London-based Travelex announced two additions to its global senior management team. (PBU: v4 i2)

FSV Payment Systems, Inc., a Houston-based prepaid card provider and processor, announced that Stephen W. Reesing has been appointed chief financial officer and Matthew P. Frye was named chief commercial services executive. (PBU: v4 i2)

Speer & Associates, Inc., an Alpharetta, Ga.-based financial services consulting firm, announced Les E. Riedl has been named CEO. (PBU: v4 i2)

Cardtronics, Inc., the Houston-based ATM operator, announced that its board of directors has selected Steven A. Rathgaber as the company's new CEO. (PBU: v4, i1)

Incentium, formerly VIPGift, recently announced the appointment of Thomas Venable as senior vice president of sales. Kelli Hasson and Michael Bagley were named sales directors. (PBU: v4, i1)

Mint Technology Corp., the Toronto-based prepaid card provider, announced that Andrew Martinez has been appointed CFO. (PBU: v4, i1)

Los Angeles-based Pacific Mercantile Bancorp announced that Andrew (Andy) M. Phillips has been nominated to serve as a member of its board of directors and on the board of directors of its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Pacific Mercantile Bank. (PBU: v4, i1)

TMG (The Members Group), a Des Moines, Iowa-based credit union service organization, has added Mark Kenney to its card services sales force. (PBU: v4, i1)

First Data announced Kevin Barry has joined the company as general manager of the STAR Network and Peter J. Korpady has been hired as senior vice president, national sales and relationship management. (PBU: v3 i20)

MasterCard Incorporated recently announced the appointment of Kevin Stanton as president of MasterCard Advisors, the company's professional services arm, effective Jan. 1, 2010. (PBU: v3 i20)

First Data announced that Chip Swearngan has joined the company as senior vice president, communications. (PBU: v3 i13)

Omni Prepaid, LLC appointed Gil Verner as creative director. (PBU: v3 i19)

The Western Union Company announced the promotion of Hikmet Ersek to chief operating officer, effective Jan.1, 2010. (PBU: v3 i19)

Anil D. Aggarwal, chairman and CEO of TxVia, a provider of processing systems for prepaid cards, has been elected to the board of directors of ACCION USA, a nonprofit organization committed to bringing affordable small business loans to micro entrepreneurs. (PBU: v3 i19)

The Center for Financial Services Innovation announced it has appointed Melissa Koide as policy director to lead the nonprofit’s expanded policy initiative in Washington. (PBU V3 i18)

People on the Move: Terry D. Peterson, Deluxe November 2009 Deluxe Corporation recently announced that Terry D. Peterson has been promoted to chief financial officer. Peterson joined the Shoreview, Minn.-based company that provides financial institutions with loyalty and retention programs and network brand

Milwaukee law firm Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Donald Layden will join the firm’s corporate services group in addition to serving as an advisor for private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC. (PBU V3 i18)

People on the Move: John Partridge, Visa October 2009 Visa Inc. announced that John Partridge has been named president of the company. Partridge, who was formerly Visa’s chief operating officer, will continue to report to Joseph W. Saunders, chairman and CEO of Visa Inc., and will oversee all client, m

Maverick Network Solutions Inc, a Wilmington, Del.-based prepaid card provider, announced it has appointed Philip A. Valvardi, III as CEO. (PBU v3 i17)

Javelin Strategy & Research, the Pleasanton, Calif.-based payments and security consultancy, announced it has hired Beth Robertson as director of payments research and Robert Vamosi as research analyst for risk, fraud and security. (PBU v3 i17)

Omni Prepaid, LLC, the Pittsburgh-based parent company of GiftCards.com, announced it has appointed Doug Blasiman as chief operations and finance officer. (PBU v3 i17)

Barclaycard, the card management and transaction processing division of U.K.-based Barclay’s Group, appointed Jim Wadsworth head of strategic product management for prepaid. (PBU v3 i17)

U.S. Bank has named Anthony (Tony) Vuoto to the position of general manager of U.S. Bank Retail Payment Solutions, which comprises consumer and small business credit, debit, prepaid and specialty card businesses, as well as its retail payments innovation unit. (PBU v3 i16)

PayPal announced that it has hired John McCabe as senior vice president of worldwide operations for PayPal, Ed Eger as senior vice president of transaction management, and Renier Lemmens, who will lead PayPal's business in Europe. (PBU v3 i16)

Sara Sampson was named senior vice president of marketing and business development by Incentium, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based loyalty program provider formerly known as VIPGift. (PBU v3 i16)

Chicago-based payment gateway provider Ezic announced several additions to its team including naming Angela Stamison as its vice president of channel sales. (PBU v3 i16)

People on the Move: David Torgerson, Cardlytics October 2009 David Torgerson has been hired as senior vice president of bank sales for Atlanta-based merchant-funded rewards technology provider Cardlytics. Torgerson comes to Cardlytics from CheckFree, acquired by Fiserv Inc. in 2007, where he was vice preside

Kim Kaczmarek, vice president of product development for TSYS Healthcare, has won the Solutions Innovator Award, presented by CDHC Solutions Magazine. (PBU v3 i15)

