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be invaluable as NAC continues tackling the vital chal- voice for ETA and its members." The ETA also hired
lenges and opportunities now impacting America’s ATM Riaz Ladha as vice president of industry affairs. “With
entrepreneurs.” his deep knowledge of payments and experience in
growing businesses, Riaz and his team will help ensure
Marqeta taps Mike Milotich ETA remains laser-focused on providing value to our
members, ensuring we are strategically aligned with the
Marqeta selected Mike Milotich to serve as its chief direction of the industry and providing those opportu-
financial officer. Milotich joins Marqeta following a nities to collaborate, learn, and lead that will help our
decade-long tenure at Visa, most recently serving as industry thrive," Kelley said.
senior vice president of investor relations and corpo-
rate finance. He has more than 20 years' experience in Brendan Peter signs on with Socure
corporate finance, primarily in payments and financial
services. He also held leadership positions at American Brendan Peter joined Socure as vice president of govern-
Express and PayPal. “[I]t was clear that Mike’s deep ment relations. He will work with government stake-
payments experience makes him an excellent fit for holders to implement policies that stress demand for
Marqeta," said Jason Gardner, Marqeta’s founder and robust identity proofing and verification while reducing
CEO. "He has a keen appreciation for the possibilities in friction and fraud and maintaining high privacy stan-
front of us as a company.” dards. Peter previously served as head of U.S. govern-
ment relations for Seagate Technology.
ETA promotes Patchen, hires Ladha
He also served as vice president of government rela-
The Electronic Transactions Association promoted Jeff tions for IDEMIA and as vice president and head of
Patchen to director, government affairs. “Jeff is an global corporate affairs for CA Technologies. Peter
invaluable member of the ETA Government Relations also held executive posts at LexisNexis, Daon, the
team, representing ETA members in Washington, D.C.," Information Technology Association of America and
said ETA CEO Jodie Kelley. "Jeff’s knowledge of issues Jefferson Consulting Group.
facing the modern payments industry makes him a key

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