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IndustryUpdate
APPOINTMENTS
Alpha Card introduces Biogiatzis
Anna Biogiatzis was selected to serve as Alpha Card
Services Inc.'s Vice President of Financial Institution
Alliances. Alpha Card is a payment solutions
company geared toward small and medium-sized merchant
markets.
The adding of Biogiatzis kicks off the company's Agent
Bank Program, designed to educate its sales offices and
strengthen relationships with its merchants.
CrossCheck hires Clark
CrossCheck Inc., a check approval and guarantee
company, added Harry Clark to its partner relations
division.
As Director of Partner Acquisition, Clark will oversee
the acquisition and development of new bankcard partners
and ISOs to sell CrossCheck's check processing and
conversion services nationwide.
Douglass named CEO of Vesdia
James Douglass has been named CEO of Vesdia Corp.,
a loyalty marketing services provider. Douglass is a current
member of Vesdia's Board of Directors.
Douglass previously served as CEO of Visionary
Systems and, before that, Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at
CheckFree Corp.
TransFirst selects Krasnosky as COO
TransFirst Holdings Inc., a provider of credit card
processing and payment technologies, named Don
Krasnosky as Chief Operating Officer of TransFirst LLC,
a wholly owned subsidiary of TransFirst Holdings.
With more than 18 years in the payments industry and
serving as a consultant for companies like MasterCard
and 7-Eleven Inc., Krasnosky joined TransFirst in 2005
as President of Shared Services.
CardWare taps Lay
Merchant support provider CardWare International
appointed Gregory Lay to Vice President of Sales,
where he will have responsibility for CardWare's national
sales development and will manage CardWare's
extensive revenue-sharing programs throughout the
United States.