Sparkbase, a Cleveland-based gift and loyalty card processing technology provider, said it has hired Christine Primisch as client services manager. (PBU v3 i15)

Rixty, a provider of prepaid card solutions for online video gamers, has hired Alan Miller as a strategic advisor and head of publisher relations. (PBU v3 i15)

MasterCard Europe announced that Phil Davies joined the product management team for Prepaid Europe, while Claire Dudley-Hodson assumed the role of business leader, prepaid sales for MasterCard Europe. (PBU v3 i15)

First Data Corp. has named Kevin J. Schultz president of financial services and John Elkins chief marketing officer. (PBU v3 i15)

New York City-based prepaid processor TxVia recently named Paul Zurlo to its board of directors. (PBU v3 i14)

MoneyGram International, a Minneapolis-based money transmitter, announced it has named Pamela H. Patsley CEO. (PBU v3 i14)

People on the Move: Rebekka Rea, Innovative Prepaid Solutions Sept. 2009 With more than nine years of experience in the prepaid industry, Rebekka Rea has launched Innovative Prepaid Solutions, a consultancy specializing in prepaid products with an emphasis on closed-loop gift cards.  Rea, most recently vice

InComm, the Atlanta-based third-party prepaid card distributor, announced that Karen Budahazy will join InComm Canada's management team as general manager. (PBU v3 i14)

Prepaid card provider edo Interactive announced that Jay Graves has been named chief technology officer and Lisa McGinty has joined the company to manage business development for the edo card services group (PBU: V3, i14)

Altair Technologies Limited, the London-based prepaid card provider, recently announced that Stuart Butler has been named managing director. (PBU v3 i13)

Emer Daly was recently appointed a non-executive director of Payzone Plc Ltd., the Dublin-based consumer payments acceptance network. (PBU v3 i13)

FSV Payment Systems, Inc. announced the appointment of James Grabow as chief retail partners executive. (PBU v3 i13)

D.J. Murphy has been promoted to associate editor by Paybefore. (PBU: V3, i12)

Peter Schmitt, executive director of PSCU Financial Services, recently won the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Central Great Lakes Region. (PBU: V3, i12)

Cardlytics has added Mark A. Johnson as an advisor and board participant. (PBU: V3, i12)

Comdata Corporation, a Tennessee-based payment processor and prepaid card provider, promoted Greg Koren to senior vice president of sales for enterprise solutions, and Greg Licata joined the company as vice president of health care. (V3, i11)

Maverick Network Solutions, a Wilmington, Del.-based company that provides corporations with payment solutions, announced the addition of Renee Kyte as assistant vice president. (V3, i11)

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Total Card, Inc. announced the addition of Doug Bobenhouse to its staff as director of a newly formed prepaid/debit card division and Paul Simon as national sales director. (V3, i11)

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based prepaid card provider VIPGift announced the promotion of Patrick Gildea to chief financial officer. (V3, i11)

Houston-based prepaid card provider PreCash announced the promotion of Mia Mends to vice president of prepaid debit products. The company also announced its Chairman and CEO John Chaney has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Award in the financial services category in the Houston and Gulf Coast Area. (V3, i10)

London-based prepaid card provider Tuxedo Money Solutions has named John Sharman CEO. (V3, i10)

FSV Payment Systems, Inc., a provider of prepaid card program management and processing services, announced the appointment of Richard “Rick” Savard to the company’s board of directors. (V3, i10)

Mark Harrington’s role with Citi Prepaid Services recently expanded from group head of marketing to head of client delivery. (V3, i10)

People on the Move Barbara Hvasta and Jill Boova, Maverick Network Solutions June 2009 Prepaid card provider Maverick Network Solutions, based in Wilmington, Del., has named Barbara Hvasta vice president of product management and Jill Boova vice president of client

Steve Endacott, the British entrepreneur behind travel startups, such as On Holiday Group, Holiday Taxis and Click with Technology, has joined the board of CorporatePay’s new venture, MyTravelCash, as a non-executive director. (V3, i9)

Tuxedo Money Solutions, a London-based prepaid card provider, has appointed Mike Stanley as director of sales and partnerships. (V3, i9)

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based prepaid card provider and processor TransCard has hired Candy Whitley as senior vice president of retail and government sales. (V3, i8)

U.K. retailer House of Fraser announced the appointment of Raegan Matthews as its business incentives manager. (V3, i8)

Maverick Network Solutions, a Wilmington, Del.-based corporate payments solutions provider, announced the addition of Jim Stewart and Paul Tomasofsky to its board of directors. (V3, i8)

People on the Move: Michael J. Skinner, Coinstar, Inc. May 2009 Bellevue, Wash.-based Coinstar has promoted Michael J. Skinner to the position of president of Coin and E-Payment Services, effective immediately. Skinner, 55, joined Coinstar in 2004 and has served in leadership roles for the company’s E-Payme

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of prepaid cards TransCard has hired a new Vice President of Risk, Arnold Galit, and a new Executive Vice President of Global Business Development, Karl Asplund. (PBU: V3, i7)

At its 2009 Member Forum, member credit unions elected four credit union executives to PSCU Financial Services’ board of directors: Gene Foley, Jane Watkins, Ariel Chun and John Walling. (PBU: V3, i7)

Prepaid payments processor i2c Inc. announced that Facundo Rivera has joined the company as director, client account management. 

Kieran Chung joined the executive team at Las Vegas-based prepaid card processor eCommLink and will serve as chief technology officer.

Payment processor and prepaid card provider Comdata Corporation has promoted Joseph B. Daly to executive vice president and general manager, enterprise solutions.

InComm, a provider of prepaid transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale distribution solutions, announced that Frank Monaco will join the company’s management team as vice president of international, reporting to Brian Parlotto, senior vice president of products and international. (PBU: V2, i6)

People on the Move  Vicky S. Bindra, MasterCard April 2009 MasterCard Worldwide announced the appointment of Vicky S. Bindra, 44, as president, Asia Pacific Middle East Africa region. (PBU: V3, i6)

John De Lavis has recently joined Meta Payment Systems as a senior vice president to help extend its business into a number of international markets.

Global payments processor TSYS has appointed Amit Sethi, a veteran of the global payments industry, as managing director of TSYS India and South Asia.

People on the Move: Alan Semel and Bennett Kaufman, SparkBase March 2009 Cleveland-based gift and loyalty card processor SparkBase, has expanded its sales team with the appointments of Alan Semel as national sales manager and Bennett Kaufman as sales director. As national sales manager, Semel reports to Spa

People on the Move Cheryl Slipski, TxVia March 2009 Technology company TxVia, Inc. named Cheryl Slipski, executive vice president, general counsel. Slipski has more than a decade of experience as an attorney, focusing primarily on intellectual property and due diligence.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based corporate and consumer incentive card provider VIPGift has added three sales directors to its sales team: Scott Jacobs, Claire Dittrich, and Sheryl Shewman. (PBU: V3, i4)

London-based prepaid card provider Tuxedo Money Solutions has appointed John Sharman chief operating officer and a board member. (PBU: V3, i4)

Larry Lebofsky has been promoted to vice president of TopGrading Solutions, Inc., an affiliate of the world’s largest search and recruitment organization with nearly 1,100 offices in more than 35 countries MRINetwork. (PBU: V3, i4)

People on the Move Kirsten Trusko, NBPCA March 2009 The Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA), a non profit trade organization serving the network branded prepaid card industry, has named Kirsten Trusko president and executive director. Trusko previously served as

Greenings International announced the expansion of its payments industry executive search business across Europe and North America with the addition of Viveca Van Bladel and Frédéric Le Gall. (PBU: V3, i4)

Green Dot Corporation, the Monrovia, Calif.-based provider of financial products and services sold at retail stores, announced that Will Sowell will be joining the company as chief operating officer. (PBU: V3, i4)

Discover Financial Services has announced the addition of Cynthia A. Glassman and Richard H. Lenny to the company’s board of directors. (PU: V3, i4)

TxVia, Inc., a prepaid card processing technology provider, announced the appointment of Robert J. Levenson as an independent director. (PBU: V3 i3)

People on the Move: Jim Cosgrove and David Duncan, TSYS February 2009 Payments processor TSYS recently announced the promotion of two team members to its senior management group. Jim Cosgrove has been promoted to treasurer and group executive of finance, and David Duncan has been promoted to group executiv

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based prepaid card processor TransCard has announced that Jerry Uffner will be the company's new president. (PBU: V3 i3)

Bank regulatory attorney Carol R. Van Cleef has joined Washington, D.C. based law firm Patton Boggs. (PBU: V3 i3)

Corporate payment solutions provider Maverick Network Solutions has named Stephen Rosenzweig controller. (PBU: V3 i3)

Atlanta-based prepaid transaction processor and prepaid card distributor InComm announced that Mark Leonard will join InComm’s executive team as executive vice president of business development, reporting directly to CEO Brooks Smith. (PBU: V3 i3)

eCommLink, a Las Vegas-based prepaid processor, announced the reorganization of its executive team “in order to strengthen its ability to handle the company’s growing domestic business.” (PBU: V3 i3)

Gift card exchange and service Website Plastic Jungle has named Gary Briggs its CEO.

MoneyGram International’s board of directors has appointed Pamela Patsley executive chairman of the board and named Anthony Ryan president and CEO.

Stephen Diamond, formerly a senior business leader of prepaid products at Visa, has joined Redwood City, Calif.-based prepaid processor i2c Inc. as vice president of client account management.

MasterCard has announced the appointment of Matthew Lanford to the position of senior business leader, Europe prepaid product development, effective immediately.

Carlos Pittier has joined prepaid processor i2c Inc. as director, client account relationship management.

