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the United States, Paramount stated. Privately owned ments are expected to support planned product and
B&B Financial has been in the ATM industry for close technology developments that will accelerate user acqui-
to 20 years and brings to Paramount a variety of local sition and growth. Haidari brings over 19 years of pay-
and national brands across different industry sectors. ments technology experience in leading roles with two
Tony Braglio, founder of B&B Financial, will join the major banks, TD Bank Group and the Canadian Imperial
Paramount family as director of business development. Bank of Commerce, most recently as assistant vice presi-
dent, faster payments, enterprise payments technology
APPOINTMENTS at TD. Lam was head of development and IT of the
payments division at Home Trust before it was sold to
Peoples Trust. He also co-founded Pungle Payments, a
John Ewert joins SheerID Visa Direct integrated partner.
SheerID, an identity marketing platform, appointed John Peter Ransford signs
Ewert as its chief financial officer. In this role, he will on with PCS
oversee all global aspects of SheerID's financial, legal,
information technology and business operations. Ewert Paysafe, a specialized payments platform, disclosed
will report directly to Jake Weatherly, SheerID's CEO. that Petroleum Card Services, its payment processing
Ewert brings more than 20 years of leadership and busi- solutions provider for U.S. gas stations and convenience
ness partnering experience across several high-growth, stores, appointed Peter Ransford as business develop-
enterprise technology firms. Most recently, Ewert served ment director. Ransford, who joins PCS from global fuel
as Nvoicepay's COO and CFO and was responsible for dispenser supplier Gilbarco Veeder-Root, will collabo-
leading financial, engineering and external-facing opera- rate with industry stakeholders to further strengthen
tions. PCS's referral partner relationships. He has close to 30
years' experience in strategic business development,
Payfare appoints new CTO, CPO customer acquisition, market analysis and sales, with a

Payfare Inc., a global fintech company hired Kamran strong focus on payments and petroleum. Previously,
Haidari and Braulio Lam as its chief technology officer he held business development and sales positions at
and chief product officer, respectively. These appoint- Worldpay and Heartland Payment Systems.