TSYS, a Columbus, Ga.-based processor, has announced the retirement of James B. Lipham as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer effective June 30, 2014, and the TSYS board of directors appointment of Paul M. Todd to take over the role.
YapStone, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based provider of Web and mobile payment solutions, has appointed Kelly Kay president and chief operating officer.
CardFlight, a New York-based firm that enables developers to integrate in-person card payments into their own apps, has received the 2014 Technology Innovation Award from the Electronic Transactions Association.
First Data Corp., an Atlanta-based payments processor, has hired Jose Garcia to lead the company’s government solutions business.
Mint Wireless Ltd., an Australia-based mobile payments and transaction processing company, has appointed Alex Teoh executive chairman and Robin Khuda CEO.
The Retail Gift Card Association, a trade association of closed-loop gift card retailers committed to promoting and protecting the use of gift cards, announced the election of three new members to its board of director.
Spindle Inc., a provider of mobile commerce solutions, announced it has appointed Christopher J. Meinerz chief financial officer and chief compliance officer.
Visa Inc. has announced that Kelly Mahon Tullier will join the company as executive vice president and deputy general counsel. Ellen Richey, chief legal officer, chief risk officer and member of the executive committee, will continue in those roles through Sept. 30, 2014, when she will become vice chairman, risk and public policy.
Buy-side block trading venue Liquidnet has appointed former Wells Fargo Securities equity trading boss Bob Garrett as its new head of technology, based in New York.
Nadia Dombrowski has joined the payments practice at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office.
Payments industry consulting firm Double Diamond Group LLC has hired Rick Oglesby as senior research analyst and consultant of the recently launched Double Diamond Payments Research, a research division focusing on merchant acceptance trends and analysis.
eBay Inc. has announced the appointment of David Dorman as an independent director to the company’s board of directors.
First Data Corp., an Atlanta-based payments processor, has appointed Michael Manos as chief technology officer, responsible for First Data’s global technology infrastructure.
Heartland Payment Systems, a Princeton, N.J.-based merchant processor, has hired Samir Zabaneh as chief financial officer.
JetPay Payment Services, a division of JetPay Corp., has appointed Nancy Ann Barnhart chief information officer.
Optimal Payments, a London-based online payments and risk management provider, announced that President and CEO Joel Leonoff was named CEO of the year at the U.K. Stock Market Awards 2014 last month.
R&P Group, a Sioux Falls, S.D.-based payments industry recruiting firm, announced that Corbin Simon has earned the Top Producer Award (first quarter 2014) for the Sioux Falls area, from the U.S. Recruiting Network.
CardLab Inc., a Dallas-based provider of open-loop incentive and prepaid card products, announced that Greg Haney has joined the company as chief operating officer.
Contact Solutions, a Reston, Va.-based provider of cloud-based customer self-service solutions, has been awarded the Customer Value Leadership Award for Best Practices Research on hosted interactive voice response solutions by business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
MasterCard has appointed Anna Yip as head of Hong Kong and Macau.
TabbedOut, an Austin, Texas-based provider of an app enabling consumers to open, review and pay their restaurant and bar tabs from their mobile phones, has hired Ari Horowitz as executive vice president, strategic partnerships and corporate development, and George Zirkel as chief revenue officer.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has written a book, “A Fighting Chance,” which chronicles her life from growing up in Oklahoma to her work establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to her 2012 election to the U.S. Senate.
WEX Inc., a provider of corporate payment solutions, announced that Eric Duprat has been elected to the company’s board of directors.
During the All Payments Expo (APEX) in Las Vegas March 3-5 2014, Paybefore announced its Best-in-Category and Industry Achievement winners for the 2014 Paybefore Awards. Check out the photos.
The Bitcoin Foundation, a nonprofit institution founded to promote bitcoin use, has announced the hiring of Jim Harper and Amy Weiss.
CardLab Inc., a Dallas-based provider of open-loop incentive and prepaid card products, has named Glen Holbert chief revenue officer.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has named Christopher D. Carroll, Daniel Dodd-Ramirez and Jeffrey Langer to senior positions.
The International Card Manufacturers Association has announced that 43 individuals have been recognized as the newest Advanced Card Education certificate holders for 2014.
JetPay Payment Services, a division of JetPay Corporation, has appointed Jeffrey S. Tourek executive vice president and national sales leader.
Optimal Payments, a London-based online payment solutions provider, has named Thomas Auriemma as an adviser to provide strategic and regulatory advice on current and future U.S. state regulation regarding payment services for the online gaming industry. The company also appointed Brahm Gelfand as a non-executive director to the company’s board of directors.
PayPal has named Rakesh “Rocky” Agrawal director of strategy.
Purchase, N.Y.-based Aurora Financial Systems Inc. announced that Tom Britz has joined the firm as senior vice president and general manager of the new corporate services division.
CardConnect, a Philadelphia-based payments technology company, announced that Jeffrey Shanahan, who has served as president of the company since 2008, has been appointed CEO.
Cryptomathic, an e-security solutions provider with offices in Europe and North America, has appointed Amru Kotb senior vice president.
Enacomm Inc., a Tulsa, Okla.-based provider of voice processing infrastructure, has hired David Anderson, who will serve as vice president and chief marketing officer.
Mercury Payment Systems LLC, Mercury Payment Systems, a Durango, Colo.-based payment processor, has appointed Andrew Patterson chief technology officer.
Mozido LLC, a startup that focuses on cloud-based, white-label mobile payments services for banks and merchants, has named Scott Sandlin president and a member of the board of directors.
Michael Mueller, co-founder and, for the last nine years, CEO of paysafecard group, has decided to leave the company board. Udo Mueller assumes the role of CEO.
Planet Payment Inc., a Long Beach, N.Y.-based payments processor, has appointed Carl J. Williams CEO.
Heartland Payment Systems, a Princeton, N.J.-based merchant processor, has hired Michael McMillan as chief branding officer.