Card manufacturing and services provider CPI Card Group has named Julie Hermanson as its quality manager. (PBU: V3 i1)

Columbus, Ga.-based transaction processor TSYS has named Bulent Senver business development director for its entry into the Turkish payments market. (PBU: V3 i1)

Prepaid transaction processing services provider InComm has appointed Robert Skiba executive vice president and general manager of stored value, financial services and loyalty programs. (PBU: V3 i1)

Euronet Worldwide, Inc., an electronic payments provider based in Leawood, Kan., announced the appointment of Tony Westlake as chief operating officer of the company’s prepaid segment and the addition of Nicholas L.A. Kennett, who replaces Westlake as managing director of e-pay Ltd, Euronet’s prepaid subsidiary in the U.K. (PBU: V3 i1)

Raymond Goldsmith has joined FNDS3000 Corp as chairman of the board of directors. (PBU: V3 i1)

Haskell, N.J.-based Branded Marketing, founders of the Pr1macard Prepaid MasterCard family of products by 1-800-Tarjetas.com, has named Sandro F. Oré as chief marketing officer. (PBU: V3 i1)

TransCard, a provider of network branded prepaid cards, has hired Brad Townsend as its chief financial officer. (PBU: V3 i1)

MasterCard Worldwide announced organizational changes that will combine global customer accounts and regional activities around the world into more centralized units.(PBU: V3 i1)

Louisville, Ky.-based Stored Value Solutions, Inc. (SVS), a provider of custom solutions for gift and prepaid cards, loyalty and B2B applications, has named Ralph Rolen as its executive vice president and general manager.

James Riggsbee has joined prepaid processor i2c as site leader at the Panama contact center.

Payments processor TSYS announced that Kelley Knutson has been promoted to executive vice president of Global Services, Virginia A. Holman has been promoted to group executive of marketing and corporate communications and Suzanne Kump has been promoted to group executive of human resources.

Englewood, Colo.-based prepaid card program manager and processor Springbok Services has named a new director of compliance and risk management, Patti Ann Johnston, who joins the company from MasterCard Worldwide.

RêvEurope Payments Limited, a member of the Rêv Worldwide global network of payments companies for underserved markets, announced the appointment of payment industry veterans Anne Cobb, former president of Visa International for the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region, and Gérard Compain, chairman, CEO and founder of Cadege Technologies and Consulting, to the company’s board of directors.

People on the Move Steve Taylor, PreCash, Inc. December 2008 PreCash, a provider of electronic cash bill payments, prepaid wireless refills, and prepaid MasterCard and Visa cards recently named Steve Taylor executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer.

People on the Move Monika Jerabek, i2c Inc. December 2008 Prepaid card transaction processor i2c Inc. announced that Monika Jerabek has joined the company as manager of marketing and communications.

Englewood, Colo-based program manager and process Springbok Services announced the appointment of Kevin Royal and William H. Haughey to its board of directors.

MPower Ventures founder Roy Sosa joins Ricardo Hausmann, director of Harvard University's Center for International Development and professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the Kennedy School of Government, as co-chair of the Global Agenda Council on Financial Empowerment.

Electronic payments processor iPayStation has named Bruce Burke as director of marketing and sales for iPayStation North America.

FiCentive, a prepaid and gift card solutions provider, announced the promotion of long-time employee John Pullin to the position of vice president, operations.

paysafecard, a European provider of an alternative prepaid payment method for ecommerce, has announced the appointment of Lars Oro, who will promote paysafecard’s planned international expansion.

People on the Move Lisa Clydesdale, Metavante Technologies Ltd. October 2008 Payments technology and processing software provider Metavante Technologies Ltd (formerly Nomad Payments) announced that Lisa Clydesdale has joined their London based team and will spearhead their marketing activities in

American Express Incentive Services (AEIS) has announced the promotion of Dan Easley to vice president, operations and program management.

People on the Move Julius Schauerhuber, TSYS Europe October 2008 TSYS Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbus, Ga. based global payments processor TSYS, has appointed Julius Schauerhuber, director of business expansion for Austria and Central Eastern Europe. Schauerhuber has held

Jonathan Price has joined Atlanta-based, third-party prepaid distributor InComm as vice president, B2B.

ideaEDGE, a developer of gift card programs, has announced that Joe Abrams has joined the company's board of advisors.

Ian McConnell has joined G-T-P Group Ltd. as financial controller.

Transaction processor First Data named Robert P. DeRodes as its chief technology officer. DeRodes, 58, will join the company's executive management team and report to Chairman and CEO Michael Capellas.

People on the Move: T. Jack Williams, Ennio Ponzetto, eCommLink October 2008 T. Jack Williams has been named CEO of eCommLink, Inc., a Las Vegas-based prepaid processor. As CEO, Williams will continue the efforts he started as president to build eCommLink into a leader in global prepaid debit solutions, th

Littleton, Colo.-based card manufacturer CPI Card Group (CPI), announced that Anna Rossetti will serve as president for CPI Card Group–Canada.

The Network Branded Prepaid Card Association has named new co-chairs for its Media & Consumer Education Working Group—Talbott Roche, senior vice president, Blackhawk Network, and Juli Spottiswood, president and CEO, Parago Inc.

