Special Program Root Tag

The Payments Security Task Force and the EMV Migration Forum will offer educational materials about EMV-chip card payments, including templates of social media posts and hashtags; educational downloads that include visual aids and training guides; media interview tips; and more.

Regent Bank in Davie, Fla., has promoted Dawn Calder to the newly created position of chief credit officer.

The small merchants that turn to Square for their card acceptance needs are also among the most reluctant to swap out their hardware for devices that can handle EMV-chip cards, so Square is putting into play a strategy that banks have long used to get consumers on board with new technology.

Total System Services (TSYS), the Columbus, Ga.-based payment processor, has hired Patricia A. Watson to be senior executive vice president and chief information officer, effective Sept. 14.

Total System Services (TSYS), the Columbus, Ga.-based payment processor, has hired Patricia A. Watson to be senior executive vice president and chief information officer, effective Sept. 14.

Banks are making a big push to court retailers with large stacks of cash, including fast-food chains, gas stations and big-box stores. Regional banks, in particular, are expanding their "smart safe" business — a niche treasury product that retailers use to sort and remotely deposit dollar bills.

Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu has hired Sheh Bertram as chief information officer.

Rather than compete head-on with Square, Intuit is crafting a strategy of providing software that complements Square's offerings for merchants that have more complex needs.

The payment processors Heartland Payment Systems in Princeton, N.J., and VersaPay in Toronto have partnered to sell a cloud-based accounts receivable product.

Barclays' Barbara Byrne launches her Women in Leadership index, one bank bans all-male shortlists, the @GSElevator guy speaks out for women, Karen Peetz has some ideas to make social finance more attractive and the Manbassador movement grows.

Wintrust Financial in Rosemont, Ill., has named Kathleen Boege general counsel.

Raymond Wilson is leaving the Honolulu bank, and current executives Anna Hu and Denis Isono will assume his duties later this month.

Broadway Financial in Los Angeles has named former MUFG Union Bank executive Erin Selleck to its board.

PetLinx, a New Zealand startup that provides software for pet companies, has contracted Boston-based Cayan (formerly Merchant Warehouse) to provide payments support.

As CEO of the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) mobile wallet venture, Brian Mooney must remain calm as his company faces an increasingly stormy market with no product to show for its years-long efforts.

United Bancshares in Columbus Grove, Ohio, said its chief financial officer, Diana Engelhardt, has decided to resign.

In the heavily competitive mobile payments market, the fastest way to lose is to pin all hopes on one vendor. Rite Aid learned this lesson the hard way as a participant in the Merchant Customer Exchange, a multi-retailer mobile payments initiative that demanded exclusivity from its partners.

International payment services provider Planet Payment has made changes in its executive leadership, naming Robert Cox president and Raymond D'Aponte chief financial officer.

Wells Fargo has hired Allianz veteran Jasmine Jirele to head its trust operations team.

The NASA Federal Credit Union will mix science non-fiction and fiction, providing Star Trek themed credit cards on request to its members.