MasterCard has appointed Hiang Choong as division president, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and two co-presidents for the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore-based Ling Hai and Ari Sarker.
Square Inc. has announced that business leader, philanthropist and basketball hall of famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson will join its board of directors this summer.
TSYS has promoted Keith Pierce to executive vice president for relationship management.
Virtual Piggy Inc. has appointed Phillip Manning and Dale Jensen, to its board of directors.
Visa Inc. announced that its board of directors has elected Lloyd A. Carney as an independent director, who will serve as a member of the board’s audit and risk committee.
Traxpay, a B2B payments solutions provider, has appointed Jochen Siegert chief operating officer.
Banking Up, which enables businesses and financial institutions to deploy consumer retail banking services, has appointed Stephen Vogel CEO.
AFS/IBEX, a division of MetaBank, has hired two senior sales executives. Both are long-time veterans of the premium finance industry.
UAE-based payments processor Global Processing Services (GPS), which recently was named a One to Watch: Company in Paybefore Awards Europe, announced that Suresh Vaghjiani has joined its senior management team.
The International Payments Framework Association (IPFA) has appointed a new management team and expanded its focus to include instant or real-time payments.
Limonetik, a Paris-based global digital payments provider, has been included in the list of “Cool Vendors” in the “Digital Commerce, 2015” report by consulting firm Gartner Inc.
Locke Lord LLP’s Robert Courtneidge, global head of the cards and payments practice, placed No. 1 in the Payments 2015 Power 10 rankings.
MasterCard has announced two new appointments in the Asia-Pacific region: Vincent Patru takes on a new role as key account lead, emerging payments, Asia-Pacific, and Philip Glickman joins MasterCard as head of commercial products and solutions, Asia-Pacific.
Prepaid program manager UniRush LLC has hired Stephen Middlebrook as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced that former federal regulator Sandra Braunstein will provide compliance management and Community Reinvestment Act consulting services to the company’s U.S. banking clients.
Patricia Hines has joined Celent’s banking practice as a senior analyst focused on global transaction services and wholesale banking with a particular emphasis on treasury and cash management, corporate banking delivery channels, and trade and supply chain finance, along with commercial and small business lending.
Hines has led senior product management, marketing, and technology positions at FleetBoston Financial, Wells Fargo, Citibank, MuleSoft, OpenText GXS, and S1 Corporation (now ACI Worldwide). She was also research director in wholesale banking at CEB TowerGroup, where she conducted primary research focused on industry trends, strategic business drivers, and technology solutions in commercial lending and small business services.
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CashStar Inc., a provider of digital gifting technology and Paybefore Award winner, has appointed Martin Hood as vice president of channel partnerships.
Three new members have been elected to CO-OP Financial Services’ board of directors: Wayne Grosse, Joan Opp and Kent Oram.
Limonetik, a Paris-based global digital payments provider, has expanded internationally with a new subsidiary in the U.K., Limonetik UK Ltd. The company also has appointed Clive Williams managing director and Masha Cilliers principal consultant.
PSCU, a credit union service organization, has added two members to its board of directors.
Payments processor The Members Group (TMG), a credit union service organization, has announced a new vice president, as well as the promotions of two employees.
Chartwell Compliance has hired Bob Mengani as senior compliance director.
Littleton, Colo.-based card producer CPI Card Group has hired industry veteran Tony Sabetti to lead CPI’s mobile and NFC market initiatives through CPIMobile, a digital issuance solution using Sequent technology.
FIME, a France-based provider of consulting, test and certification services for payment systems, cards and terminals, has been elected to the EMVCo board of advisors to represent the technical associates for a one-year term.
Mobile payments company Fortumo has appointed Tim Carter chief revenue officer, based in the company’s London office.
Dean Young, senior vice president of relationship development at PSCU, was appointed to the National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations’ (NACUSO) board of directors.
New Wave Holdings Inc., a prepaid industry holding company, has appointed Shawn Carden CEO.
paysafecard, a global provider of prepaid online payment methods and member of the international Skrill Group, announced that Dr. Hartwig Gerhartinger, senior legal counsel at paysafecard, has been selected to join the board of the Prepaid International Forum (PIF) as a non-executive director.
YapStone, a global provider of Web and mobile payment technology solutions for large vertical markets and online marketplaces, named David Durant general counsel.
Euronext has appointed Jos Dijsselhof as interim chief executive, accelerating its transition plan following the resignation of Dominique Cerutti at the end of last month. Cerutti will now leave immediately.
Consulting firm A.T. Kearney has appointed two partners to its financial institutions practice, Bob Hedges and Teresa Epperson.
Management consulting firm Cornerstone Advisors has announced a series of personnel changes.
CPI Card Group announced that Barry Mosteller, director of research and development, received the Outstanding Member Service Award at the International Card Manufacturers Association 25th Anniversary Expo.
MyECheck Inc., a provider of electronic check solutions for Internet and mobile payments, has added two members to its team.
Optimal Payments, a global online payment solutions provider, was named the Best Payments Company at the EGR North America Awards ceremony recently held in San Francisco.
Mercator Advisory Group has hired Sarah Grotta, a 20-year payments and banking industry veteran, as its head of the company’s debit advisory service.
Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), developer of the CurrentC mobile payment platform, has appointed financial services and payment industry veteran Brian V. Mooney as the company’s interim CEO.
The SHAZAM Network has added Patrick Dix to the company’s marketing team as a senior public relations manager.
Merchant Customer Exchange, developer of the CurrentC mobile payment platform has appointed financial services and payment industry veteran Brian Mooney as interim chief executive. Mooney succeeds Dekkers Davidson, who is leaving MCX to pursue other opportunities.
