Chicago and Rohnert Park, Calif., Aug. 25, 2020 ‒ Aliaswire Inc., a leading payments technology innovator serving financial institutions, today received the prestigious 2020 MPC Visionary Award at the Mobile Payments Conference. Founded by The Green Sheet Inc. in 2019 to recognize payments leaders, the award recognizes innovators that disrupt the status quo.
“Aliaswire reflects the payments industry’s ability to remain relevant and vibrant by constantly refreshing and reinventing its service models,” said Kate Gillespie, CEO of The Green Sheet.
Marla Ellerman, executive director of the Mobile Payments Conference, agreed, stating, “Making card issuing available to the merchant acquiring channel was a bold and innovative step by Aliaswire that has delivered dividends to the entire payments value chain.”
“Thank you, Mobile Payments Conference and The Green Sheet for this very prestigious award,” Scott Goldthwaite, Aliaswire president, said. “I am honored to accept this award on behalf of the entire Aliaswire team, especially for our founder, Hoss Mohsenzadeh.”
Goldthwaite added that Mohsenzadeh, who recently passed away, instilled his relentless pursuit of innovation within the company; his heritage lives on in the lives and work of Aliaswire employees, partners and customers.
The MPC Visionary Award recognizes ingenuity in the financial technology industry that represents a leap forward or reimagination of the payments process. Winners are among the few that can be legitimately described as “game-changers.”
Recipients of the MPC Visionary Award are identified and nominated by The Green Sheet and the Mobile Payments Conference executive team led by Executive Director Marla Ellerman and the MPC Board of Advisors, which includes payments industry experts, analysts and journalists. Nomination and selection are based solely on their discretion.
Candidates are nominated based on one or more of the following criteria:
- Focusing on future impact
- Designing new technology
- Disrupting accepted processes
- Shrinking investment or costs
- Accelerating time to market
About MPC Mobile & Digital Commerce Event:
MPC Mobile & Digital Commerce Event is the premier annual conference and exhibition on the future of alternative payments worldwide. MPC is known for bringing together thought leaders, innovators and decision-makers from financial, technology, government, retail, marketing, and mobile industries to discuss the evolution of the payments industry. Attendees benefit from access to the world’s foremost experts in emerging payments and commerce, blockchain and digital currencies, cybersecurity and consumer privacy, customer experience and loyalty, and customer engagement and marketing.
About MPC20:
MPC20, which marks the 10th year of the Mobile & Digital Commerce Event, is set for August 24-26, 2020, as a virtual conference. This year’s theme, “The Future of Mobile & Digital Commerce is Here,” will focus on the current and future applications of alternative payment technologies in established economies and emerging markets. For more information or to register, visit www.mobilepaymentconference.com
About The Green Sheet Inc.
The Green Sheet, established in 1983, is a payments industry trade publication and online resource that empowers and connects today’s payments professionals. Our suite of print and digital resources and trade publications has continuously evolved in response to the ever-changing payments industry. Throughout this journey, we have provided our readers with the requisite knowledge, talent and resources to grow, diversify and build profitable business relationships. For more information, visit www.greensheet.com
About Aliaswire Inc.
Aliaswire is a leading payments technology provider of highly advanced, secure and reliable transaction processing solutions. Aliaswire’s unparalleled intelligent processing platforms and intellectual property continuously evolve and scale to meet changing market demands across multiple verticals. An industry-recognized innovator, Aliaswire provides multi-tenant payment processing capabilities to the market through our growing network of channel partners and resellers. Aliaswire’s network includes leading financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and multiple payment networks. Core products include DirectBiller®, the industry’s first, fast onboarding channel-centric electronic bill present and payments (EBPP) platform in the US.; PayVus®, the only turnkey bill settlement to cards platform that enables ISOs and Acquirers to offer merchants a business credit card; Transcentive®, a tender-type steering and interchange management solution for merchants and PayVox®, a consumer bill payment platform for prepaid program managers and financial services providers. For more information, visit www.aliaswire.com