Mobey Forum, the international bank-led trade association devoted to advancing mobile payments, announced that Jordi Guaus, head of mobile payments at CaixaBank, has been elected to serve as chairman of the board.
Paybefore Award-winning processor and program manager StoreFinancial has announced that the Dell Advantage ePromotional card was awarded for “Best Prepaid & Payments Innovation” at the Third Annual PX Prepaid & Payments Awards.
Skrill Group has appointed David Clarke chief financial officer.
Visa Europe has appointed Greg Sheppard head of prepaid, and Peter Bayley, executive director, risk management, has been named to the global board of directors for the Merchant Risk Council, a global forum for e-commerce fraud and payments professionals.
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CARD.com, a mobile-focused financial product provider, has expanded its team with the additions of Linda Castillon as senior vice president of licensing, and Heather Inocencio as senior vice president of product.
Discover Financial Services announced that Walter H. Morris Jr. has joined the company’s board of directors.
Harbortouch, a national POS system and merchant services provider, recently has recruited several executives to grow the company’s overall operations.
Raphaels Bank Card Services has appointed Emily Utton senior relationship manager and Alex Reddish relationship manager.
Sidley Austin LLP announced that Maria B. Earley has joined the firm’s Banking and Financial Services practice as counsel.
SimplyTapp, a provider of host card emulation solutions for mobile payments, announced that Mohammad Khan has been named to its board of directors.
TSYS announced that Philip W. Tomlinson has decided to retire as CEO, and M. Troy Woods has been elected by the TSYS board of directors as president and CEO, effective July 31, 2014.
CashStar, a Portland, Maine-based provider of digital gifting technology and Paybefore Award-winner, has appointed John Caron chief marketing officer.
Doug Ferraro, president and CEO at Bellco Credit Union, has been elected to serve as board chairman of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based CO-OP Financial Services.
David Marcus has joined Facebook as vice president, messaging products.
Green Dot Corp. has named Joshua Goines general manager of GoBank. The company also hired Thien Truong as senior vice president of business development and sales.
Mercator Advisory Group has announced the addition of Nikhil Joseph and Jennifer Marble to its team of analysts, and Marcellena Wood as project manager of Consulting Services.
Meta Financial Group Inc., holding company of MetaBank, has been included in the annual “Top 200 Community Banks and Thrifts” list in American Banker Magazine.
Robert Courtneidge, global head of cards and payments at law firm Locke Lord, has been named the world’s sixth leading authority on global payments, as part of the Payment Power 10, an international group of key leaders in the payments industry.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has promoted Michael Dotsey to senior vice president and director of research.
Ingo Money, an Atlanta-based technology and solutions provider, hired Dickson Chu as executive vice president, corporate development and chief product officer.
Mercator Advisory Group has appointed Tim Sloane vice president of payments innovation, and promoted Ben Jackson, formerly senior analyst, to director of the Prepaid Advisory Service.
Monitise plc has announced a series of updates to its executive leadership team and board of directors, including the appointment of Elizabeth Buse to co-CEO of Monitise Group.
In addition to being the 2014 Paybefore Awards Europe winner in the Consumer Champion category, paysafecard.com Wertkarten AG, which is part of the Skrill Group, also has been included in The New Economy’s list of top 40 most innovative companies in the world.
Des Moines, Iowa-based payments processor The Members Group and its sister company and credit card agent issuer TMG Financial Services received recognition from the Iowa Chapter of the American Marketing Association, both earning multiple NOVA Awards for excellence in marketing campaigns.
TSYS, a Columbus, Ga.-based processor, has named Walter Taylor group executive, chief procurement officer.
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Bell ID, a global provider of smart chip management solutions, has appointed Michelle Lehouck EMV product director for its U.S. division.
Matthias Höllerl has been promoted to vice president of sales, mobile messaging, at DIMOCO, a European mobile payment and messaging provider.
Net Element Inc., a mobile payments and transactional services provider, has appointed Drew Freeman to the company’s board of directors.
Naveen Surya, managing director at ItzCash Card Ltd., is serving a two-year term as Payments Council of India chairman as well as chairman of the prepaid issuers working committee. Vishwas Patel, CEO at Avenues India Pvt Ltd., is serving two-year terms as PCI vice chairman and chairman of the merchant aggregator and acquirers committee.
SightSpan Inc. CEO and President John Walsh and John Walsh, former host of “America’s Most Wanted” recently met at a Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Foundation event in Charlotte, N.C.
Nathalie Reinelt has joined Aite Group as an analyst on the retail banking team.
Better ATM Services, a Mesa, Ariz.-based ATM technology provider, has announced changes to its leadership team.
The Bitcoin Foundation, a nonprofit institution founded to promote bitcoin use, has appointed Mark Woods affiliate director, and Kevin Beardsley director of membership.
First Data Corp., an Atlanta-based payments processor, has appointed Christopher Foskett head of global, strategic and national accounts.
i2c Inc., a provider of payment processing and emerging commerce solutions, announced that Scott Salmon has joined the company as general manager, international, to lead i2c’s continued growth in Asia-Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Leaf, creator of a m-POS tablet, has appointed Sarah McCrary CEO.
Mozido LLC, a startup that focuses on cloud-based, white-label mobile payments services for banks and merchants, has hired Dan O’Malley as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Minneapolis-based retailer Target Corp. has hired Bob DeRodes as executive vice president and chief information officer.
