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          EBizCharge is PCI  compliant  and  designed to lower pro-  ACQUISITIONS
          cessing fees by submitting line-item details directly to the
          bank.                                                     Togetherwork acquires Fonteva
          iCheckGateway, Plaid team up
                                                                    Togetherwork, a provider of integrated software and
          iCheckGateway.com and Plaid formed a partnership          payments  for  managing  communities,  groups  and
          designed  to  benefit  current  and  future  Plaid  merchants.   organizations, acquired Fonteva, an association and
          Plaid allows customers to connect their bank accounts to   events management platform built on Salesforce.
          their financial applications effortlessly and simplifies ACH   Fonteva serves over 350 client organizations with a
          transfers for merchants to accept payments. Together with   full  suite  of  membership,  events,  ecommerce,  and
          Plaid, iCheckGateway will ensure the secure transfer of   online  community  applications  built  on  Salesforce.
          financial data and protect both consumers and merchants   Fonteva provides applications designed to improve
          with front-end account authentication, which will provide   the  member  experience,  drive  revenue  growth  and
          faster,  easier  and  more  secure  bank-to-bank  transfers,  the   increase operational efficiency. Under Togetherwork,
          partners stated.                                          Fonteva will be led by Pat McGlynn, who has been
                                                                    named president of Fonteva.
          Worldnet, ISVPay zero in on ISVs
                                                                    WPP acquires DTI Digital
          Worldnet Payments, a provider of omnichannel payment
          solutions for ISVs, will now leverage ISVPay’s platform to   Creative transformation company WPP acquired DTI
          offer expansive payment services to ISVs. The partnership   Digital, a Brazilian digital innovation and software
          and  delivery  of  products  between  Worldnet  and  ISVPay   engineering company. DTI’s digital solutions help
          provides an end-to-end solution to meet the needs of      clients become more efficient, digitalised and fully
          today’s ISVs, the companies said, adding that the ISVPay   connected to their customers – from the development
          platform creates a streamlined onboarding process, coupled   of back-office support systems such as supply automa-
          with the gateway solutions, delivering a unique offering   tion and data collection software, to consumer-facing
          that is tailored specific for ISVs.                       applications and platforms including ecommerce mar-
                                                                    ketplaces and customer service interfaces, WPP noted,
                                                                    adding that the acquisition is in line with its objectives
                                                                    to expand its presence in the areas of experience, com-
                                                                    merce and technology.

                                                                  APPOINTMENTS

                 Payment Solutions                                  Blackhawk Network appoints Nikhil Sathe

                 For App Developers                                 Blackhawk  Network,  hired  veteran  tech  executive,
                                                                    Nikhil (Nik) Sathe, as its chief technology officer to
                                                                    lead the company's continued innovation in global
                                                                    payments technology, including product develop-
           eProcessing Network provides                             ment, infrastructure and security. Sathe brings more
           payment solutions that intergrate                        than 30 years of experience in leadership  positions
           directly into web pages, shopping                        in the technology and financial space, including CTO
           carts, third-party software,                             roles at  American Express and PayPal, and prior
                                                                    payments leadership roles at Google and JPMorgan
           and mobile apps for both iOS                             Chase. Most recently, he served as vice president of
           and Android.                                             engineering for Google Nest.

           ePN’s FREE Developer                                     CO-OP Financial appoints five executives
           Support Center provides                                  CO-OP Financial Services reported that it added five
           online documentation,                                    senior vice presidents whose combined responsi-
           sample code, and support                                 bilities impact virtually every aspect of the business.
           for registered developers.                               The  five  employees  promoted  or  added  to  the  com-
                                                                    pany include: Tiffany Doty, SVP, client relationships,
                                                                    reporting to Matt Kardell, chief revenue officer; Pam
                ePN has payment options to fit all of               Edwards, SVP, corporate communications, reporting
                       your merchant’s needs                        to Samantha Paxson, chief experience officer; Sara
                                                                    Jensen, SVP, governance and administration, report-
                         (800) 296-4810                             ing  to  Erik Askelsen,  general  counsel  and  corporate
                  eProcessingNetwork.com                            secretary; Peter Rae, SVP, sales, reporting to Matt
                                                                    Kardell, chief revenue officer; and John Wong, SVP,
          © eProcessing Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective holders.  client experience, reporting to CEO Paxson.
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