Other Breaking News
In today’s CardFlash News Que: INTECH (Forte); PIVOTAL (white paper); PRESTIGEPAY (website); and KONY (exec).
Mobile Payments
One of the key challenges presently facing the mobile payments market is the high level of market fragmentation, defined both by the multiplicity of platforms/solutions technologies being deployed and the increasing range of service configurations being offered. This slows down merchant acceptance and makes it difficult for providers to gain scale. We expect the market to reach a point where consolidation among players and solutions becomes the best way to drive address this issue.
Jonathan Davidson
CardWeb.com’s CardExecs database of payments industry movers and shakers today features Jonathan Davidson, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Development and Innovation (JDI).
Gemalto & DNA
Gemalto has been selected by the Debit Network Alliance (DNA), a consortium of leading U.S. debit network providers, to deliver EMV consulting services. Gemalto’s EMV Allynis Consulting Services are designed to accelerate the deployment of EMV, significantly reducing time between DNA’s business plan and go-to-market. Gemalto’s consultants recommended and executed a strategy that details card, terminal and personalization requirements.
Perks.com
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features Perks.com.
FIME EMV
EMV chip card payments consultancy FIME is the first to have its chip card personalization validation services and POS/ATM certification test platform approved by the Debit Network Alliance (DNA) under its recently established DNA Shared Debit AID certification program.
ThreatMetrix CMO
ThreatMetrix has named Armen Najarian as chief marketing officer. Najarian joins with more than 15 years of B2B and technology marketing experience, primarily with cloud-based software and data-driven solutions for the enterprise.
TMGFS Executive
Top 70 credit card agent issuer TMG Financial Services (TMGFS) today announced the hiring of Matt Oakley as chief marketing officer (CMO). A seasoned marketing veteran with more than twenty years of experience, Oakley joins TMGFS from Kreg Tool where he served most recently as director of marketing and customer experience. There, Oakley executed a…
Rodrigo Vaca
CardWeb.com’s CardExecs database of payments industry movers and shakers today features Rodrigo Vaca vice president of marketing at Zoho.
Digital River
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features Digital River.
VARs & ISVs + EMV
The Payments Security Task Force is joining hands with the PCI Security Standards Council and the EMV Migration Forum to launch an EMV program to streamline the testing and certification process for Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).
Other Breaking News
In today’s CardFlash News Que: MM HAYES (Quickcharge); BLUEPOINT (MDT); NEW MEDIA (funding); and HP (FireEye).