ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acculynk, an Atlanta-based payments provider with the first software-only service for Internet PIN debit payments, PaySecure®, is pleased to announce the addition of Ulrike Guigui as Executive Vice President of Issuer Development. Ms. Guigui brings extensive experience in the consumer finance and payments industries, in both Europe and North America, most recently at MasterCard.
Prior to joining MasterCard, Ms. Guigui worked at GE Money for seven years in marketing and business management roles across GE Money’s European and US platforms. Among other positions, she was Managing Director of GE’s largest auto financing business and went on to build a credit card business in Switzerland.
Ms. Guigui started her career as a management associate at Citibank where she held a number of roles over her ten year tenure in marketing and managing credit cards in Europe and the U.S., as well as serving as marketing manager for the Private Bank across EMEA.
As Executive Vice President of Issuer Development for Acculynk, Ms. Guigui will be responsible for fostering partnerships with top U.S. bank issuers, and setting the company’s strategic direction with U.S. and global EFT networks.
“PaySecure provides issuers and EFT networks an unparalleled opportunity to increase their margins, generate new sales and meet consumer demands for a secure, simple, bank-sponsored payment method,” said Ms. Guigui. “I am looking forward to bringing this high level of value to issuers and EFT networks, both in the U.S. and abroad.”
“We are extremely pleased that Ulrike has joined Acculynk’s management team,” said Ashish Bahl, CEO of Acculynk. “With her skills, global experience and industry knowledge, we are certain she will be a major asset as we expand our growing issuer and EFT network base, and begin to introduce our Internet PIN debit service into international markets.”
