First Data CFO
First Data has ankled Himanshu Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Patel has served as First Data’s Executive Vice President of Strategy, Planning & Business Development since June 2013.
American Express Expands Merchant Network
American Express expanded its OptBlue merchant acquiring program that extends U.S. small merchant coverage. There are now 10 participating acquirers in OptBlue, five of which are among the top 10 in the United States. The program was announced at American Express’ Financial Community meeting earlier this year with Vantiv, Global Payments, Heartland Payment Systems, Worldpay, Transfirst and JetPay as the first participants. With OptBlue, participants have the flexibility to provide U.S. small merchants the benefit of a single statement, one settlement process, and one contact for all the major card brands. Participants determine merchant pricing in addition to providing payment processing and servicing. OptBlue will help expand American Express’ U.S. small merchant coverage, providing consumers more payment options at local businesses.
G4S Appoints CIO
G4S appointed Martin Taylor to Group CIO, a new role for G4S. Martin will be responsible for developing and implementing IT strategy, including establishing global standards for infrastructure and applications as well as globalising the IT organisation and investment. Martin brings considerable experience to G4S from Group CIO roles at EMI Music, Cable and Wireless, and most recently LCH Clearnet. He joins the group from Barclaycard where he has just completed a major transformational project.
TechProcess Certified PCI DSS Compliant by ControlCase
ControlCase announced that TechProcess Solutions has achieved PCI-DSS Certification for its “BillJunction Payments” online payments business. TechProcess Solutions Limited (TPSL) is one of Indiaâs leading providers of business solutions, with expertise in the areas of Payments, Back Office Management & Technology. TPSL has experienced a 25% growth over the past year in average transaction volumes for its online payment business and is currently integrated with over 500 of Indiaâs major web merchants & 24 leading banks to effect payments through credit / debit / cash cards & net-banking. US-based ControlCase is a global provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software, professional services, managed compliance and security services and IT GRC Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. It is also a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) as certified by PCI Security Standards Council and an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV).
TechProcess Certified PCI DSS Compliant by ControlCase
ControlCase announced that India-based TechProcess Solutions has achieved PCI-DSS Certification for its “BillJunction Payments” online payments business. TechProcess Solutions Limited (TPSL) is one of Indiaâs business solutions provider with a concentration in Payments, Back Office Management & Technology. TPSL has experienced a 25% growth over the past year in average transaction volumes for its online payment business and is currently integrated with over 500 of Indiaâs major web merchants & 24 leading banks to effect payments through credit / debit / cash cards & net-banking. US-based ControlCase is a global provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software, professional services, managed compliance and security services and IT GRC Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. It is also a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) as certified by PCI Security Standards Council and an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV).