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needs of restaurants – strength- gateways, ecommerce merchant accounts, personal lending, retail banking,
ening EMS's ability to serve the third-party lending and debit solutions. She is charged with managing the
hospitality industry, EMS stated. company's global financial services portfolio including expansion into Asia,
The acquisition also accelerates Latin America and Mexico.
EMS's software-driven payments
strategy by maximizing efficiency DCR also recruited Canadian Olympic gold medalist Mark McKoy to lead its
and increasing product offerings new business development team. McKoy is responsible for generating busi-
for retailers and restaurateurs. ness growth through the exploration of new markets, products and applica-
tions for payment technology in Canada. Since retiring from competition in
APPOINTMENTS 1996, McKoy has been a trainer, sports ambassador and business consultant.
He is also CEO and president of Gold Medal Enterprises.

Nova Credit taps
Ash Gupta for board

Ash Gupta, former American
Express president of global cred-
it risk and information manage-
ment, joined Nova Credit's board
of directors. Long regarded as a
financial services industry pioneer
in building forward-looking risk
evaluation, control and monitoring
capabilities, Gupta fostered best-
in-class risk management, market-
ing and servicing that led AmEx
through the great recession, Nova
Credit said.

Shelburne joins PayClearly
PayClearly hired Blair Shelburne as
strategic sales manager for its high-
er education vertical. In this role,
Shelburne is tasked with helping
to inform the education industry of
PayClearly's streamlined payment
solution. Shelburne is a 30-year
sales veteran who has worked with
Fortune 500 companies and large
national brands including Equifax,
Citigroup, American Express, and
WEX. He most recently served as
director of business development
for Infralogix where he focused on
developing growth strategy and
customer satisfaction.
DCR makes key additions to
executive team
Fintech provider and prepaid
industry pioneer DCR Strategies
Inc. appointed Angela Weidner as
its senior vice president of global
financial services. She brings over
20 years of industry knowledge
and experience in the banking sec-
tor with particular expertise in
credit card processing, payment

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