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Study Group: Online Payment Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 507

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on commercial banking, retail banking, asset management, mortgages, consumer finance, exchanges, capital markets, transaction processing, credit cards, insurance, and business services.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, HUDSON VALLEY BANKHoward Bruck

Chief Information Officer
HUDSON VALLEY BANK
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Howard Bruck is Chief Information Officer at Hudson Valley Bank, a commercial bank. He has over 25 years of experience in the information technology sector. He specializes in financial services technology, outsourcing, hosting, databases, ERP, CRM, BI and enterprise systems. He has been associatedwith...

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John Pironti, Chief Information Risk Strategist, Archer Technologies, L.L.C.John Pironti

Chief Information Risk Strategist
Archer Technologies, L.L.C.
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John Pironti is Chief Information Risk Strategist at Archer Technologies, a Governance, Risk, and Compliance solution provider. Previously, he was the President of IP Architects, a management consultancy. He is formerly the Chief Information Risk Strategist for CompuCom (Dec 08). He has designedand...

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Ian Wood, Partner, Wireless FoundryIan Wood

Partner
Wireless Foundry
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Ian Wood is the Founding Partner of Wireless Foundry, a telecom and IT consultancy founded in 1998. His clients include France Telecom/Orange, SonyEricsson, Vodafone, Openwave and Qualcomm. He was among the first employees of Motorola Cellular Communications in Europe, where he joined in 1985, androse...

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Roland Icard

Chief Information Officer and President
Austin CiO Partners
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Roland Icard is the Chief Information Officer and President at Austin CIO Partners, a strategy consulting firm. He specializes in technology planning, project portfolio management, IT governance, application portfolio optimization, enterprise architecture, compliance management, business continuity...

Nigel Payne, Independent Gaming Consultant, Nigel Payne IncNigel Payne

Independent Gaming Consultant
Nigel Payne Inc
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Nigel Payne is an Independent Gaming Consultant since November 2006. He is also a Non- Executive Director at Sportingbet, an internet sports betting, casino and poker business since May 2000. Sportingbet is one of the world's largest internet gambling businesses with over 3 million registered customers...

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James Lippert, Owner, ClubcollectorJames Lippert

Owner
Clubcollector
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James Lippert is the Owner of ClubCollector, an online golf equipment retailer, where he has worked since 1999. Mr. Lippert has been a platinum level powerseller on eBay for over eight years, selling an average of more than $50,000 per month on eBay. He also sells high volumes of golf clubs and golf...

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Kenneth Sommer

President and Chief Executive Officer
Port Fortune Investments
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Ken Sommer is President and Chief Executive Officer of Port Fortune Investments, a financial consulting firm. Mr. Sommer provides management consulting services to the payments industry. He began this in 2008, focusing on the evolution of the payments industry given recent changes at Visa and Mastercard....

Ronald Cathcart, Chief Enterprise Risk Officer, WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.Ronald Cathcart

FormerChief Enterprise Risk Officer
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
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Ronald Cathcart, was until April 2008, the Chief Enterprise Risk Officer for Washington Mutual, the largest thrift in the US with $300B in assets, a 2200 branch network and nationwide lending/administrative offices engaged in consumer and commercial banking services, credit cards, commercial real estate...

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GAO Interchange Report: Reducing Rates will “Pose Challenges”

November 20, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Reducing Interchange Would ‘Pose Challenges,’ the GAO Says | www.digitaltransactions.net

The GAO’s study on interchange was thoughtful, balanced, and light on recommendations. The inconclusive nature of the report reduces the likelihood meaningful legislative action will impact interchange in 2010. However, the combination of DOJ investigations, merchant class action litigation, and continued...

Financial Armageddon off the table; now what?

November 19, 2009

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer, Future Management Holdings Inc

Goldman Sachs launches $500M small-business venture | www.njbiz.com

Since we all seem to agree that financial Armageddon is off the table, and multiple iterations of TRILLIONS of dollars of current US taxpayer capital & debt has flooded the economy, we all seem to also agree the future impact of this indebtedness is unknown.We also seem to agree that US small business...

Why Google's Voice strategy required the acquisition of Gizmo5

November 17, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Google buys out Gizmo5 | www.itweb.co.za

The acquisition of Gizmo5 was not done solely because Skype was about to acquire them.  It was done because Google needs to acquire SIP competence quickly so its Google Voice platform can be prevalent on all future devices, applications and within the mobile operator's network.

Network challenger uses handsets not cards, focuses on an underserved niche

November 16, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Bling Nation Secures $20 Million in Series B Funding | www.reuters.com

Bling Nation is launching a new retail electronic payment system – a daunting challenge in a well served and intensely competitive market where scale and network effects matter enormously. However its targeted and novel approach may give it a fighting chance. Bling Nation uses mobile phone handsets...

Star ventures online, PayPal seeks growth through Star licensees

November 12, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

First Data partners with PayPal to link debit cards to PayPal accounts | www.internetretailer.com

The Star and PayPal electronic payment networks are partnering to enable Star cardholders to use PayPal to spend online. This bolsters Star’s value proposition relative to other debit networks which in recent years have been winning market share. It also marks an initial step by the e-commerce giant...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Consulting Firm
  • Online Payments
  • Payment Processing
  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • Independent Consulting Firm
  • Online Retailers / New Media Retailers
  • National Banks

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Principal
  • President
  • Director
  • Consultant
  • Owner

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GLG Webcast: Mobile Payments - August 14, 2008 at 2:00 PM EDT/11:00 AM PDT

August 14, 2008