business development, sales mmanagement, M&As, marketing and organizational development for international companies…
San Francisco-based Affirm has ankled eBay Vice President Carl Gish to be its first Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Gish will be responsible for enhancing and building Affirm’s global brand as the financial technology company begins expanding beyond point-of-sale payments. As Affirm’s first CMO, Gish brings over 25 years of marketing and general management experience, most…
American Express has ankled Ralph de la Vega for its board of directors. He is vice chairman of AT&T and CEO of Business Solutions and International. Mr. de la Vega leads AT&T’s integrated Business Solutions group (both mobile and IP services), which serves more than 3.5 million business customers in 200 countries and territories, and…
