QCash Financial, a provider of small-dollar lending technology for financial institutions, has become a member of the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI)’s Financial Health Network.
Mobile loyalty and payments platform provider Sionic Mobile has named Nat Milburn as managing director of enterprise development.
SRM (Strategic Resource Management), an independent contract advisory firm for financial institutions, has appointed Ken Hayes as senior vice president of strategic solutions.
W2 Global Data has appointed Sara West as its chief commercial officer.
Anwar Tameez has joined The Bancorp as managing director, head of operations.
Spain-based financial services group BBVA has officially joined Hyperledger, a global coalition working to advance blockchain technologies in various corporate sectors.
Mobile money and remote deposit capture specialist Cachet Financial Solutions Inc. has changed its name change to Digiliti Money Inc.
Edge Consultancy has hired Ray Seefeldt to lead its e-security and risk management practices.
Mastercard has appointed Sandy Arkell as executive vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer, effective May 5.
Pay360, the payments business of global software solutions provider Capita, has appointed four new market development experts.
A group of 13 Australian financial services and technology startups has come together to form the RegTech Association, a consortium focused on encouraging collaboration between startups and other stakeholders in the regulatory technology, or “regtech” space in Asia-Pacific.
Blackhawk Network has given its incentives business a new identity, renaming it Hawk Incentives, which includes products and services formerly part of Blackhawk Engagement Solutions and the prepaid and payments company’s B2B digital incentive teams, according to a March 28 announcement.
American Express has added two new executives to its global commercial payments division.
Dublin-based e-commerce services provider eShopWorld will create up to 250 new positions over the next three years as part of the company’s $30 million growth plan.
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) has hired Heather McCalman as credit union council manager.
Global payments provider Hyperwallet has hired Simon Banks to lead its e-commerce and gig economy businesses in the Asia-Pacific region as managing director and senior vice president of Asia-Pacific, based in Sydney.
Mastercard has appointment Rama Sridhar to the newly created position of executive vice president, digital and emerging partnerships, Asia-Pacific.
Brian Dreger has joined B2B incentive and loyalty gifting provider National Gift Card Corp. (NGC) as chief information officer.
PaymentsCompliance, a London-based provider of legal, regulatory compliance and business intelligence to the payments industry, has appointed Jorden van Cann as commercial director.
TSYS has been recognized as a 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute, a global organization dedicated to advancing the standards of ethical business practices.
With federal and state payments regulation in near-constant flux, compliance strategy continues to be of utmost importance, especially for issuers. Amid this landscape, The Bancorp has named Bill Neurohr to head its compliance operations and serve as the point man for the company’s interactions with regulators.
It was a busy day for Green Dot Corp. The payment services provider, on March 13, named Jeffrey B. Osher, managing director of Harvest Capital Strategies LLC, an “observer” and adviser to Green Dot’s board of directors, and it entered into an agreement with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to purchase $50 million of its Class A common stock as part of its stock buy-back initiative.
Global payments processor i2c Inc. has appointed Peg Johnson as executive vice president of global client success to oversee global operations of its client services and customer success organizations. Johnson will report directly to i2c CEO Amir Wain.
Central Payments, the payments division at Central Bank of Kansas City, has promoted two of its original employees to the company’s management team.
First Data has been awarded an exclusive 10-year strategic marketing partnership for the naming rights to the New York Mets’ spring training home in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Payveris, a provider of API-based payment and money transfer solutions for banks and credit unions, has hired Nathan Dudek to serve as chief technology officer.
The Smart Card Alliance, an industry group tasked with driving adoption of smart card technology as the global standard for payment, identity, access and mobile application security, is expanding its charter to include a broader range of security and privacy-enhancing technologies.
London-based mobile payment and customer engagement startup Yoyo has hired former PayPal General Manager Simon Moran as its first vice president of commercial.
Netspend has landed a 20-year prepaid industry veteran in Jeff Johnson to manage the financial services provider’s commercial prepaid channel, the company announced March 2. The freshly minted senior vice president for commercial prepaid will oversee Netspend’s programs for paycards, incentives, disbursements and awards, as well as the Tip Network, which serves businesses whose employees supplement their incomes with tips.
Push payments technology specialist Ingo Money has announced several leadership changes as it looks to expand its business.
The Bancorp has appointed Mark Connolly as executive vice president and head of credit markets.
Evolis, a global provider of personalization systems for plastic cards, is reorganizing its U.S. operations, opening a new office near Boston to be headed by Xavier Ballarin.
Mark Engels has joined global payments provider Hyperwallet as chief revenue officer.
Prepaid services provider InComm and its Canadian affiliate InComm Canada each have won vendor of the year recognition by a retailer partner.
The National Merchants Association (NMA) has filled three key leadership roles, appointing Brian Randolph as chief operating officer, Jason Holderness as chief technology officer and Jacob Bennett chief risk officer.
Parking and transit technology payment systems provider Passport has appointed Michael Scully chief product officer.
PaymentsCompliance, a provider of business intelligence to the global payments industry, was named “Best Payments Industry Newcomer” at The Card & Payments Awards 2017, which took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, on Feb. 2.
Maikki Frisk has been named executive director of Mobey Forum, the global industry association aimed at helping banks and other financial institutions to lead the future of digital financial services.
Cristina Astore has been named director of the international division for SIA, a European provider of payments technology and services.
Fraud detection specialist Simility has announced that financial services veteran Robert Stock has joined the company as head of global business development.