Minneapolis-based Ceridian Corporation, an HR outsourcing solutions business that provides prepaid card issuance and processing through its Comdata and Stored Value Solutions subsidiaries, has named Albert J. Bart senior vice president and associate general counsel.

San Diego-based Transaction Wireless, a mobile infrastructure, commerce and marketing company and provider of mobile gift cards, announced the addition of industry veterans Bruce Springer as CEO and Thomas Niedbalski as vice president, sales and marketing.

Visa Inc. named Bill Sheedy president, North America.

People on the Move Paul Davis, Coinstar September 2008 Coinstar, Inc.’s board of directors has appointed Paul Davis, currently Coinstar’s chief operating officer, as the company’s next CEO effective April 1, 2009.

Rêv Worldwide, a global network of payment companies for underserved markets that maintains regional offices in Austin, Texas; Dublin, Ireland; and Mexico City, Mexico, and is part of the MPOWER Ventures portfolio, announced several key executive appointments to drive expansion in international markets. The executive appointees include: Richard Child, executive chair, international strategy and corporate development, Rêv Worldwide; Juan Piña, chief executive officer, Rêv Latin America; Jorge Noguera, vice president, Rêv Worldwide; and Jacob Claflin, vice president of business development, RêvEurope. 

Plastic Jungle, a Website for gift card exchanges and services, announced Gary Briggs, Tina Henson, Lou Ryan, Charlie Smith and Will Stewart as founding members of its board of directors. Ryan will serve as chairman of the board.

Redwood Shores, Calif.-based prepaid processor i2c Inc. announced that Jon Round has joined the company as senior vice president, general manager prepaid.

Giftex Prepay, an independent research firm and member organization that specializes in prepaid cards, has named Rebekka Rea vice president of its North America Network.

GiftCertificates.com, an e-commerce provider of gift products for consumers and corporations, has appointed Gary Krow CEO.

London-based Altair Financial Services International Plc, a global prepaid card program manager and transaction processor, has named Sarah Francis client services director.

Rebecca Kalogeris has been named head of product marketing and Cathryn Kennedy has been named controller for Las Vegas-based prepaid processor eCommLink.

The VA, the trade body representing the UK’s voucher, gift card and stored value solutions industry, has announced that Natasha Toothill, gift services director at Payzone, will be the association’s new chairman, succeeding Andrew Sellers, corporate business manager at John Lewis.

MeritCard, a provider of prepaid, credit and debit card processing, check and payments services, has named Paul Boyd vice president of business development.

Tax preparation company H&R Block, Inc. announced the appointment of Russ Smyth, a longtime McDonald's executive, as president and CEO, effective Aug. 1. Smyth replaces Alan M. Bennett, who has served as interim CEO since November 2007 and has been nominated to the board.

Prepaid card provider and transaction processor FNDS3000 Corp (formerly FundsTech) has added Ernst Schoenbaechler to its board of directors.

Las Vegas-based card manufacturer CPI Card Group has added Ed Prisby and Mark Costello to its sales team.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS), a Jacksonville, Fla.-based provider of core processing, card issuer and transaction processing services to financial institutions worldwide, has appointed George Scanlon as its chief financial officer and James Woodall as its chief accounting officer.

Prepaid card provider Futura Card Services announced that Keven Lake has been named CEO and president, reporting to the board of directors of Stored Value Cards, Inc., Futura’s parent company.

Green Dot Corporation, a provider of retail-based financial services, announced that leading policy expert Lee Jeffrey Ross Jr. (Jeff) will be joining the company as chief compliance officer. Ross comes to Green Dot Corp. from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he has served as the senior advisor (law enforcement) in the Office for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes since 2002.

Eduardo Vergara has joined JPMorgan treasury services as global commercial card executive.

NetSpend Corporation, an Austin, Texas-based provider of prepaid cards, announced three additions to its senior management team.

Gary Palmer, executive vice president of Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) and a founding director of the NBPCA, has been elected NBPCA chairperson, effective July 1, 2009.

Gift and loyalty card provider ProfitPoint has appointed Robert (“Bob”) Moore chief financial officer.

Mocapay, a mobile marketing and payments company based in Boulder, Colo., has named Kevin Grieve its CEO, effective immediately.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based prepaid card provider and transaction processor Comdata has named Joseph B. Daly senior vice president and general manager, merchant solutions, Tracey Power senior vice president of human resources and Todd Joseph senior vice president of information technology.

Jason Brooks has joined the team at Meta Payment Systems as vice president of emerging prepaid products.

John W. Weber Jr. has joined Prepaid Card Holdings, Inc. as vice president of finance and principal financial officer.

Payments processor First Data Corporation has named Philip M. Wall executive vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Kimberly S. Patmore.

Frank Sommers has been appointed vice president, overseeing TNB Card Services’ sales efforts in the southern and western part of the country.

CPI Card Group named Russ McGrane vice president of business development and strategic planning and Gary Smythe chief operating officer.

TxVia Inc., the New York City-based prepaid processing technology company previously known as TxCore, announced several new hires including: Anne Kortlander, executive vice president, product; Jonathan A. Weiner, executive vice president, program and managed services; Christopher Peterson, vice president, operations; Iris Quitta, director, business development; and Shashi Kapur, advisory board member.

