Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has announced the expansion of its banking and financial services practice to include the financial services regulatory and enforcement group (FinsReg).
Money services companies have launched The Money Services Business Association.
Alpesh Chokshi has been named head of national accounts at Visa.
Wave Crest Group has appointed Brent Almeida CEO.
Card marketing and production service provider Arroweye Solutions has named Jeff Lipa vice president of business development.
The Bancorp has hired Steven Turowski as executive vice president, chief risk officer.
DH Corp., a provider of technology solutions to financial institutions globally, announced that it has rebranded Fundtech as its new Global Transaction Banking Solution (GTBS) business.
Ingenico Group, a global payment solutions provider, has received the Smart Card Alliance “Center of Excellence” designation for 2015—its second year in a row.
JetPay Payment Services, a division of JetPay Corp., has appointed Thomas Tesmer chief operating officer.
Stripe, which specializes in mobile and online payments technology, has appointed Will Gaybrick chief financial officer.
Payments processor The Members Group (TMG), a credit union service organization, has hired Pam Brodsack as chief technology officer.
Twitter’s board of directors has appointed Jack Dorsey CEO and named Adam Bain chief operating officer.
Payments processor First Data has appointed Himanshu Patel chief financial officer.
The CFPB has appointed new consumer finance experts from outside the federal government to the Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council and Credit Union Advisory Council.
Digital payments security provider Gemalto has won the Juniper Research 2015 Award for Digital Payments for its Allynis Trusted Services Hub.
Kerv, a London-based fintech startup, has announced that David Hunter has been appointed chairman of its board of directors.
NXT-ID Inc., a biometrics authentication company focused on mobile commerce, announced that William Fields has joined its advisory board.
Payveris LLC, a digital payments company serving banks and credit unions across the U.S., has hired Ted Chaney as senior vice president, strategic alliances.
Brian Brunner has joined the board of directors of PeoplesBank, Codorus Valley Company.
Financial innovation firm R3 announced that an additional 13 of the world’s leading banks have joined its partnership to design and apply distributed ledger technologies to global financial markets.
Hervé Pierre, embedded software and products senior director, strategy, at Gemalto, has been reelected as chairman of SIMalliance throughout the 2015-16 term.
Eileen Burbidge, founding partner at venture capital firm Passion Capital, has been appointed the chair of Tech City UK, a publicly funded, nonprofit group launched in 2010 by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron to support the East London tech cluster known as Silicon Roundabout.
Jeffrey W. Jones has been named president of U.S. Bank Corporate Payment Systems, which helps organizations reduce payment costs and improve efficiencies through the use of travel, purchasing, fleet and aviation cards, as well as virtual accounts and other payment products.
YapStone, a global provider of Web and mobile payments technology solutions for large vertical markets and online marketplaces, has appointed Bryan Murphy president.
EMVCo, the EMV technical body collectively owned by American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, UnionPay and Visa, has appointed Bastien Latgé to the newly created role of director of technology.
eNett International, a provider of dedicated B2B travel payment solutions, has appointed Carl-Olav Scheible chief commercial officer.
Fifth Third Bancorp has named Timothy Spence executive vice president and chief strategy officer.
FLEETCOR Technologies Inc., a global provider of fuel card and workforce payment products to businesses, has appointed two business unit executives.
Mobile commerce solutions provider Mobetize Corp. has appointed Donald Duberstein independent director and chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
National Gift Card Corp., a marketer and supplier of gift cards for use in loyalty, incentive and rewards programs, has appointed Bill St. Clair senior vice president of operations. NGC Europe also made two recent appointments to its management team: Christine Rodriguez and Neil Pagnam.
The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100, which ranks the U.K.’s private technology, media and telecom companies with the fastest-growing sales over three years, has ranked Prepaid Financial Services, a global payment services provider and fintech company, No. 22.
Online money transfer service WorldRemit has announced the hiring of Gabriella Poczo as chief technology officer.
Jürg Weber has been appointed as the new division chief executive of SIX Payment Services and a member of SIX Group executive board as of today.
ACI Worldwide, a global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, has appointed James C. Hale to its board of directors.
Emergent Payments, a global payments company enabling digital businesses to accept more than 200 secure payment methods, recently has added executives to its senior leadership. The additions include Joseph Podulka, CFO; Rob Freedman, business development director; and Pawan Chawla, vice president merchant solutions and strategy.
Fiserv Inc., a global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that it has received a vendor award for outstanding performance of anti-money laundering (AML) solutions by Aite Group as part of its “2015 Global AML Vendor Evaluation.”
Payments platform provider Hyperwallet Systems Inc. announced the addition of Jennifer Anderson to its U.S. sales team.
The UK Gift Card and Voucher Association recently has appointed Gail Cohen director general.
Payment solutions provider bux.com Global Ltd. announced that David Hunter has joined the company as a non-executive director and member of the board.
Boston-based Eastern Bank has appointed Steven L. Antonakes senior vice president and chief compliance officer.
