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IndustryUpdate

Paysafe partners with Upper Hand Eyenalyze's subscription-based ser-
vice empowers restaurant manag-
Global payment provider Paysafe, formerly iPayment, entered into a strategic ers, executives and business own-
partnership with Upper Hand Inc., a provider of cloud-based sports and fit- ers with customized, data-driven
ness management software and business services. Upper Hand will leverage insights to maximize profitability,
Paysafe's payments technology to provide Canadian and U.S. businesses the companies stated.
operating in the sports and fitness industry with a comprehensive business
and financial management offering.
APPOINTMENTS
Payscape working with NCTA, Fora Financial
Cragun joins nFusz board
Financial technology company Payscape is now aligned with the National
Construction Trade Association to offer NCTA members financial technol- nFusz, Inc., a provider of business-
ogy and merchant processing. And, in a partnership with Fora Financial, a focused interactive video and devel-
small-business lending company, Payscape now offers Payscape Lending, a oper of augmented sales intelli-
solution that offer small businesses working capital in the form of a loan or gence software, appointed Kenneth
merchant advance to invest in their business. S. Cragun to its board. "We are for-
tunate to welcome a professional of
ACQUISITION Ken Cragun's stature to our Board of
Directors," stated nFusz CEO Rory
J. Cutaia. "As we continue to pursue
Rising Sun gains stake in Eyenalyze our plans to uplist to NASDAQ,
Rising Sun Ventures purchased a majority stake in Eyenalyze, a software Ken's knowledge and experience
firm specializing in data analytics for restaurant owners and franchises. will be instrumental. He brings over
30 years of national exchange finan-
cial expertise, including experience
in capital structure improvement,
mergers and acquisitions, and the
follow-on integration strategies and
execution."
PSCU promotes two executives

Credit union service organization
PSCU appointed Dean Young as its
new executive vice president, chief
experience officer. Young joined the
CUSO in 2005 and has held numer-
ous leadership positions in account
management, service delivery and
industry engagement.

In addition, Jeff Carelli was appoint-
ed as senior vice president of data
analytics for PSCU. He will be
responsible for executing the enter-
prise-wide vision that consolidates
and leverages PSCU's business
intelligence, market analytics and
data management capabilities to
provide value-added services and
offerings to owner credit unions.
Previously, Carelli was PSCU's
senior vice president of process and
program excellence.

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