PSCU Financial Services, which provides credit, debit, ATM, prepaid, bill payment and contact center solutions to its credit union members, has expanded its risk management team with the addition of John Bucher as manager of risk analytics.

Prepaid incentive provider American Express Incentive Services (AEIS), has named Russell Yergensen chief financial officer.

TSYS Acquiring Solutions has appointed David E. Wood, a seasoned payments industry veteran, as chief operating officer.

Matt Simester is the new director of Auriemma Consulting Group’s (ACG) London office. In this role, he will have responsibilities for ACG client activity across Europe.

MasterCard Worldwide announced the appointment of Rob Reeg as president, MasterCard global technology and operations, a position Reeg has held on an interim basis since January 2008.

Euronet Worldwide, Inc., an electronic payments provider, announced the appointment of Gareth Gumbley as managing director of the company’s prepaid processing segment.

PSCU Financial Services, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based organization that provides prepaid, debit, credit, ATM and other services to its credit union members, announced the addition of Gene Foley, president of Harvard University Employees Credit Union, Massachusetts, and Jeff March, president of Citadel Federal Credit Union, Pennsylvania, as associate directors.

Loraine DeBonis has been promoted to executive editor for Paybefore.

Redwood Shores, Calif.-based prepaid card processor i2c has named Blake Crisp as director of account management and Eric Thacker as director of marketing.

Steven Casco, senior vice president, general manager and co-founder of Paybefore, has been named president of the company. Casco was the chief architect behind the development and deployment of Paybefore's Website, Paybefore.com, which received the "Best Financial Site" award from Ektron last year.

National City Corporation announced the appointment of Corsair Capital LLC Vice Chairman Richard E. Thornburgh to its board of directors.

Capital One Financial Corporation announced late last month that Bradford H. Warner, former president of premier and small business banking at Bank of America Corporation, has been appointed to Capital One’s board of directors.

First Data has named Gregg Sonnen senior vice president and chief accounting officer.

NACHA—The Electronic Payments Association’s board of directors has selected Janet O. Estep, most recently an executive vice president with U.S. Bank, to succeed Elliott McEntee, who will retire as president and CEO at the end of 2008.

Littleton, Colo.-based plastic card manufacturer CPI Card Group has named Bruce Bell the Rocky Mountain regional sales manager of commercial cards and services.

SellingSource, LLC and its owner London Bay Capital LLC are separating their data and credit-reporting division, DataX, Ltd., which will establish new headquarters in Seattle. They also announced that Mark Hillis has been appointed CEO of DataX and will lead the relocation as DataX becomes an independent operation.

The Members Group (TMG), which provides prepaid, credit, debit and ATM solutions to credit unions and other financial institutions nationwide, has added two new staff members: Sara Petty, vice president of strategic development, and Donna Rehtmeyer, director of new client partnerships.

Lighthouse1 LLC, a provider of consumer driven health care administration solutions, has named Jeff Brunsberg chief market officer.

People on the Move: Peter van Dijk, Tuxedo Money April 2008              Tuxedo Money Solutions, a U.K.-based prepaid card provider, has announced the appointment of Peter van Dijk to join its board as a non-executive director. Van Dijk, 39, is CEO of Mobility Commerce Services, a division of VolkerWessels.

Bank Freedom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berman Holdings, Inc., has hired Marcius De La Cruz as vice president of compliance for its Bank Freedom prepaid MasterCard card products.

Rod Boyer, a 21-year veteran of the payments and technology industries, has been named president of TSYS Loyalty, a provider of card-based rewards and loyalty marketing solutions.

Comdata Corporation, an electronic payment solutions provider and subsidiary of Ceridian Corp. based in Brentwood, Tenn., has named Scott Phillips executive vice president and general manager for the company’s corporate payments division and Andrew S. Park executive vice president, information technology and emerging products.

Brian Triplett has been named the global head of prepaid for Visa Inc., replacing Todd Brockman, who moved to Galileo Processing, Inc.

Springbok Services, Inc., an Englewood, Colo.-based provider of network branded prepaid cards, has added Murad Velani to its board of directors.

American Express Incentive Services (AEIS), a prepaid incentive company based in Fenton, Mo., recently named Matt Harris as vice president of marketing.

TNB Card Services, a Dallas-based division of Town North Bank N.A. that provides 500 credit unions nationwide with electronic payment solutions, named Mark Fenner senior vice president and national sales manager.

Kamlet Shepherd & Reichert, LLP announced the election of Trygve E. Kjellsen as a partner in the corporate and securities practice group.

Ceridian Corp. has named Michael Sheridan executive vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Jeanne K. Whalen has joined Greenwood Village, Colo.-based processor First Data Corp. as senior vice president, global prepaid services.

Kelly Bolivia has recently joined Redwood Shores, Calif.-based prepaid card processor i2c inc. as a lead account advocate. In addition, Carol Lucca recently joined i2c as project manager. 

