Payrailz™, a digital payments company offering smarter, predictive, proactive and more engaging payment experiences to banks and credit unions, recently announced that its VP of Product Strategy and Innovation, Orlando Santos, was named vice chairman of Afinis Interoperability Standards’ inaugural board of directors and officers.
Afinis Interoperability Standards is a member-led organization supported by NACHA that seeks to bring together a diverse group of collaborators to build and test solutions, develop implementable and portable standards, and provide thought leadership on the shared goals of advancing efficiency, surety and security, and interoperability for financial services.Launched in September 2018, Afinis has appointed its board to help guide the strategic direction of the organization as they seek to advance financial industry standards.
As vice chairperson, Santos will serve alongside individuals from large and small financial institutions, fintechs, software/solution providers and businesses, creating a group representative of the larger financial services ecosystem. Serving with Santos on the board will be:
- Jay Como, Chief Data Officer, Barclays, Afinis Chairman
- Murray Heldon, Chief Solution Architect, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Afinis Secretary
- George Throckmorton, Executive Director, Afinis Interoperability Standards
- Frederique Slevin, Senior Principal Product Manager, ACI Worldwide
- Alex Yang, Director, Global Head of API Strategy and Enablement, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Vivek Vijayakumar, SVP, Manager of Business and Application Architecture, BB&T Corporation
- Roy Taylor, VP and Chief Architect, Commerce Bank
- Christina McGeorge, VP, Solutions Consulting & Product Marketing, D3 Technology, Inc.
- David Chance, VP, Product Strategy & Innovation, Fiserv
- Anita Brady, Vice President, Oracle Corporation
- Neelesh Prabhu, SVP, Director of Application Development and Delivery, TD Bank
- Mark Schaffer, Vice President, Systems Architect, Wells Fargo
“We are proud any time we see one of our leaders also taking the lead in guiding the industry,” said Fran Duggan, CEO of Payrailz. “The work that Afinis does is incredibly important in advancing industry standards and we know that Orlando will be a strong advocate for innovation. We look forward to seeing what Afinis is able to accomplish with this new board of talented professionals like Orlando.”
“Standards drive adoption and adoption drives ubiquity and I am honored to be named to the Afinis board and be given the opportunity to advocate for change in the industry,”said Santos. “It is an honor be to be able to serve alongside so many other talented and passionate financial services professionals in this capacity.”