Women in Payments

If money is power, speeding up access to funds is one way to empower millions of struggling consumers, according to Cecilia Frew.

In a financial services career that dates back to 1983, Lou Anne Alexander has experienced many upheavals of the status quo of payment technology.

One thing Susan Sobbott has learned in a long and successful career at American Express Co. is that when you're working to drive innovation, fear of failure can paralyze you.

In financial services today, it seems everyone is interested in how blockchain can be used. Diana Adachi's one of the people making it happen.

Early in her career, Monica Eaton-Cardone had to deal with the tough part of being a retail entrepreneur — constantly being hit with chargebacks on card payments — to ultimately develop an idea to help retailers navigate that unpleasant part of payment acceptance.

Executives in the payments industry know the key to future technological advances rests solely in the hands of the consumer. Without consumer adoption, advances in payments quickly collect dust. Reetika Grewal understands this reality particularly well.

What could theatrical training offer a person preparing for a career in financial services? Plenty, according to Citi Retail Services’ Leslie McNamara.

MoneyGram's Kamila Chytil is assuming a new position at the company amid major changes. This year for MoneyGram could not be more dynamic.

Even during the busiest days, Carol Juel has learned the power of pausing to look at the big picture.

For one of her bank's largest and most important forays into digital transaction technology, JPMorgan Chase's Jennifer Roberts turned to the people most in tune with the next era of financial services.

Pulling out her driving iron to tee off with a group of men on the golf course is always an interesting experience for Suzan Denoncourt, managing director for Ingenico in Canada.

In high school, Kara Kazazean joined the marching band and competed to be a leader for the clarinet section. As part of the selection process, aspiring section leaders participated in a rigorous leadership training program.

The Most Influential Women in Payments are the ones taking risks with new ideas and investments, and developing the technology that will forever change the way people handle money. Not only do they set an example for their peers, they are unafraid to learn from newcomers and are diligent about encouraging a freshness and diversity of ideas.

Throughout her payments technology career, colleagues have pointed to the steady hand of Archana "Archie" Puri as one of her key traits.

Even though Racy Morgan may have learned about financial services, payments and management as part of her education, her career's foundation is more firmly set in her real-life experiences as an immigrant from India living in the U.S.

This year will mark 10 years since Martina Hund-Mejean was named chief financial officer of Mastercard, and it has certainly been an eventful decade.

An unlikely turning point in Paulette Rowe’s journey to become a top payments executive came many years ago, during the summer she spent working with a group of men in the engineering division of a French piston manufacturer, feeling completely out of her depth.

Serena Smith's never-say-no attitude is emblematic of her passion and perseverance.

In her work as a data scientist for several payments startups, Afra Khan's key skill is leveraging fast-evolving technology tools to analyze consumer financial behavior and block fraud before it strikes.

Kroger payments chief Kathy Hanna is helping to drive a digital transformation of how consumers engage the supermarket chain.