ACI Worldwide strengthens EMEA team with new hires
ACI Worldwide added two new payments experts to its EMEA team, bringing in Mitch Armstrong as vice president of solutions consulting, and Lu Zurawski as practice lead in consumer payments.
Career Moves
Payveris hires new president
Jeffrey Weikert will join online and mobile payment solutions provider Payveris as president, focusing on the company’s growth objectives.
Invapay appoints former European Barclaycard MD
Former managing director of Barclaycard Western Europe Neil Radley will join the board of Invapay as non-executive director.
Alibaba strengthens financial unit with new hire
Alibaba has recruited a well-known economist and finance professor as chief strategy officer of Ant Financial Services Group.
Martin Knott returns to RBS as head of trade, global transactions
The Royal Bank of Scotland has re-hired Martin Knott as head of trade in its global transaction services division.
Skrill Group names new CEO
Skrill Group’s chief commercial officer David Sear will take on the role of CEO from 1st January, as current CEO Siegfried Heimgaertner takes an advisory position on the Group's board.
Ex-Pimco CEO invests in Californian P2P lending venture
Financial services veteran Mohamed El-Erian has left investment management to become the lead investor in a $12million funding round for Californian peer-to-peer lending company Payoff.
RBS nabs Mastercard boss for payments overhaul
The Royal Bank of Scotland has lured Marion King from Mastercard’s British operations, hoping to overhaul its payments strategy after several failures left the bank exposed to some potentially heavy fines.
New POS role created at Adyen
Adyen, a provider of omni-channel payment solutions, has appointed Jean-Marc Thienpont as Managing Director of Point-of-Sale Solutions.
Top Visa NFC expert poached by Apple
Mary Carol Harris, director of mobile at Visa Europe, will help drive forward Apple’s expansion into Europe’s mobile payments sector, it has been revealed.
