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care agencies to meet the needs of their private-pay
customers who demand more flexible payment options DateBook
such as credit card and ACH, the partners stated.
CareTime acts as a communication tool for agencies and
their clients by managing scheduling, billing, payroll
and documentation. With Stax Connect's features, home-
care agencies will be able to quickly and securely accept
client payments in the CareTime platform and offer a
more efficient onboarding process.

ACQUISITION

SMI acquires PayPerks

Systems & Methods Inc. acquired the PayPerks plat-
form, brand and assets. The PayPerks platform has been
successfully used for 10 years to improve the financial
health of its millions of users, and will now power the
education, gamification, and rewards functionality of the
smiONE Visa Prepaid Card, SMI stated. The PayPerks
solution was devised in 2010 to create a new approach to Upcoming Industry Show:
cardholder engagement through a unique combination
of easy-to-digest visual education, fun quizzes, engag- Prepaid Press
ing points schemes, and exciting sweepstakes-based All Wireless & Prepaid Expo
rewards, SMI noted, adding that it plans to integrate the
functionality of the PayPerks platform directly into its
smiONE Card product, bringing the same education and Highlights: The All Wireless & Prepaid Expo
rewards solutions to its 1.9 million cardholders. promises an agenda packed with workshops,
tutorials and case studies, all designed to provide
APPOINTMENTS you the information you need to future-proof
your business.
Gregg Hoffman joins Corserv Billed as the place “where prepaid and wire-
less meet,” it’s where you’ll be able to meet the
Corserv, which provides banks and fintechs with pay- experts and receive first-hand training in the key
ment programs, welcomed Gregg Hoffman as its direc- technologies that will power the next generation
tor of business development. Hoffman has more than 20 of products.
years of executive experience with credit card technol-
ogy companies such as FNBO, Marlett Funding, The When: Aug. 17–18, 2021
Kessler Group and MBNA. In his new role, Hoffman Where: Caesars Palace, Juluis Ballrooms
will develop and maintain strong, strategic relation-
ships with key decision makers within the banking and Registration: https://www.theprepaidexpo.com/
financial technology space as well as pursuing potential
partnership opportunities, Corserv stated.
Jamie Walker succeeds Royal Cole as ATPC chair

The American Transaction Processors Coalition appoint- Association Show:
ed Jamie Walker, CEO of Elavon, to succeed Royal Cole
of FIS as chairman of the board. Walker joined Elavon Western States Acquirers Association
in 2001 and has served as CEO since 2017. He has led 2021 WSAA Conference
Elavon's global growth in North America and through-
out Europe, managing acquisitions and international When: Oct. 13–14, 2021
expansion and assessing opportunities for strategic Where: OMNI Hotel 1300 Houston St. Fort
growth, the ATPC noted. Royal Cole, recently stepped Worth, TX
down as FIS executive vice president of financial insti-
tutions payments services. Cole served as ATPC board For full details, see our event listings at
chair from 2019 to 2021, and under his leadership www.greensheet.com/datebook.php?node=dis-
the organization launched a COVID-19 Taskforce and playChart
expanded its Cyber Council.

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