Payroc Appoints Paul Vienneau as Chief Technology Officer


Payroc, a high-growth merchant acquirer, processor and payment facilitation powerhouse

“We are very excited to have Paul leading all our technology and innovation initiatives,” said Jim Oberman, CEO of Payroc. “He comes to Payroc with a treasure of experience and success in payments.”

Payroc announced today that Paul Vienneau has joined Payroc LLC as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Vienneau joins Payroc after serving at TSYS as CTO of Merchant Solutions, with the successful acquisition and integration of Cayan, where he served as CTO since 2012.

A long time tech expert, and a force in the fintech world for almost a decade, Vienneau previously held various tech leadership positions at Invensys, NxStep Technologies, and NaviNet, He also has experience in mergers and acquisitions within his previous roles, and is skilled in how to adapt and handle the transitional processes for these events.

“We are very excited to have Paul leading all our technology and innovation initiatives,” said Jim Oberman, CEO of Payroc. “He comes to Payroc with a treasure of experience and success in payments,” Oberman added. “Moreover, his people and leadership skills are unique and outstanding, and we are blessed to have him”.

Bringing over 20 years of experience leading technology operations, Vienneau will oversee Payroc’s technical environment and set a meaningful technology strategy to achieve Payroc’s goals, analyzing consumer needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships, as well as driving the product and business-planning process throughout cross-functional teams in the company.

“Payroc is on a promising glide path towards disrupting the payments space, and I feel confident that my experiences and lessons learned, coupled with those of our amazing team members, position us for success,” said Vienneau. “With the rapid evolution and innovation driving payments today, I can think of no better group of individuals who are best poised to tackle the opportunities ahead.”

About Payroc

Payroc is a high-growth merchant acquirer, processor and payment facilitation powerhouse operating in 46 countries, processing $23 billion in annual charge volume for more than 55,000 merchants. The company offers best-in-class sales enablement and merchant processing technology on a global basis, delivering proprietary, innovative and full-service merchant acquiring solutions together with key card brand network payment sponsorship registrations.

Payroc, through its affiliate companies Payroc LLC, Payscape, NXGEN and Winterland, a Canadian Payroc subsidiary, is a registered Visa third party processor (TPP), Mastercard third party servicer (TPSV) and a registered independent sales organization and merchant services provider (ISO/MSP), payment facilitator and encryption support organization for Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio-chartered bank, Cincinnati, Ohio. The company is also a registered ISO/MSP for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells”), Concord, Calif., and is an Elavon payments partner and registered as an ISO/MSP of Elavon, Inc., Ga., a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank Minneapolis. The company’s Canadian business unit is a registered ISO/MSP of Wells and Peoples Trust Company, Vancouver, Canada. For more information, please visit payroc.com or telephone 844-PAYROC-4.

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