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tify and combat fraud with the use of integrated data an innovative engagement platform for secure interac-
and adaptive artificial intelligence technology. By com- tions, the company stated, adding that a growth capital
bining Chargebacks911’s dispute and chargeback tech- investment will accelerate Revation’s vision for LinkLive
nology with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection, and further automate secured customer engagement
financial institutions get a complete package covering while lowering customers' operating costs.
both pre-authorization and post-transaction friendly
fraud protection, the partners stated. APPOINTMENTS

Fareway, Blackhawk, PayPal, Venmo team up
Equity Payment promotes Tami Bream
PayPal and Venmo are now accepted forms of pay-
ment at Midwest grocer Fareway's 129 store locations. Tami Bream, formerly vice president and chief operating
Fareway and Blackhawk Network are working with officer at Equity Payment, is now the company's presi-
PayPal and Venmo to bring in-store digital payments dent. She will also retain the title of COO. Bream worked
to Fareway, where customers can pay using PayPal or in finance and human resources before joining the com-
Venmo QR codes at checkout. PayPal customers will pany in 2006. She also served as executive director for
be able to pay using stored debit or credit cards, bank Angel Flight East, which coordinated free air travel for
accounts, PayPal balance, or PayPal Credit. Venmo cus- families needing financial and medical assistance. Bream
tomers can pay using their stored debit or credit cards, is also one of fewer than 10 certified payment profession-
bank account, Venmo balance or Venmo Credit Card for als in South Carolina, Equity stated.
eligible customers.
Jordan Hirschfield signs on with Mercator
Worldline, in3 partner on free BNPL
Mercator Advisory Group appointed Jordan Hirschfield
In partnership with Worldline, in3, a Dutch buy-now- to its research team as a director of research. Hirschfield
pay-later (BNPL) fintech, launched free BNPL services has spent more than 20 years developing and imple-
for consumers. It also secured an $11.1 million funding menting extensive customer research, insights and ana-
round from Finch Capital. Working with payments part- lytics programs for organizations ranging from startups
ners, in3 enables consumers to pay for purchases in three to Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industries. Most
installments at zero costs: no interest or transaction costs recently, he was director of customer insights at GSMA.
and without credit registration, in3 stated. Working with He also worked in research and analysis at ADP and
Worldline, in3 will provide a technology stack that will UPS and was an associate producer of financial news
allow online and offline merchants who are part of the programs at CNN.
Worldline network to offer BNPL payment services to
customers without additional integrations. Carlos Siewczynski joins ATMIA board
Carlos Siewczynski, executive vice president of busi-
ACQUISITIONS ness development at Coinsource, joined ATMIA's board
of directors. Siewczynski has decades of experience
Newfold Digital to acquire in an array of industries and sectors, including digital
Deluxe Australia web hosting payments, financial software, self-service, ATMs, smart
safes, gaming, retail and financial services, and payment
Newfold Digital entered into an agreement with Deluxe processing. On average, ATMIA noted, his growth strat-
to acquire Deluxe’s Australia web hosting business. The egies have led to market growth of around 20 percent
transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of annually.
2022. The Deluxe Australia web hosting business serves
as a trusted hosting provider to more than 50,000 small Melio taps Guy Zipori
business customers and hosts 250,000 websites, Deluxe Melio appointed Guy Zipori as its new vice president of
stated, adding that the acquisition will enable the research and development. Zipori is a serial entrepre-
acquired customers to benefit from Newfold Digital’s neur with over a decade of experience building and sell-
industry-leading brands, products and customer sup- ing successful tech startups. Most recently, he was co-
port. founder and CEO of Skyline AI, an artificial intelligence

Invictus Growth Partners acquires Revation investment manager for commercial real estate, which
was acquired by JLL in 2021. Prior to Skyline AI, Zipori
Revation Systems,which developed a secure messaging co-founded and was the CEO of StreamRail, which was
and cloud contact center platform that powers digital acquired by ironSource in 2016, and was chief technol-
customer service and contact center solutions in the ogy officer of Visionize.
United States, closed a majority investment from Invictus
Growth Partners. Revation’s LinkLive product provides

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