Sasha's Movers & Shakers with Prepaid365 - April 2012

With less than 100 days to go to The Olympics in London 2012, the year started well for Prepaid and all things contactless, with Russell West moving from Payment Card Technologies to Proxama as Business Development Manager for mobile wallets.

Russian Revolution

Paul Bartholomew-Keen takes the helm as MD RBK Money and
Glen Dower is their new Marketing Manager, both moving from Epay

Dressing up with Tuxedo

Alan Tamblyn, Business Development Manager, from Comet joins Tuxedo Money Solutions
Dean King, Business Development Manager also joins Tuxedo from 10 years at Thames Card Technology

Movers & Shakers Extra

Sandy Sancaster joins Voice Commerce Group as Head of Business Implementation from White Eagle
Callum Waddell is now Relationship Manager to CQR UK Payment Solutions from Global Prepaid Exchange.
Thom Alves moves to Ingenico hired as Account Director from The Logic Group
Tracey Quinn moved to be UK Head of Sales at Wirecard UK & Ireland from The Logic Group
James Baggott stays with MasterCard and has moved into an emerging payments role at MasterCard from Prepaid
Andrew Bailey is now Commercial Manager at Tesco Bank moving from Argos for Business

Watch out for the next edition of Sasha's Movers and Shakers in May 2012.

Disclaimer: The information above is provided by Sasha Marley at Wentworth Executive Search and all information is correct at time of publishing. If you would like to submit information with regards to new hires, promotions or movers anywhere in the Prepaid Industry and would like that to appear in the next edition of Sasha’s Movers & Shakers, then please email sasha.marley@wentworthexec.com

Sasha's Movers & Shakers with Prepaid365 - April 2012

With less than 100 days to go to The Olympics in London 2012, the year started well for Prepaid and all things contactless, with Russell West moving from Payment Card Technologies to Proxama as Business Development Manager for mobile wallets.

Russian Revolution

• Paul Bartholomew-Keen takes the helm as MD RBK Money and


• Glen Dower is their new Marketing Manager, both moving from Epay

Dressing up with Tuxedo

• Alan Tamblyn, Business Development Manager, from Comet joins Tuxedo Money Solutions


• Dean King, Business Development Manager also joins Tuxedo from 10 years at Thames Card Technology

Movers & Shakers Extra

• Sandy Sancaster joins Voice Commerce Group as Head of Business Implementation from White Eagle


• Callum Waddell is now Relationship Manager to CQR UK Payment Solutions from Global Prepaid Exchange.


• Thom Alves moves to Ingenico hired as Account Director from The Logic Group


• Tracey Quinn moved to be UK Head of Sales at Wirecard UK & Ireland from The Logic Group


• James Baggott stays with MasterCard and has moved into an emerging payments role at MasterCard from Prepaid


• Andrew Bailey is now Commercial Manager at Tesco Bank moving from Argos for Business

Watch out for the next edition of Sasha's Movers and Shakers in May 2012.

Disclaimer: The information above is provided by Sasha Marley at Wentworth Executive Search and all information is correct at time of publishing. If you would like to submit information with regards to new hires, promotions or movers anywhere in the Prepaid Industry and would like that to appear in the next edition of Sasha’s Movers & Shakers, then please email sasha.marley@wentworthexec.com

Overwhelming Response Drives Prepaid365 Awards 2012

The Prepaid365 Awards 2012 sponsored by T24 Prepaid promise to be the most comprehensive and representative consumer awards within the prepaid industry as the 4^th Edition of the annual Prepaid365 Awards has received an overwhelming number of consumer entries with over 200,000 entrants responding to consumers surveys which will decide the destiny of the awards in 2012.

Amit Sharma, CEO and Senior Prepaid Consultant at Prepaid365, said that: “We are absolutely delighted with the tremendous consumer response to both the main awards and the social media competitions being run in conjunction with the awards. The Prepaid365 Awards provide an excellent opportunity for Prepaid Card providers to raise the awareness of their brand and product proposition amongst consumers and also raise social media interaction with consumers through the range of social media competitions that are run in conjunction with the main awards. We look forward to an exciting evening of announcements on 31^st May, 2012”

“We would also like to thank our sponsors who represent a mix of some of the rising new stars and innovators within payments and finance including T24 Prepaid, Optimal Payments, Century Bancorp, Emotion Associates, Kalixa Prepaid and Lebara Money.”

The social media competitions have also been extremely popular with consumers with Lebara Money and Kalixa Prepaid giving away a free prepaid card and spend money to daily winners and the lead sponsor T24 Prepaid have launched their own awards season promotion with two time limited award season special offers on the T24 Black Prepaid card providing consumer with even better value.

Philip Meyer, Managing Director of the Platinum Sponsor T24 Prepaid, said: “It is extremely encouraging to see such a great consumer response to the awards. We are delighted to be associated with the Prepaid365 Awards. The awards represent recognition of the tremendous efforts put in by prepaid providers to develop successful prepaid solutions. The Prepaid365 team is doing a terrific job in raising prepaid awareness amongst consumers. We are looking forward with great anticipation to the announcement of the awards.”

The Prepaid365 Awards are the UK’s definitive Consumer Prepaid Card Awards where votes are cast by those who matter the most – Consumers. Launched in 2009 by Prepaid365, one of the UK’s leading prepaid card comparison sites, the awards are designed with the simple aim of recognising best in category service providers for different consumer and business prepaid categories as well as highlighting worthy runners ups in each of those categories.

The Prepaid365 Awards sponsored by T24 Prepaid will be announced on www.prepaid365.com on 31^st May, 2012 with simultaneous announcements being made via social media channels including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

For further information, please contact:

Prepaid365 – The Prepaid Card Comparison Portal

Prepaid365 is the UK’s leading prepaid card portal online to review, compare and buy prepaid credit cards representing an encyclopaedia of information on prepaid cards, providers and all things prepaid.

The annual Prepaid365 awards, launched in 2009, recognise best in class prepaid propositions and prepaid card providers voted for by consumers and Prepaid365’s subject matter experts, respectively with the awards being based on various factors including application process, card design, fee structure, features, functionality, added value and feedback from customers, customer services and the prepaid industry. Visit Prepaid365 to find out more about the awards at http://www.prepaid365.com

Prepaid365 is a trading name of Emotion Associates Limited - UK Registration Number: 06964513

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