William H. "Bill" Cary has been named president and CEO of GE Money, a global provider of retail, banking and credit services to retailers, auto dealers and consumers.

Chris Reddish, who leads MasterCard Worldwide’s prepaid commerce activities in Europe, has been elected chair of the Prepaid International Forum, a London-based non-profit trade association that promotes prepaid commerce around the world.

Telserra Global Inc., an electronic transaction processor headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Gurgaon, India, announced the appointment of Shailesh Kotwal to its board of directors.

People on the Move Paul Rosenfeld and Simon Williams, AccountNow February 2008 AccountNow, Inc., a prepaid card provider that targets unbanked consumers, announced the addition of Paul Rosenfeld as chief marketing officer and Simon Williams as vice president of technology.

MasterCard Inc. announced the election of José Octavio Reyes Lagunes and Silvio Barzi to its board of directors, effective immediately.

People on the Move: David W. Leedom, Meta Financial Group February 2008 J. Tyler Haahr, president and CEO of Storm Lake, Iowa-based Meta Financial Group, Inc., announced the appointment of David W. Leedom, 53, as chief financial officer, secretary, treasurer and senior vice president for Meta Financial Grou

Waltham, Mass.-based Mercator Advisory Group Inc. announced that Elizabeth Rowe will serve as group director of Mercator’s banking advisory services, and Sarsha Adrian will serve as senior analyst for banking services.

Wendy Mejia recently joined Redwood Shores, Calif.-based prepaid card processor i2c inc. as an account advocate.

Englewood, Colo.-based prepaid card program manager and processor Springbok Services, Inc. announced the addition of Ellen Kramer as senior vice president of marketing.

Anil D. Aggarwal will be joining TxCore, Inc., a New York City-based prepaid processing technology company, as CEO effective Jan. 28. Ray Iglesias III joined TxCore full time as chief financial officer on Jan. 1. Aggarwal, Matt Harris, managing general partner of Village Ventures, and Brad Svrluga, managing director of High Peaks Venture Partners, have joined TxCore’s board of directors.

Gary Palmer, Paul Tomasofsky, Dwayne Jones and Joi Sheffield all have assumed new roles at the NBPCA.

Marilyn Bochicchio has joined Prepaid Media, LLC d/b/a Paybefore, as president.

PSCU Financial Services, the nation's largest credit union service organization, serving more than 1,100 financial institutions, announced that Tom Gandre has accepted the newly created role of chief debit officer.

MasterCard Worldwide announced that W. Roy Dunbar, 46, president of global technology and operations since 2004, will leave to become CEO of a company outside the payments industry. Rob Reeg, 51, chief technology officer for MasterCard Worldwide, will head the unit on an interim basis.

PaySimple, a Denver-based provider of payment management solutions for businesses, has named David Sharp, vice president of business development.

The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI), a nonprofit affiliate of ShoreBank, has named Michael J. Herrmann research director and Sarah E. Gordon nonprofit relationship manager. 

Fiserv, Inc., a provider of information management systems and services, announced that Richard K. Jones will join the company as executive vice president and chief information officer.

TNB Card Services, a Dallas-based division of Town North Bank N.A. that provides 500 credit unions nationwide with electronic payment solutions, has added two new executives to its sales team, Doug Farrell and Andy Bowers.

After nearly four years with Louisville, Ky.-based prepaid provider and processor Stored Value Solutions (formerly Comdata), Bob Skiba has left to pursue a job with a retailer near his home in the San Francisco Bay area.

Englewood, Colo.-based Springbok Services, Inc., an integrated prepaid card provider and processor, has named Andrew Anderson vice president of human resources.

Monitise Americas, LLC, a provider of mobile banking services and a joint venture of Monitise plc and Metavante Corporation, announced the appointment of Lisa Stanton as its CEO.

Green Dot Corp., a provider of retail-based financial services for underbanked consumers, has named Mark Goldin as its chief operations and technology officer.

Gary Palmer, a veteran in the U.S. prepaid card market, and executive vice president of FIS Prepaid Solutions, is joining the board of London-based prepaid card provider Tuxedo Money Solutions as a non-executive director at the start of 2008.

Brett Smith, a veteran of the financial services industry, has been named chief technology officer by eCommLink, a provider of network branded prepaid card solutions and card processing, headquartered in Las Vegas. 

People on the Move: Vikram Pandit and Sir Win Bischoff, Citi By Prepaid Media Staff December 2007 Citi has appointed Vikram Pandit as the company's new CEO and member of the board of directors, effective immediately. Sir Win Bischoff, who has been acting CEO since November 4, 2007, will succeed Chairma

Minneapolis-based Lighthouse1, a leading provider of consumer driven health care (CDHC) administration solutions, announced that Laine Brantner has been named chief operations officer. In addition, Jeff Brunsberg has joined the company in the role of executive vice president of Lighthouse1 OnDemand.

Las Vegas-based 3Pea International, Inc., a payment solutions company, announced the appointment of Omar Khandaker as senior vice president and chief information officer.

