Payments Industry Veteran Mike Weaver Dies

Michael Weaver died from a sudden heart attack on Jan. 16, 2004. Weaver had more than 25 years of experience in the electronic payments industry, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. He leaves behind a wife, Margaret, and two small children.

Weaver was a founding member of the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA). He also served as a consultant to Visa, working on a secured electronic transaction program for the Internet, and as a consultant for MasterCard, working on several projects including the Third Party Opportunity (TPO) program. For Discover, Weaver served as a Sales Representative Manager in charge of West Coast sales and training for Discover's card program when it was initially launched.

He also ran the Western States Bankcard Association's merchant acquiring program. At TeleCheck, Weaver served as Director of Operations; at the California Bankers Association, he oversaw the implementation of its merchant acquiring and card-issuing program. Weaver also served as a consultant to many payments companies including Nova, PMT and Timeshare.

Greg Dailey of iPayment, Jeff McKay of Summit Technologies and John Mahin of Preferred Card Services, along with other friends of Weaver, are putting together a trust account for his family. Please contact Greg Dailey at 615-665-1858, Jeff McKay at 866-571-1129 or John Mahin at 800-656-0077 for more information.

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