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        expand Fabrick's proprietary technology, enabling the   and developer teams to identify client requirements
        company to offer a better service to merchants, who     and align them with Kani Payments' range of solu-
        will be able to manage more efficiently all the finan-  tions, including transaction reconciliation, payment
        cial and data flows involved in the payments process    and regulatory scheme reporting, merchant settlement
        from a single point, even when taking payments from     and customer fund safeguarding. She will also over-
        multiple gateways. The deal will enhance Fabrick's      see guiding clients through Kani Payments' platform
        Payment Orchestra, which is transforming the way        demos and training client teams on-site and remotely.
        businesses accept payments, Fabrick noted, adding
        that by combining multiple payment processes, Pay-        Jay McCracken joins MAP
        ment Orchestra optimizes payment processing at each     Member Access Processing appointed Jay McCrack-
        stage of the payment flow, reducing the transaction     en as its senior vice president of sales. Reporting to
        time and costs, as well as improving the customer       CEO Cyndie Martini, McCracken will lead MAP's
        checkout experience and decreasing cart abandon-        new business development, sales, relationship man-
        ment.                                                   agement, and channel and consulting partnerships.
                                                                With more than 30 years' experience in payment and
          Preludd Payment Services acquires Amadis
                                                                fintech sales, relationship management and account
        In-store payment solutions provider Preludd Pay-        management, McCracken has a proven track record
        ment Services acquired Amadis, a provider of EMV        of success in developing proactive strategies, secur-
        card-present payment acceptance solutions. With this    ing revenue goals and managing client relations,
        acquisition, the company stated, it now offers solu-    MAP noted. Most recently with Fidelity Information
        tions at all stages of the payment chain for payment    Services in the Credit Union Division, he managed
        solution providers, banks, acquirers, payment termi-    relationship management teams focused on cross
        nal distributors and SoftPOS. As a software develop-    sales, contract extensions and strategic account man-
        ment solution, Amadis provides acceptance solutions     agement to the current client base. His earlier career
        on off-the-shelf systems like smartphones, tablets      path also included employers First Data and World-
        and PCI POS terminal hardware. It also provides         pay.
        out-of-the-box compliance software that adheres to
        all global payment network requirements, Preludd          ClearSale taps Eduardo Mônaco
        stated, adding that by leveraging Amadis' 18 years      Business intelligence and risk prevention provider
        of experience, Preludd will be able to provide inno-    ClearSale appointed Eduardo Mônaco as its CEO.
        vative solutions to make payments more accessible       He will replace Bernardo Lustosa, who held the CEO
        worldwide                                               position for five years. The change comes as part of a
                                                                planned succession process, and Lustosa will con-
        APPOINTMENTS                                            tinue his involvement as a shareholder and adviser.
                                                                After nearly four years as ClearSale's COO, Mônaco
          Kani Payments adds Priya Jadeja                       assumed the position of president-director at the end

        Kani Payments appointed Priya Jadeja as head of pre-    of 2022. Mônaco began his career at some of the
        sales to drive the company's client onboarding efforts   largest Brazilian retailers and ecommerce companies,
        and demo capabilities. Previously responsible for       structuring departments and heading up projects that
        pre-sales operations at data companies AutoRek and      delivered operational excellence and elevated cus-
        SS&C, Jadeja brings deep expertise in data reporting    tomer experiences. In this new role, he will lead the
        and reconciliation solution sales, including manag-     next stage of ClearSale's evolution with a focus on
        ing prospective client relationships, sales and imple-  nurturing innovation, risk mapping, and leveraging
        mentation lifecycles, building and running solution     opportunities.
        demos, and management of request for proposal pilot
        projects. She will work closely with the product, sales



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