NetCents Technology names industry veteran Marcie Verdin as executive VP of card and solutions development

NetCents Technology Inc (CSE:NC) (FRA:26N) (OTCQB:NTTCF), a cryptocurrency payments company, has announced the addition of Marcie Verdin as executive vice president of card and solutions development.  "The opportunity to work with NetCents to lead the market in merchant processing and cryptocurrency wallet issuing is nothing short of my career dream come true," Verdin said.  "But more importantly, my ability to help NetCents create a new economy benefitting merchants, consumers, financial institutions, and fintech partners is what sold me. Building sustainable value propositions that drive frictionless commerce and enable companies and consumers to thrive in next-generation ecosystems has been my passion. NetCents is truly setting the course for the future of commerce."  READ: NetCents Technology says it processed a record $19M in cryptocurrency transactions in March NetCents said that as the company continues its rapid growth and international expansion, the executive team has similarly evolved to meet growing customer demand and optimize internal operations.  As a result, Verdin will be focused on accelerating the company's growth and scale to service customer needs globally and lead and expand new product development. "We continue to be laser-focused on streamlining and enhancing the merchant and user experience to continue to drive mass adoption of cryptocurrency as a payment method and build our team to be able to meet our mission," said CEO Clayton Moore. "The addition of Marcie, with her decades of experience in next-generation payment solutions, card issuance, and merchant acquiring, brings invaluable experience to the NetCents executive team as we continue to grow at triple-digit pace in 2021. I'm looking forward to working with Marcie to deliver on the many innovations the team has in progress, her unique combination of payment leadership and forward-looking business acumen is exactly what NetCents needs at this stage of our journey." NetCents said Verdin brings over 25 years of payments, internet security, and strategic consulting experience to her new role.  She recently served as the head of enterprise portfolio management FIS, where she drove massive organizational change initiatives. FIS is a financial technology services provider providing the top financial services firms globally solutions underpinning $9 trillion in annual transaction value that supports the majority of the leading private equity, bank, and insurance companies worldwide.  In her role at FIS, NetCents said Verdin managed a portfolio that included $600 million in annual spending supporting 300-plus project managers driving $8 billion in revenue. During her six-year tenure at FIS, she also served as head of core processing products for merchants and financial \institutions. She led the development of next-generation payments solutions like card controls and instant account issuance for issuers and the deployment of NFC terminals for merchants. Prior to FIS, Verdin held senior leadership positions at Mastercard, including senior vice president and group head global product, developing and delivering global commercial card business plan, resulting in market share gain and position from number three to two, delivering 30% year-over-year change in volume growth. She also had previously worked at Visa and American Express. Contact the author: patrick@proactiveinvestors.com Follow him on Twitter @PatrickMGraham