New Movers and Shakers in Card and Payment industry w/c 26/11/12

Farzine Fazel joins Capco to head up new sourcing team

Capco, a global business and technology consultancy dedicated specifically to the financial services industry, today announced that Paris based Capco Partner Farzine Fazel will lead a newly configured and dedicated sourcing team.

European CEO Peter Schurau adds, "Farzine's leadership of Capco's sourcing offerings will provide the bridge between our consulting and transformation offerings. It will also create further opportunities to engage with the bandwidth and expertise of our parent company, FIS, as and when clients require, as well as providing clients flexibility to select the sourcing models that most closely fit their developing needs. And that's exactly what we are now configured to provide."

Terri Harwood becomes COO of North American Bancard

US credit card processing company North American Bancard has appointed Terri Harwood as chief operating officer.
Harwood joins NAB from Global Payments where she served as senior VP of service operations, strategic relationships and business development.
Tom Smith joins 3V board

Ireland-based payment platform provider 3V Transaction Services (3V) has appointed Tom Smith of TTV Capital to its board.

The company plans further expansion into US and European markets in 2013.Smith is a co-founder and managing partner of TTV Capital and a seasoned investor in technology-enabled financial services businesses. He currently serves on the Boards of fintech companies, such as, eWise and IP Commerce.
MasterCard appoints new head for HK and Macau

Kevin Goldmintz has been appointed MasterCard's new head of Hong Kong & Macau.
Based in Hong Kong, Goldmintz will take responsibility for the overall performance of MasterCard in the region.

"Kevin brings to the team more than 15 years' experience in commercial and consumer card payments together with a strong background in B2B payments," said Ling Hai, division president, Greater China, MasterCard Worldwide. "As the head of one of our most significant markets in this region, Kevin will be tasked with providing strategic direction and necessary support in connection with delivery of advanced products and services to meet the demands of the market."

Goldmintz joined MasterCard in 2004 and was initially based in Hong Kong, where he successfully launched the joint MasterCard-Citi Commercial Card business in more than seven markets in Asia Pacific. He moved to Australia in 2007 to lead the Citi Australia account which includes Citi's largest commercial card business in Asia Pacific. He was also responsible for signing MasterCard's first ever airline co-branding deal in Australia with Emirates airline.

Since 2010, Goldmintz has led the Corporate Payment Solutions product function for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa and contributed numerous wins and successes for various markets, including Greater China.

Prior to joining MasterCard, he worked as a Product Manager for ANZ Bank, one of the largest commercial card issuers in Australia. There, Goldmintz managed the SME portfolio, which was the largest SME card portfolio in the country, and also led the Qantas-ANZ airline co-branded card project and was responsible for the overall relationship with Qantas.

David Luther joins Mozido in business development role

US-based mobile wallet and financial services company Mozido has appointed David Luther as executive VP of global business development.
He will lead business development efforts on a global scale, drive new growth opportunities and oversee the company’s sales organisation.

John Shackleton becomes director at m-payments start-up

John Shackleton has been appointed to mobile payments start-up paythru’s Board of Directors.
He has over 30 years experience in software and services management.

“Mobile payments is a hot space,” Shackleton comments. “But just being there isn’t a guarantee of success. The winners will focus on providing the best customer experience and, in the case of mobile payments that means minimal disruption to the consumers’ behaviour."

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Latest Movers and Shakers w/c November 12th 2012

Tom Smith joins 3V’s board

3V Transaction Services (3V), 3vcorporate.com - the global payment platform provider, has announced the appointment of Tom Smith of TTV Capital to its Board, following their recent €5m Series B investment. The investment will fund further expansion into US and European markets in 2013.

Commenting on the announcement, 3V CEO, Kieron Guilfoyle, said: "Tom's appointment to the Board brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of global payments to the Company and further strengthens the Company as it scales operations globally."

Steven Van Wyk appointed Head of Operations and Technology at PNC

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (PNC) today has announced that Steven C. Van Wyk has been appointed Head of Operations and Technology.

Van Wyk succeeds Vice Chairman Thomas K. Whitford, who has announced his retirement, with effect from March 2013.

Van Wyk will join the company as executive vice president and serve as a member of the Executive Committee in January 2013.

"Steve brings demonstrated leadership in building and enhancing information technology organizations," stated James E. Rohr, PNC chairman and chief executive officer. "We expect him to build on the outstanding work of Tom Whitford. During Tom's 29 year career, his leadership has been instrumental in positioning PNC to be successful throughout periods of significant growth and change."

Prior to his appointment at PNC, Van Wyk served as global chief operating officer for ING. He was promoted to that position in 2007, one year after joining ING as chief information officer of the America's Division. He held several positions at Morgan Stanley from 1996 to 2006, including global CIO and global head of Operations & Technology for the Retail Division.

KashFlow names Raj Patel vice chairman

KashFlow, the award winning cloud-based accounting software company has appointed seasoned software CEO Raj Patel as Vice Chairman. Raj joins KashFlow in the new formal capacity following 5 years as CEO of global business software company, Exact.

Raj Patel commented: "The traditional accounting software market is in the midst of a significant paradigm shift based on new technology, new business models and a new generation of users. Over the past few years, it's become apparent that traditional vendors are struggling with the magnitude and speed of change, which allows smaller, more nimble and agile players to create disruption in what has been a very mature industry."

Raj continued: "With incumbent players struggling in a changing macro-economic environment where new businesses are formed every day, a huge growth opportunity emerges. Duane was one of the first IT entrepreneurs to envisage and capitalize on it. With its track record, innovative products, superior customer engagement and growth plans for the coming years I am convinced KashFlow will further its lead. I am excited to be able to play a role in this journey and look forward to working with our team, our customers and our partners in making what has already been great journey even greater."

Leading industry analyst, Richard Holway commented: "I've followed KashFlow for many years. They really have given Sage, and other established companies in the market, a run for their money. It's difficult enough to grow a company from scratch to £1m, but even more difficult to make the transition from 'startup run by the founder' to the next stage. The appointment of highly experienced new executives to join Duane Jackson is extremely good news and bodes well for the future of KashFlow and its customers"

Duane Jackson, Founder and CEO commented: "We've been working with Raj for much of 2012 and he has already had a significant impact on the business working part time and behind the scenes with the management team. I'm really excited to be bringing him on board full time.

Duane continued: "We've rushed into senior appointments in the past so we wanted to take our time to make sure we got this one right, and we're confident that Raj is the perfect addition to our team."

Union Bank lures BofA veterans for top IT roles

Dana Edwards has joined the bank as executive vice president and Chief Technology Officer and Meera Rao has joined as senior vice president, Chief Enterprise Architect.

Edwards is responsible for leading the Information Technology Group, which supports more than 10,000 employees and manages all aspects of technology for retail banking, commercial banking and corporate services, while Rao is responsible for four areas of information technology architecture including: business architecture, data architecture, application architecture and technical architecture.

Both are based in Los Angeles and will report to Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Operations Officer John Itokazu.

"Our IT operations will be greatly enhanced by the addition of these two natural leaders," said Itokazu. "We look forward to Dana's stewardship of Union Bank's information technology, and as we continue to grow the bank, Meera's wealth of industry experience and strategic vision will be a great asset."

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