Springbok Services, Inc., a leading provider of integrated prepaid card solutions, announced the addition of Brad Fauss to its management team as senior vice president and general counsel.

Metavante Technologies, Inc., the parent company of prepaid card processor Metavante Corp., has appointed Shantanu Narayen as the 11^th and final member of its board of directors.

Dan McDermott, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney, government relations specialist, and former NBPCA government relations advisor, is now working as Visa Inc.’s vice president of federal government relations.

Green Dot Corp., a provider of retail based financial services for underbanked consumers, announced Chris Britt has joined the company as chief product officer.

MasterCard Worldwide has announced an organizational realignment it says is "designed to improve performance in the marketplace by broadening executive responsibilities, hiring a new senior executive and beginning the transition process for the retirement of its COO, Alan J. Heuer, at the end of 2008."

Pittsburgh-based GiftCards.com, LLC, an online provider of Visa gift cards for consumers and corporate clients, has named Jeff Lininger president.

Metavante Holding Comp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (M&I) that will become a publicly traded company to be renamed Metavante Technologies, Inc., upon completion of its spin-off from M&I, announced the election of 10 directors to its board.

James H. Halpin has joined ArcaTech Systems, a Mebane, N.C.-based supplier of transaction automation components for the financial, retail and self-service industries, as retail solutions director.

Las Vegas-based SellingSource, a marketing and technology provider and parent company to prepaid card processor eCommLink, announced the promotion of Curtis Pope to executive vice president of business development.

J. Tyler Haahr, president and CEO of Meta Financial Group Inc., announced the appointment of David W. Leedom as acting chief financial officer for Storm Lake, Iowa-based Meta Financial Group as well as its subsidiaries MetaBank and MetaBank West Central.

Metavante Corp., the banking and payments technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corp., has expanded its payment solutions group by creating two new divisions, forming a new strategic business line focused on prepaid solutions and naming three new division presidents.

People on the Move: Daniel T. Henry, American Express Co. October 2007 By Prepaid Media Staff American Express Co. has named Daniel T. Henry executive vice president and chief financial officer. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the company's finance organization and represent

Comdata Corp., a payment processor and wholly owned subsidiary of Ceridian Corp., has named Eric Newton as its vice president of construction.

Conan Lane has joined Heartland Payment Systems, a prepaid, credit and debit card transaction processor and payroll services company, as an executive director.

RBS Lynk, the U.S. payment processing arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, announced the appointment of Asif Ramji as a senior vice president for the company’s prepaid and loyalty division.

People on the Move Ron Hynes, MasterCard Worldwide September 2007 By Prepaid Media Staff Ron Hynes has moved into the role of Head of Global Prepaid Product for MasterCard Worldwide. Hynes, who has been with MasterCard for just over a

TSYS Europe has appointed Arnold Sneijers, a veteran of the European payments industry, as European sales director.

Las Vegas-based SellingSource.com, a marketing and technology provider and parent company of prepaid card processor eCommLink, has named Keven Ellison vice president of marketing.

GiftCards.com LLC, a Pittsburgh-based Direct Sites company that specializes in corporate and consumer gift card distribution, has named Tim Ludwig business logistics director and board member, and Mark Romanelli executive vice president.

PSCU Financial Services, a credit union service organization that provides prepaid, debit and credit card processing services to its 1,100 members, named Peter Grandelli as its Chief Operating Officer.

Michael Ross has accepted a position as senior vice president of sales for Springbok Services Inc., an Englewood, Colo.-based prepaid solutions company.

Nomad Payments, a prepaid and debit card processor based in London, has appointed Tina Berthelsen as its new marketing manager.

Meta Payment Systems, the prepaid card division of Storm Lake, Iowa-based MetaBank, has named Trent Sorbe senior vice president of credit products.

Monica Hoang has joined payment processor and prepaid card program management software provider i2c inc. as an account advocate.

Laura Kelly has been named senior vice president of global prepaid product development and management at MasterCard Worldwide.

Payment processor TSYS announced the promotion of Kelley Knutson, former managing director of TSYS Europe and a veteran of the European payments industry, to group executive of global services. Bruce Bacon will accept a newly created role and promotion to chief marketing and sales officer.

Transaction processor and prepaid card program manager i2c inc. has named MaryAnn Allison director of operations.

Marshall BankFirst Corp. (MBFC) announced Kim Culp as president and CEO of the holding company and its wholly owned subsidiary banks, BankFirst and Marshall Bank, N.A.

Metavante Corp., the financial technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, announced that Executive Vice President, Gary A. Refinski, has been named chief information officer, and Senior Vice President Dave Fortney has been named chief technology officer. Fortney assumes the chief technology position previously held by Senior Vice President Jim Dempster, who will continue to serve as Metavante’s chief software architect.

Parago Inc., a Dallas-based rebate and incentive company, has named Matt Kerper vice president of prepaid services.

Tim Summers has been named general manager and vice president of payment products at MoneyGram International.

Andrew Crowe has joined Meta Payment Systems, the prepaid card division of Storm Lake, Iowa-based MetaBank, as senior vice president of product development.