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          Cardflight, PAX team for SwipeSimple                    for merchants. This acquisition further positions SCS as
                                                                  an industry leader providing secure, reliable financial
          SaaS payment technology company CardFlight and          technology solutions and commences the start of a more
          PAX Technology Inc, a provider of electronic payment    aggressive development strategy for 2019, SCS stated,
          terminal solutions and related services, have added     adding that iDeposit's technology platform and ability to
          SwipeSimple smart terminal functionality to the PAX     meet high security standards has established an impreg-
          920. The PAX A80 terminal is expected to follow soon.   nable foothold in the payments industry.
          Cardtronics, Timewise re-up
                                                                APPOINTMENTS
          Timewise Food Stores, a leading convenience store chain
          based in Houston, and retail ATM operator Cardtronics   Three join Wnet board
          extended their long-standing partnership. Cardtronics
          will continue to provide complete turnkey ATM services   The Women's Network in Electronic Transactions (Wnet)
          to the entire portfolio of over 220 Timewise stores.    appointed three payments industry executives to its
                                                                  board of advisors: Audrey Blackmon, Verrency's senior
          Fingerprints, G+D launch                                vice president of business development; Beth Deck,
          contactless biometric card                              Netspend's senior vice president of accounting and
          Biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprints)    finance; and David Leppek, Statement IQ's executive
          and Giesecke + Devrient Mobile Security (G+D), a global   payment consultant. The newly appointed advisors will
                                                                  provide strategic guidance to Wnet's board and support
          mobile security technology company, are collaborat-
          ing to bring contactless biometric payment cards to the   and advance Wnet's mentorship, scalability, sustainabil-
                                                                  ity, membership and Leadership Summit initiatives.
          market. The card features Fingerprints' T-Shape module,
          which is part of its 1300-series. It has ultra-low power   GiftYa hires Podroskey, Tribino
          consumption and is tailored to be integrated in smart-
          cards using standard processes, the partners noted.     Jim Podroskey is now director of engineering at GiftYa
                                                                  and Carlos Tribino is the chief marketing officer.
        ACQUISITION                                               Podroskey will play a vital role in GiftYa's technology
                                                                  expansion and scalability, according to Jason Wolfe, the
                                                                  company's  CEO.  He  joins  GiftYa  from  the  Blackhawk
          SCS to purchase iDeposit assets                         Network where he was responsible for engineering

          Signature Card Services, a provider of payment technolo-  growth and leadership across the ecommerce division.
          gy integration and acquiring solutions, agreed to acquire   Previously,  he  was  vice  president  of  technology  for
          the assets of iDeposit, a payment gateway technology    GiftCards.com. Tribino, who also previously worked at
          company specializing in integrated payments solutions   GiftCards.som, comes to GiftYa from Compass, where
                                                                  he was marketing lead. He will support GiftYa's rapid
                                                                                        development.

                                                                                        ControlScan taps
                                                                                        Sam Pfanstiel
                                                                                        ControlScan, a provider of
                                                                                        managed security and compli-
                                                                                        ance solutions recruited Sam
                                                                                        Pfanstiel to serve in an all-new
                                                                                        role as the company's director
                                                                                        of security consulting services.
                                                                                        He will provide consulting and
                                                                                        assessment services for payment
                                                                                        solution technologies as well as
                                                                                        identify impacts of third-party
                                                                                        solutions on merchant payment
                                                                                        environments. Pfanstiel joins
                                                                                        ControlScan with over two
                                                                                        decades of senior IT manage-
                                                                                        ment; card brand compliance;
                                                                                        fraud prevention; and payment,
                                                                                        application and mobile security
                                                                                        experience.
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