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TSYS acquires iMobile3 Hunt joins Mastercard

Global payments solutions provider TSYS acquired iMobile3 LLC, a provider Simon Hunt joined Mastercard as
of private-label small business payment solutions. iMobile3's customizable Executive Vice President to head
payment solutions include mobile and tablet point-of-sale products, inte- its cybersecurity solutions unit,
grated with value added services, TSYS stated. "As the industry continues where he will be responsible for
to evolve, TSYS intends to lead the charge in providing businesses with the further enhancing the company's
best possible tools to compete in today's hyper-competitive landscape," said security capabilities for cardhold-
Philip McHugh, Senior Executive Vice President and President, Merchant ers, customers, merchants and other
Solutions at TSYS. "The acquisition of iMobile3 continues to propel TSYS stakeholders in light of the growing
forward to reach our goal of becoming the number one payments solutions cybercrime threat, Mastercard said.
provider to small and medium size businesses in the U.S." Hunt has been a leader in the cyber-
security space for more than 20
APPOINTMENTS years and is widely recognized as
an industry speaker and seasoned
entrepreneur. He previously served
Friend signs on with Fluent in executive technology roles at
McAfee LLC, Intel Corp., and most
Marking Fluent Commerce's emergence in North America, Bill Friend, the recently as the Chief Technology
former Vice President of Sales at SAP Hybris, joined Fluent Commerce as the Officer at data protection firm
company's new Vice President of North America. With over 20 years of expe- WinMagic.
rience in the sales and business development industries, Friend has a proven
track record of accelerating software companies and expediting innovation POSaBIT hires Sweet
and revenue growth, the company said. Fluent, previously established in
Australia and the United Kingdom, offers a cloud- based order management Financial technology company
company geared for omnichannel retailers. POSaBIT Ltd. named Andy Sweet
as its new Chief Technology Officer.
He will provide technical leader-
ship for a growing team of software
engineers, as well as head the evalu-
ation and implementation of new
systems and infrastructure. Sweet
has a proven history of technical
leadership, guiding teams at both
startups and at more mature com-
panies, POSaBIT stated, adding that
during his tenure PhotoRocket's
team grew from five to 25, and
QPass grew from 10 to over 200
employees.
TNS taps Versen

Transaction Network Services Inc.
hired telecommunication industry
veteran Bill Versen to the newly
created position of Chief Product
Officer. In this role, Versen will
oversee TNS' global product vision,
product design and development,
and product marketing and man-
agement. Before joining TNS,
Versen, a 21-year veteran of the
telecommunications industry, was
Director of Product Management at
Harman International, a Samsung
company, with specific responsibil-
ity for its Ignite cloud platform.

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