International Bancard has ankled Gary Rutledge, a payments expert with more than 30 years of experience, as President effective next week. Rutledge will integrate and oversee execution of the company’s vision and strategic plan. Rutledge will have direct oversight and leadership of the company’s two teams: the revenue team and the revenue support team. Rutledge…
TX-based Merchants’ Choice Payment Solutions (MCPS), a/k/a Delta Card Services has ankled Robin Laskowski for the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. MCPS also announced the opening of their new 30,000 square foot operations center. Before joining Merchants’ Choice, Ms. Laswkowski held the position of Client Solutions Director & Sales for SmartDog…
MasterCard has ankled Khalid Elgibaly as Division President for Middle East and North Africa (MENA), effective May 8th. Most recently, he worked for HSBC Middle East (HBME), where he was the Regional Head of Retail Banking & Wealth Management for MENA. Khalid also worked with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), Barclays and Citigroup, where he held…
Bluefin Payment Systems has ankled Thomas P. Staudt as Chairman of Bluefin’s Board of Directors. Mr. Staudt served as the Chief Executive Officer of GlobalCollect from January 2011 until March 2015, and oversaw the acquisition of GlobalCollect by Ingenico in late 2014. Mr. Staudt has over 25 years of executive and Board experience in leading…
MasterCard has ankled Raj Seshadri as president, U.S. Issuers. Most recently, Seshadri was a managing director at Blackrock, leading the company’s iShares U.S. retail ETF business. At MasterCard, she will be responsible for managing and expanding the company’s partnerships with banks and credit unions across the U.S. market. Earlier in her career, Seshadri held roles…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] USA Technologies, has ankled WageWork’s Robert Metzger to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Metzger was appointed to the Board on March 11th, increasing the size of the Board from six to seven members. In addition, USAT has appointed Michael K. Lawlor, 54, as the chief services officer responsible for oversight…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] ID-based Kount, an innovator of solutions for fraud and risk management, has ankled Linda Fayne Levinson for its Board of Directors. The development comes on the heels of an $80 million investment made by the CVC Growth Fund in December. Levinson brings extensive board and business experience, along with a deep…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Pangea Money Transfer has ankled Nishu Thukral as chief executive officer and president. Thukral previously served as chief operating officer at Pangea. Additionally, Pangea has appointed Tracey Weinberg as head of marketing and Elizabeth Arnold as vice president of product management. In his new role, Thukral will leverage his extensive payments…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] LendingUSA, a marketplace lender and provider of consumer point-of-need financing, has ankled Mike Testa, former President of CareCredit, as its new President. Mike will immediately assume his role, working with LendingUSA founder and CEO Camilo Concha to scale and grow the company’s point-of-need financing and direct-to-consumer financing business. Under Mike’s leadership,…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] PayCommerce has ankled Jose Martinez-Benavente as VP, European head of global business development in Europe. This role will not only deepen PayCommerce’s regional customer relationships; but also further strengthen the firm’s European footprint. Mr. Martinez-Benavente is based in Frankfurt, Germany and brings over 20 years experience in the non-cash electronic payments…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Remitly has ankled Krish Srinivasan to be chief financial officer (CFO). Srinivasan will bring 20 years of experience in financial planning, analysis and investor relations, having served in executive positions at Microsoft, Amazon and Lyft. Concurrent with this transition, Andy Larson, who served as Remitly’s CFO for the past three years,…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] PayPal has ankled Sri Shivananda as the company’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, effective April 1st. Shivananda’s appointment follows the decision by current CTO, James Barrese, to step down to take time off. James will remain with PayPal for a period of time to support a smooth transition…