SIMalliance, a London-based nonprofit trade association supporting the creation, deployment and management of secure mobile services and applications, has elected Hervé Pierre to serve a one-year term as the organization’s chairman of the board.
The board of directors of VendorSafe, a provider of cloud-managed IT security services, has named Kevin Watson CEO.
YapStone, a global provider of Web and mobile payment solutions, has been named to the Deloitte 2014 Technology Fast 500, an annual ranking of the 500 fastest-growing North American companies in the technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology sectors.
The Bitcoin Foundation, a nonprofit institution founded to promote bitcoin use, has appointed Patrick Murck executive director.
ClassWallet has appointed Neil Steinhardt senior vice president.
Payment technology supplier FIS has appointed Gary Norcross president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2015. Frank Martire, who has served as the company’s CEO for five years, will assume the role of executive chairman.
IP Payments Pty. Ltd. has appointed Bonnie Boezeman chairperson of its board of directors.
IQR Consulting has hired Terresa Patton as business development director to support the company’s analytics division.
Meta Financial Group Inc., has been recognized in Bank Director Magazine’s 2014 Bank Performance Scorecard as earning the highest ranking among peers in South Dakota with an asset range of $1 billion to $5 billion.
Payveris, an online and mobile payments company, has appointed Jeff Weikert president. Fran Duggan the founder and president of Payveris is moving to the newly created role of chief operating officer.
Stockholm-based Seamless, developer of the mobile payment solution SEQR, has hired Beverly Cole as its U.S head of sales
1to1 Card, a Chicago-based prepaid card program manager, announced that Paul Boemer has joined the company as chief strategy officer.
Bitcoin payment processor BitPay and Bitcoin exchange Vaurum announced that Arthur Levitt, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will serve as adviser to both enterprises.
CardCash.com, a Brick, N.J.-based marketplace for secondary gift cards, has hired Tom Ochoa as senior vice president of business development.
MasterCard has appointed Safdar Khan to lead its growing Islamic payments business in Southeast Asia, and he will be promoted to the role of group country manager for Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
Meta Financial Group Inc. announced that Elizabeth G. “Betty” Hoople has joined the company’s board of directors.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Marion King as director of payments. She will begin her role with the Edinburgh-based company in early 2015.
Skrill Group, provider of online payment technologies to merchants and consumers, has announced that David Sear will become CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2015.
TMG Financial Services, a Des Moines, Iowa-based payments solutions provider, has announced the promotion of one employee and the addition of two others to the team.
Bowen ‘Bo’ Ranney has joined Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group in New York City. He will help clients prepare for CFPB exams and assist them during the exam process or when they’re being investigated by the CFPB. Ranney previously was examiner-in-charge at the CFPB, where he worked in compliance and enforcement. He has been […]
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has been honored by EMEA Finance magazine in its 2014 Treasury Services Awards, winning the award for Best Treasury Services in Europe, recognizing the bank’s proactive and consultative client approach, product enhancements and focus on thought leadership.
First Data has announced a series of appointments to its senior leadership team.
Global law firm Paul Hastings LLP announced that Gerald Sachs has joined the firm’s global banking and payments systems practices in Washington, D.C., as of counsel.
Online payment voucher provider paysafecard has appointed Walter Tauchner vice president of partner management.
Mooresville, N.C.-based SightSpan Inc., which advises organizations on risk-management and AML programs, announced that Saskia Rietbroek has joined its advisory board.
When Hamed Shahbazi graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1997, many people were still calling the Internet a “fad.” But the Vancouver native knew better.
Ray Iglesias has come into his own. As CEO of Ubiquity Global Services, he has stepped out of the shadows to take center stage and with it his dream job.
The Bitcoin Foundation has retained Monica Monaco, founder and managing director of Trust EU Affairs, to assist with outreach to political leaders and policymakers in the European Union.
Apple Europe has hired Mary Carol Harris to lead the company’s mobile payments efforts in the region.
eBay Inc. announced that Dan Schulman has joined PayPal as president, effectively immediately, and he will become PayPal CEO after PayPal and eBay are separated next year into independent, publicly traded companies. eBay Inc. also announced that Devin Wenig, president of eBay Marketplaces, will become CEO of eBay in 2015.
Mercator Advisory Group has hired Richard A. Hall as head of its Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service.
In partnership with the U.S. Government, the North Carolina Secretary of State has requested that John Walsh, SightSpan CEO and president, provide counterterrorist financing training to government officials from Moldova.
Skrill, provider of online payment technologies to merchants and consumers, has appointed Christopher Russell CEO of Skrill USA Inc.
Kirk Kordeleski, president and CEO of Long Island, N.Y.-based Bethpage Federal Credit Union, has been appointed to the CO-OP Financial Services Board of Directors.
FirstView Financial, an Atlanta-based provider of financial, mobile and payment technology solutions, has appointed Jerry Uffner president and CEO.
MasterCard Advisors, the professional services arm of MasterCard, has appointed Pierre Burret head of delivery, quality and resource management for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa and Eric Schneider as region business lead for Asia Pacific.
MasterCard Worldwide has appointed Brett Adams group head, integrated processing solutions.
Mobetize Corp., a mobile commerce payment solutions provider, has appointed Eric Dumois vice president, product and compliance.
Skrill Group, provider of online payment technologies to merchants and consumers, has appointed Neil Ward group chief product and marketing officer.
TMG Financial Services, a Des Moines, Iowa-based payments solutions provider, has added six employees.
