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.
Mitchel Lenson, former chief information officer at Deutsche bank, has become a non-executive director at CurrencyCloud
i2c Inc., a provider of payment processing and emerging commerce solutions, announced that Stephen Grice has joined the company as general manager, Europe.
Optimal Payments Plc, an online payment solutions provider, announced that Neil Erlick, executive vice president of business development, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.
Prepaid International Forum, the not-for-profit body representing the prepaid industry, has elected three new members to serve on the board.
Raphaels Bank has appointed Kerry Penfold to its board of directors.
YapStone, a provider of Web and mobile payment technology solutions for large vertical markets and online marketplaces, has announced the addition of Daniel Issen as chief technology officer.
Law firm K&L Gates has named Ori Lev a partner in the firm’s consumer financial services practice.
Fiserv Inc., a global provider of financial services technology solutions, has hired financial crime risk management analytics and technology experts Timothy J. Grace and Manuel “Mannie” Da Silva.
Angela Brown, CEO and president of payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp., has received the 2015 Distinguished Payments Professional award from the Electronic Transactions Association.
PSCU, a credit union service organization based in St. Petersburg, Fla., has appointed Chuck Fagan president and CEO.
Raphaels Bank, a U.K.-based issuer of prepaid and other payment cards, has bolstered its card services team with four appointments who bring regulatory and compliance-related skills, along with additional client support.
TSYS announced that Ken Tye has decided to retire as senior executive vice president and chief information officer after 43 years of service, effective Sept 30, 2015.
WilmerHale has announced Michael Gordon is rejoining the law firm next month as partner in the Washington, D.C., office, expanding WilmerHale’s consumer finance regulatory and enforcement capabilities and congressional investigations experience.
Ubiquity Global Services has announced that payments veteran Jonathan Weiner has joined its board of directors. Weiner is founder and co-chairman of Money20/20 and former global head of payments business development at Google.
MasterCard Worldwide has appointed Betty DeVita as chief commercial officer of MasterCard Labs, the company’s global research and development arm focused on payments innovations.
Global online payment solutions provider Optimal Payments has appointed Shane Hibbeler as vice president of sales.
Ripple Labs, creators of the Ripple payment protocol, has named Anja Manuel, a former U.S. Department of State official, as an adviser to the company.
Grass Roots, a provider of employee and customer engagement solutions, has appointed Simon Mitchell to the role of global account director.
Wave Crest Group Limited, a global digital payments provider, has named John Racine as its executive chairman.
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Swift has hired David Lefferts as managing director, market initiatives for the Americas. Lefferts joins Swift after eight years at Markit, where he held product development, cross-product strategy, and senior business development roles over his eight year tenure.
Global institutional trading network Liquidnet has hired Chris Jackson as European head of its Execution and Quantitative Services group. This new role will involve setting the strategic direction of the European trading desk and Algorithmic Services Group, as well as heading the sales effort for Liquidnet’s global algorithmic offering with European clients.
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Brett King is joining digital financial services investment and advisory firm Anthemis Group as a venture partner.
The EMV Migration Forum, a cross-industry body focused on supporting the migration to EMV payments standards in the U.S., has announced its 2015-2016 steering committee officers. The committee will be chaired by John Drechny, senior director of payment services, Walmart. Patty Walters, senior vice president of corporate EMV strategy for Vantiv Inc., will serve as […]
The board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has announced that Patrick Harker will assume the role of president and CEO, effective July 1, 2015.
GlobalPlatform, a nonprofit organization that standardizes managing applications on secure chip technology, has added New Doone Science & Technology as an observer member.
Online gift card marketplace Raise has announced that Don Kingsborough has joined the company’s board of directors.
Payment services provider and processor Sage Payment Solutions has appointed Paul Bridgewater as CEO and Jim Emerick as executive vice president of customer support.
Prepaid program manager UniRush LLC has promoted Douglas McGann to the role of president.
Rob Lehman has joined law firm WilmerHale as co-chair of the firm’s legislative affairs and public policy group, a government relations practice that provides strategic legislative and regulatory advocacy and solutions.
Compliance advisory firm Treliant Risk Advisors has named Steve Rudner and Mark Westmoreland as principals of the firm.
