When the self-described skeptic took over as global head of prepaid for Mastercard earlier this year, Andrew Buckley wasn’t quite convinced that the opportunities ahead were worthy of all the hype. Five months later and he’s among the converted, preaching the gospel of democratization—not just of payments but of innovation.
Craig James, founder and CEO of compliance consultancy Neopay, views compliance like a chess match—you have to know the board better than everyone else, so nothing surprises you.
A.J. Koehn has joined Urban FT Inc., a digital payments platform provider and 2017 Pay Awards winner for Startup of the Year, as its new senior vice president of compliance and program management.
Deutsche Bank has named Tommaso Zanobini global head of financial technology.
eNett International, a Singapore-based provider of B2B travel payment solutions, has announced two new executive appointments.
Fidor, a digital banking solutions provider, has appointed Jeff Hibbard chief product officer. Hibbard’s focus is on driving product innovation for Fidor’s operating system.
PSCU, a credit union service organization, has appointed Chris Shockley associate director to its board.
Mobile payments platform provider Judopay has appointed Ryan Farley CEO.
Mastercard has appointed Shafi Shaikh executive vice president, customer delivery, Asia-Pacific. Shaikh oversees customer support, product delivery and customer relationships.
TransferTo, a global B2B cross-border payments network, has appointed two senior executive team members as part of the company’s plan to accelerate business growth.
Worldpay vice chairman Ron Kalifa has ranked third out of 100 in the EMpower Ethnic Minority Leaders List, presented by The Financial Times
Citi has appointed Manish Kohli global head of the payments and receivables business.
International Regtech Association, a global nonprofit association focusing on regulation technology has been formed, with more than 100 founding members.
Wirecard North America, a provider of global payment solutions, has appointed Kevin Brown to the Wirecard executive team in North America.
Jani Gode’s knowledge of payments compliance reaches to parts of the globe that are about as far away from the small Minnesota farm where she grew up as you can get. Gode leads the global compliance program as chief compliance officer at Payoneer, an online payments company founded in 2005 that enables businesses to send and receive cross-border payments.
If Margo Hirsch Strahlberg, prepaid compliance risk management specialist at U.S. Bank, isn’t managing responsibilities at home or work, she tries to steal time away to hit the gym. “I’ve incorporated more weight lifting into my routine,” she says. “My goal is to dead-lift a few copies of the CFPB’s prepaid accounts rule.”
Citi has appointed Gulra Atak to lead its innovation lab in Dublin.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) held its third annual Law Enforcement Awards ceremony on May 9 at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
President Trump has named former banking attorney Bimal Patel to lead the day-to-day operations of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC).
Credit union service organization PSCU has hired Chris Gunnare as chief member experience officer.
Qualys Inc., a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, has appointed former Fiserv executive Mark Butler as chief information security officer.
Brad Fauss is joining Wirecard North America as general counsel and vice president, compliance and governmental affairs. In his new role, he is responsible for managing the legal, compliance and governmental affairs functions for the North American business. Wirecard, a payments and commerce leader headquartered in Munich, finalized its acquisition of Citi Prepaid Services in March 2017, as part of its global expansion strategy.
European fintech specialist AEVI—a subsidiary of Diebold Nixdorf—has appointed Nelson Holzner as CEO.
Alenka Grealish has joined the banking practice of research and advisory firm Celent as a senior analyst, based in San Francisco.
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry will step down on May 5, 2017, after completing his five-year term in the role.
Financial data aggregator Finicity has expanded its board of directors with the addition of Marianne Sullivan, who will assume the role of audit committee chair.
IMPACT Payments Recruiting has promoted long-time employees Marc Badalucco, Marc Keller and Brian Blume to managing directors.
Mastercard has named Ed McLaughlin president, operations and technology.
OSPT Alliance, the technical industry body behind the CIPURSE open-security standard for contactless fare collection systems, has announced its board of directors for 2017.
Credit union service organization PSCU has named Glynn Frechette as senior vice president of Advisors Plus, PSCU’s division of strategic consultants and marketing experts.
The Retail Gift Card Association (RGCA), the nonprofit trade organization representing the closed-loop gift card industry, has announced its 2017-2018 board of directors and executive committee.
Phil Gura has been named chief legal officer and executive director of fuel retail for mobile loyalty and payments platform provider Sionic Mobile.
She witnessed the rise of electronic transactions and worked on the first shared ATM network card. Now this self-proclaimed pioneer woman has her sights set on prepaid and a mobile future.
Scott Pearson, a partner in the consumer financial services group at Ballard Spahr, has been named a fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.
Bento for Business, a provider of employee expense management solutions for small businesses, has appointed Lou Friedmann as chief revenue officer.
CO-OP Financial Services Chief Product and Strategy Officer Shazia Manus was named the winner of the Confidence Award during Inspiring Women of Iowa, an annual event sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa.
German consumer finance technology company Kreditech Group has named Michael Lenora as independent chairman of the board and Andy Golding as an independent board member.
Mobile banking and telecom provider Next Group Holdings has signed Jeff Lewis, president of Jeff Lewis Advisory, to provide oversight and recommendations on the development of its GPR and gift card products.
VocaLink mobile payments app arm Pay by Bank has appointed Agnes Woolrich as marketing director.
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.
