Council Members in this Study Group: 643
This study group may include experts knowledgeable on commercial banking, retail banking, asset management, mortgages, consumer finance, exchanges, capital markets, transaction processing, credit cards, insurance, and business services.
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Howard BruckChief Information Officer
HUDSON VALLEY BANK ![]()
Howard Bruck is Chief Information Officer at Hudson Valley Bank, a commercial bank. He has over 25 years of experience in the information technology sector. He specializes in financial services technology, outsourcing, hosting, databases, ERP, CRM, BI and enterprise systems. He has been associatedwith...
CIO & Sr. VP - IT
CRYE-LEIKE AFFILIATES ![]()
Gurtej Sodhi is the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at The Crye Leike Group of Companies (a $5B enterprise). He has over 14 years of increasingly responsible positions in design, development, and management of IT operations. His industry experience spans manufacturing, professional...
Michael GanttFormerGroup President, Insurance
FISERV, INC. ![]()
Michael Gantt, was until July 2007, the Group President, Insurance Solutions at Fiserv. The division offers technology, professional services, and outsourcing solutions such as insurance policy and claims administration, underwriting, rating, advanced billing and collections, point-of-sale technology...
Brian HershkowitzChief Executive Officer
Maximum Value Group![]()
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Brian F. Hershkowitz is Chief Executive Officer of Maximum Value Group, a consulting firm focused on providing advice to private equity and other market participants in the area of banking and mortgages. Prior to starting his own practice in Dec 2006, he was EVP at Fidelity National Information Services...
James McMahonPresident
JM Bear Advisors ![]()
James McMahon is the President at JM Bear Advisors and offers over 30 years of senior management & senior credit officer expertise in consumer, business, commercial C&I, CRE/DRE & Retail Real Estate lending within the banking, thrift, credit union & consumer finance industry. His expertise is in all...
Steve MottCEO
Betterbuydesign ![]()
Steve Mott is Chief Executive Officer of BetterBuyDesign, a payments systems consultancy serving clients that range from major banks and processors to technology startups and investment capital/equity firms. Mr. Mott is a 20-year veteran of the electronic payments industry with specialization in online...
Bill BradwayFounder & Managing Director
Bradway Research, LLC ![]()
Bill Bradway is the Founder and Managing Director of Bradway Research. Previously, Mr. Bradway lead the Banking Practice at Financial Insights, a strategic advisory firm to banks, insurance companies, asset management firms, securities brokerages, and diversified financial institutions globally. The...
David ColeExecutive Director
Transaction Processing Solutions ![]()
David Cole is Executive Director of Transactions, a premier provider of transaction and payment solutions and services. He has over twenty five years experience in cards and management services with particular emphasis on applications in the credit, debit, and payment card industry. Over the lastten...
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Financial Armageddon off the table; now what?
November 19, 2009
Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer, Future Management Holdings Inc
Goldman Sachs launches $500M small-business venture | www.njbiz.com
Since we all seem to agree that financial Armageddon is off the table, and multiple iterations of TRILLIONS of dollars of current US taxpayer capital & debt has flooded the economy, we all seem to also agree the future impact of this indebtedness is unknown.We also seem to agree that US small business...
November 19, 2009
Goldman Sachs launches $500M small-business venture | www.njbiz.com
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November 16, 2009
Bling Nation Secures $20 Million in Series B Funding | www.reuters.com
Bling Nation is launching a new retail electronic payment system – a daunting challenge in a well served and intensely competitive market where scale and network effects matter enormously. However its targeted and novel approach may give it a fighting chance. Bling Nation uses mobile phone handsets...
Star ventures online, PayPal seeks growth through Star licensees
November 12, 2009
First Data partners with PayPal to link debit cards to PayPal accounts | www.internetretailer.com
The Star and PayPal electronic payment networks are partnering to enable Star cardholders to use PayPal to spend online. This bolsters Star’s value proposition relative to other debit networks which in recent years have been winning market share. It also marks an initial step by the e-commerce giant...
October 7, 2009
Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer, Future Management Holdings Inc
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The social awareness of climate change presents an opportunity to capitalize on firms providing net benefits to the global carbon footprint.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Core Bank Processing Experts | 463 |
| Financial Printing Experts | 272 |
| Commercial Printing Experts | 1350 |
| Online Payment Experts | 507 |
| Fidelity National Information Services Experts | 107 |
| Credit Card Industry Experts | 900 |
| Check Printing Services Experts | 77 |
Leading Experts in Check Processing Experts Study Group have not participated in any upcoming seminars.
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