Company on the Move: The Money Services Business Association Launches
Money services companies have launched The Money Services Business Association (MSBA), and have appointed Alberto Laureano, CEO at Barri Financial Group LLC, as chairman. The MSBA was started to establish an industry-led organization that supports the nonbank financial services industry and encourages continued innovation and development in the payments industry, while assisting in the education and communication with federal and state regulators. The association has 24 founding members and they elected the following first-year board members:
- Laybaa Hernandez, DolEx Dollar Express Inc.
- Nicole Ibbotson, InComm Financial Services Inc.
- Alberto Laureano, Barri Financial Group LLC
- Marcelo Licht, TransferTo Inc.
- Phu Nguyen, Saigon Central Post Inc.
- Jose Carlos Pereira, Real Transfer
- Suresh Ramamurthi, Yantra Services Inc.
- John Ricci, Green Dot Corp.
- Joana Santos, Novacambios
The MSBA also named Kathy Tomasofsky as acting director. She has more than 20 years of financial services and association management skills, and most recently served as the senior director of operations at the NBPCA.
Founding company members include: Barri Money Services LLC; DolEx Dollar Express; Finacam SF Inc.; GreenDot Corp.; InComm Financial Services Inc.; JN Money Services Ltd.; Maxi Transfers; NETG5 Ltd.; Novacambios; PreCash; Prabhu Group Inc.; Real Transfer; Saigon Central Post Inc.; Tempus; Transfer To; World First USA Inc.; Xpress Money; and Yantra Services Inc.
Associate founding members include: AML Experts; Bryan Cave; Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph PL; MTC-Mohr World Consulting; Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman; and Global Vision.
