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ACQUISITION Paysafe hires Scot McClintic
Specialized payments platform Paysafe appointed Scot
Payroc gains Bluestone Payments McClintic as senior vice president, iGaming product &
strategy. The appointment builds on Paysafe's ongoing
Payroc WorldAccess LLC, a merchant acquirer and glob- commitment to specializing in the fast-growing iGam-
al payment processing organization, acquired Bluestone ing and sports betting markets. McClintic is respon-
Payments LLC. Founded by Linda Rossetti in 2006, sible for collaborating closely with Paysafe's iGaming,
Bluestone is an ISO that provides payment programs to iLottery and sports betting merchants and partners to
merchants through referral relationships in niche mar- further strengthen Paysafe's iGaming product portfolio.
kets. Rossetti will remain the president of Bluestone and McClintic brings to the position over a decade's experi-
take on an expanded role as executive vice president, ence in strategic business development, product owner-
strategic initiatives at Payroc. ship and market analysis. His most recent role was chief
product officer and general manager at Penn National
APPOINTMENTS Gaming's Barstool Sportsbook & iCasino.

Jia Min Tan joins Chargebacks911
ETA taps Max Behlke
Chargebacks911 appointed Jia Min Tan director of busi-
The Electronic Transactions Association hired Max ness development, APAC, as part of its ongoing expan-
Behlke as director of state government affairs. Behlke sion in the region. Jia Min's appointment will help to
will assist the association's government affairs team facilitate the rapid growth, as well as being a strategic
in representing its payments and fintech members on move aimed at overcoming any language barriers with
issues before state legislators and regulators. The ETA partners to ensure a truly seamless end-to-end service,
advocates before federal and state policymakers for the company stated. Jia Min brings a wealth of experi-
policies that support ongoing innovation in financial ser- ence to the role, having worked across the dispute tech-
vices products. Behlke brings to the organization exten- nology, fraud prevention and risk management indus-
sive experience on state policy issues having previously tries, and a background in pre-transaction risks such as
worked at the National Conference of State Legislatures advertising fraud and loyalty membership fraud, the
developing its policy on state matters, the ETA noted. company added.