2021 Award Submissions Close Thursday, September 30

The Wnet Awards Program celebrates excellence by annually recognizing payments industry professionals for outstanding service. It is an excellent opportunity to highlight the exceptional accomplishments of our members and industry professionals. Winners will be recognized at the Leadership Summit this November in Atlanta. Nominate your colleagues or yourself before submissions close on Sept. 30.

 

Getting More Out of the Book Club

The Wnet Book Club is a great plot for fellow book lovers to engage. Join the group and then register for the next conversation.

September/October Book: Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life by Stuart Diamond
Discussion: Oct. 28, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PT

 

Good News about Our Members and Partners

Protiviti Becomes a National Sponsor of Girls Who Code to Encourage Careers in Technology. Protiviti’s employee network group GET IT (Gender Equality in Technology and IT), one of several employee network groups that have grown out of the firm’s global diversity, equity and inclusion initiative, aims to help address the unique challenges under-represented people face when pursuing careers in technology and strives to create greater gender diversity in the field. Read more.

Celebrating International Women in Cyber Day, Sept. 1. Stacy Hughes, Wnet director and chief information security officer at Global Payments Inc., highlights ways to support diversity and the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Read more.

HERoes 2021 Top 100 Women Executives, supported by @YahooFinance. Congratulations to all the winners, especially women who are Wnet Members or from Wnet Partner Members: Mastercard, Barclays, IHS MARKIT and Bank of America. Read more.

Banks can’t afford to miss the buy now/pay later party. Nathan Hilt, managing director, Financial Services Industry at Protiviti, explains that buy now/pay later is not a new concept. However, in the last few years, zero-interest lending has spread widely, thanks to fintech firms, which now offer it for buying almost anything — including lower ticket items. During COVID-19 lockdowns, consumers discovered they liked the convenience and affordability of BNPL. Read more. 

Mastercard announced that it would buy open banking platform Aiia. Learn more from Jessica Turner, Wnet director and executive vice president of new digital infrastructure and fintech at Mastercard. Read more.

Fiserv Inc. has entered into a first-of-its-kind collaboration with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). This collaboration leads the retail payments and settlement infrastructure in India. Read more.

Marqeta announced a continued partnership with Zip Co. in Australia. This completes the first year of powering the global buy now/pay later (BNPL) company, which provides fast and seamless solutions that simplify how people pay, everywhere. Read more.

Paya has announced a strategic partnership with Paradigm. Read more.