Wnet PayTech News
April 26, 2022
 

 

WHAT ARE YOU CELEBRATING THIS SPRING?

 

This April, we’ve all been busy celebrating Easter, Ramadan, Spring Break and more special holidays. And Wnet has been celebrating Career Month, Volunteer Month and Diversity Month. As a Board Member, volunteer and first-time grandmother of a new baby girl, I’ve reflected on how this month not only represents new birth but also growth and the opportunity to look forward – toward warmer days, career growth, better equality and opportunities to help mentor women and girls.

 

With Mother’s Day upon us, I want to celebrate all women – and the diversity of motherhood and womanhood – so we remember that women are enough all on their own. Women are enough. We are enough. You are enough.

 

Sincerely,

 

Audrey Blackmon Wnet Board Secretary Fintech Advisor Acies.AI and granddaughter Alina

Audrey Blackmon
Wnet Board Secretary
Fintech Advisor
Acies.AI
and
Granddaughter Alina

 

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Wnet PayTechWomenLead: Intentional Branding 

 

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Learn. Engage. Advance. Drive.

Attendance at all three PayTechWomenLead events, including the Breakouts, grants you a FREE registration discount for the final event and an educational certificate confirming you've learned important techniques to become a more impactful leader in the paytech environment.

April 28: Wnet PayTechWomenLead: Intentional Branding
June 8: How to be a Great Individual Speaker - reg to open soon
July: Details to be announced soon

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Wnet Members Reconnect at ETA TRANSACT

 

Wnet Members Reconnect at TRANSACT
April 12-14, 2022

It was great to be back at ETA Transact in Las Vegas! First American by Deluxe graciously opened its booth space on April 13 to Wnet and more than 50 women and male advocates in the payments industry to come together and connect safely. Excitement was felt throughout the room as friends from around the globe reconnected after a long hiatus of seeing each other in person.

 

Following our networking event, the Transact show floor was brimming with hundreds of attendees, all with two common goals: to connect and learn for the next two days. The conference speaker lineup featured notable Wnet members Michelle Jenkins from NCR, Genevieve Dozier from Merchant’s PACT, Kim Ford from Fiserv, Srii Srinivasan from Chargeback Gurus and Sharon Lampley from Mastercard.

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Wnet Career Month 2022

 

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Wnet Community, check your in box for our Annual Survey! We value your feedback and hope you will spend a few minutes responding to our questions. If you did not receive it, contact us at info@wnetonline.org.

 

 

MEMBER MOVES

Valissa Pierrelouis has moved to ACI Worldwide as Senior Customer Success Manager.
Congratulations!

If you have moved to a new company, have a new role, or been nominated to a board, tell us so we can highlight you in MEMBER MOVES! Send details and press release link if applicable to info@wnetonline.org.

 

 

Happy Mother's Day from Wnet

 

Donna Gem & Amanda Maddocks – A Dynamic Duo in Payments

 

Donna Gem, FIS

Donna Gem, FIS

Amanda Maddocks

Amanda Maddocks JPMorgan Chase

Donna Gem, Leader Applied Cryptography, FIS, is the co-chair of the Tampa Bay Wnet Chapter. Her daughter, Amanda Maddocks, VP, Payment Network Office, JPMorgan Chase, is part of the Chapter Leadership Committee.

Explaining the world of payment processing to most people can be daunting exercise, but my bright and curious young daughter was excited to learn, and quick to understand what it was all about starting at a very early age. This allowed us to have very special commonality and enhanced the bond between us that I will always be grateful for.

 

It all began at a small start-up payment processing company called “TransNet” located in Tampa, FL, and the first “Bring Your Child to Work Day.” Starting at the age of 8, my daughter Amanda would join me each year in my office to learn more about what her mother did all day while she was in school. She would be up early first thing in the morning ready to jump in my car and drive to my office together. It was a big deal because not only was she always excited to spend the day with me, but it didn’t hurt that on this date every year she had an excused absence from school.

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PARTNER NEWS

  • WELCOME to new corporate partner Chargeback Gurus! Based in Texas, Chargeback Gurus provides end-to-end consumer transaction dispute management to leading brands around the world.

  • Another Arena Adopts Digital Payments as the MLB Nationals Work with FIS-Worldpay. Read more.

  • Arkansas Federal Credit Union Upgrades P2P Solution to Zelle via Fiserv. Read more.

  • Equifax and Fiserv Partner to Advance Digital Commerce with Data. Read more.

  • Mastercard and Microsoft Team on an Enhanced Verification Solution for E-Commerce. Read more.

  • Merchant’s PACT Announces New Chief Technology Officer. Read more.

  • Payroc WorldAccess, LLC, Announces Acquisition of Worldnet. Read more.

  • Till Payments Marks Official North American Debut at TRANSACT 2022. Read more.

  • Apple’s Switch to Visa for Its Virtual Cash Card Could Come Down to International Connections. Read more.

 

Upcoming Events

 

WNET CAREER MONTH: APRIL

TODAY, April 26: WNET CAREER MONTH: Chicago Chapter LinkUp: Maintaining Your Visibility While Working Remotely with Nadya Bolton and Joanna Hanner of Discover, Stephanie Puerto of Payroc and Erica Savr of Bank of America. FREE & open to all.

April 27: WNET CAREER MONTH: Book Club: Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work

April 28: WNET CAREER MONTH: PayTechWomenLead Virtual Series #1: Intentional Branding with Britt Zarling and Elizabeth McMillan of Fiserv.

May 6: Phoenix Chapter LinkUp: Meet, Greet & Grow - Happy Hour Networking in-person event with Kate Holloway of Bankers’ Bank of the West and Stephanee Smith of Nuvei. FREE & open to all.
May 9: North Texas & Phoenix Chapter LinkUp: Post-Pandemic Job Search Strategies with Elizabeth Lions, Career Coach and CEO of Lionsology. FREE & open to all.
May 12: Webinar: An Introduction to Career Coaching! Resources to Activate Your High Performance Zone with an esteemed panel of career coaches. FREE for Wnet Members.
June 8: PayTechWomenLead Virtual Series #2: How to be a Great Individual Speaker - SAVE THE DATE! Details to come soon.
June 13-15: Partner Event: SEAA 2022 in Atlanta. 
June 14: Partner Event: Wnet Panel: The Power of Product and Partnerships at SEAA 2022 

September 27-28: Wnet 2022 Leadership Summit - SAVE THE DATE!

 

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