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PPRO, BLIK join forces APPOINTMENTS

Polish consumers can now shop and pay at more places
online direct from their mobile phone via BLIK, thanks First Choice taps Diana Hanson
to a partnership between global payments platform
PPRO and the Polish Payment Standard, operator of First Choice Bancorp selected Diana Hanson, its chief
BLIK. International retailers wanting to close sales with accounting officer, to fill the position of interim chief
Polish customers can also receive payment simply and financial officer, which was recently vacated by Lynn M.
securely via BLIK, the partners said, adding that the Hopkins, who accepted a position at another financial
partnership comes at a time when commerce is becom- institution. Hopkins will serve in this expanded capac-
ing increasingly cross-border, and customers are look- ity while the company conducts an executive search for
ing outside their home markets for a wider selection of Hopkins' replacement. Hanson has over 25 years' expe-
goods and lower prices. rience in corporate accounting for the financial services
industry, including as senior vice president and director
of accounting policy at Pacific Western Bank.
ACQUISITION
MoneyLion selects Samantha Roady
Z Holdings, Line to merge MoneyLion, a digital bank and financial membership
Japan's SoftBank disclosed plans to merge its subsidiary platform, appointed fintech and global finance industry
Z Holdings (formerly known as Yahoo Japan) and Line, veteran Samantha Roady as its chief operating officer,
a developer of mobile and messaging apps, internet a new position within the company. She has served as
services, and a subsidiary of South Korea-based Naver a MoneyLion board member since September 2016. As
Corp. SoftBank and Naver will each hold 50 percent of COO, Roady will be responsible for the growth, opera-
a new holding company, which will operate Line and Z tions, and people functions at MoneyLion, as well as
Holdings after the merger's completion, anticipated for for driving alignment of the company's strategic pri-
October 2020. orities and ensuring operational excellence. Roady joins
MoneyLion from GAIN Capital, where she was a found-
ing partner.
FIND OUT WHAT YOUR Stanley Skoglund signs on with PXP
PORTFOLIO IS WORTH Payment solutions provider PXP Financial hired Stanley

Skoglund as an adviser to its senior leadership team.
Get a detailed assessment Skoglund has an extensive track record in the payments
showing the value of what industry, having worked in senior and executive roles
you have built
at Visa, Worldpay and other acquirers, the company
noted. After serving in executive roles at Visa from 2001
to 2013, Skoglund co-founded the Minerva Partnership
Consultancy. In his advisory role with PXP, Skoglund
will work closely with Group CEO, Koen Vanpraet, and
his C-level team on corporate development in the areas
of strategy, risk management and organizational effec-
tiveness.
Murray Sims joins ONPEX

ONPEX, a provider of multicurrency IBAN accounts,
appointed banking expert Murray Sims as CEO of its
Luxembourg operations. ONPEX stated that Sims will
If you like the $ number, we will buy your portfolio. be instrumental in scaling up the business, operation-
Keep selling, keep building, keep earning ally, now that is has reached an inflexion point following
residuals...but with a nice amount of the success of its banking-as-a-service platform launch.
money in the bank
Sims has over 40 years of commercial experience in the
+ No need to leave your current ISO banking industry and has served a range of sectors,
or processing relationship
including commercial, financial and retail. Christoph
Tutsch, founder of ONPEX, will take on a new role as
clarusdc.com chief innovation officer of the business.
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