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IndustryUpdate




          Visa collaborates with Cambia Health                   EVO acquires Zenith

          Visa, in collaboration with Cambia Health Solutions,   EVO Payments International acquired remaining owner-
          integrated Visa Direct's near real-time payment technol-  ship interest from long-time partner Zenith Merchant
          ogy into Cambia's payment platform. By merging Visa    Services, a Montreal-based payment processing provider
          Direct  with  new technology  developed  by  Cambia  to   to U.S. and Canadian based SMBs. "We have worked with
          capture and process claims, consumers can submit claims   Zenith for nearly eight years and have been impressed by
          and request reimbursements to eligible debit cards from   their ability to grow their organization into a leading pro-
          mobile devices, the companies noted.                   vider of payment solutions to the merchant market," said
                                                                 Brendan Tansill, EVO President, North America.
        ACQUISITIONS
                                                               APPOINTMENTS
          Cayan purchases CPS
                                                                 Foss appointed by Jack Henry
          Cayan acquired Card Payment Services LLC., a Dallas-
          based payment processor specializing in the $75 billion   Jack Henry &  Associates Inc. appointed President and
          waste removal vertical segment. CPS's nationwide port-  CEO David Foss to the Board of Directors effective July
          folio represents annual  processing volume of over $700   1, 2017. The appointment expands the Board to nine
          million. In addition to waste haulers, CPS serves munici-  members, including seven independent outside direc-
          palities, waste equipment providers, transfer stations and   tors, and two non-independent directors.  According to
          other players within the waste management industry.    Jack Prim, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors,
          Terms of the sale were not disclosed.                  "He [David] has done an excellent job of positioning our
                                                                 company as President and CEO and we are confident that
          ControlScan merges with EchoSat                        he will complement his fellow Board members to help us
                                                                 grow the company in the future."
          ControlScan Inc. and EchoSat Inc. merged to deliver man-
          aged security and PCI compliance products to a combined   PSCU welcomes Gunnare
          client base of over 775,000 payment card accepting mer-
          chant locations across North America. The consolidated   PSCU added payments and credit union industry veteran
          company hopes to help mitigate payment and cybersecu-  Chris Gunnare to its senior leadership team. Gunnare
          rity risk for merchant clients. The combined organization   will fill the role of Chief Member Experience Officer.
          will operate under the ControlScan name and  maintain   A payments and credit union industry veteran with an
          its headquarters at ControlScan's  Alpharetta, Georgia   extensive network, Gunnare joins PSCU with more than
          facilities.                                            24 years experience at TMG where he served on the exec-
                                                                 utive leadership team leading growth efforts,  strategic
          Electronic Payments buys MobileNosh                    partnerships and client relationship initiatives.

          Electronic Payments Inc. acquired mobile ordering app   Verifone taps Cisco's Trollope
          MobileNosh to enhance offerings for small- to  mid-
          size-businesses (SMBs) using its Exatouch POS system.   Verifone appointed Rowan Trollope, Senior Vice President
          MobileNosh enables merchants to build and manage       and General Manager of IoT and Applications for Cisco
          menus in the cloud and extend mobile and online        Systems, to its Board of Directors. Trollope is a 26-year
          ordering to clients free of charge. EPI plans to integrate   veteran of the enterprise software industry. He joined
          MobileNosh into its Exatouch platform as well as make   Cisco  in  2012  to  lead  the  re-invention  of  its  collabora-
          it available to users of its eGiftSolutions online gift card   tion business, and is currently responsible for delivering
          program.                                               the company's IoT technology solutions across multiple
                                                                 market segments.  "We welcome  the opportunity  to  add
                                                                 Rowan Trollope to the board," said Alex W. (Pete) Hart,
               We are dedicated to the                           Verifone Chairman.

           education and success of the                          Zarate joins Payix
                                                                 Priscilla Zarate joined the Payix executive team as Finance
                       ISO and MLS.                              & Accounting Leader. In this role, Zarate will serve as the
                                                                 firm's controller and lead the financial planning, account-
                                                                 ing and payment processing functions. She will report
                                                                 directly  to  Payix  President  Chris  Chestnut.  Zarate  has
                                                                 worked in corporate financial roles for 10 years, including
                                                                 as Controller for Innovate Auto Finance.



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