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IndustryUpdate

Prineta acquires ATM portfolio in N.Y. Sezzle hires Hartje

Prineta LLC, one of the nation's fastest growing independent ATM operators, Financial technology company
recently acquired a portfolio of ATMs in New York City, significantly expand- Sezzle added Karen Hartje as its
ing operations in the largest city in the country. "This is our fourth acquisition Chief Financial Officer. She will
in the last year," said Tanner Morton, co-founder and Managing Partner at oversee the company's finance
Prineta. "With a larger scale, we are better positioned to meet the needs of our and accounting operations. Hartje
clients in New York." Locations include a tourist hotel, convenience stores, comes to Sezzle as a veteran of the
a truck stop, bar restaurants, and condo buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn, online payments and financial tech-
and Bronx. nology industries and has a proven
track record of successful growth
APPOINTMENTS stimulation and strategic executive
leadership, Sezzle stated, adding
that she was the early finance leader
Chargebacks911 taps Fitzsimmons at Bluestem Brands Inc. and was
responsible for leading the com-
Chargebacks911 hired ecommerce and affiliate marketing expert Melissa pany from relaunch to $2 billion in
Fitzsimmons. She will focus on expanding business development efforts and sales, which resulted in a successful
supporting the company's new ecommerce solutions for merchants, franchis- acquisition.
es and affiliate advertising networks. Chargebacks 911 stated Fitzsimmons is
recognized as a rising star in the ecommerce industry, has lectured at both Hoskins joins NAB
Affiliate Summit West and East and is a published author, most recently fea-
tured in FeedFront Magazine. Previously she served as Advertising Account North American Bancard Holdings
Director for Clickbooth.com. LLC appointed Matt Hoskins as
Executive Vice President of Sales
and Distribution. Hoskins will
report directly to Kirk Haggarty,
CFO of NAB. "Matt brings top-tier
enterprise sales, business devel-
opment and leadership to further
bolster the NAB executive team,"
Haggarty said. Hoskins founded
Payment Processing Technologies
LLC in 2004 and as CEO was respon-
sible for the growth of the busi-
ness to more than 50,000 acquired
merchant locations. His expertise
spans sales, technology, product
and operations, NAB noted.

Kount appoints Phillips
Tricia Phillips signed on as Senior
Vice President of Product & Strategy
at Kount Inc. Phillips brings exten-
sive industry experience, hav-
ing worked in executive roles in
product strategy and management,
fraud operations and client services
for ecommerce retailers, payment
management and fraud preven-
tion service providers, and a major
credit card brand, Kount stated. She
most recently was a research direc-
tor at Gartner Inc.

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