Celebrate Excellence! Wnet Award Nominations Now Open

Wnet recognizes its members who demonstrate excellence in engaging, influencing and championing diversity throughout the payments industry and in their own companies. In honor of our 15th anniversary, we have evolved the Award Recognition Program to include new award categories, including a Wnet Founders Award that will be presented at the Summit by the women who started it all! See the new categories here. Deadline for submissions is Sept. 30. Nominate yourself or another Wnet member now!

 

An Open Book Club

The Wnet Book Club is a great plot for fellow book lovers to engage. Join the group and then register for the next conversation.

July/August Book: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

Discussion: Aug. 31, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. ET

 

Good News about Our Members and Partners

JPMorgan’s Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Shares Vision, Inspiration for Bank’s Path Forward Program. A $30 billion commitment known as “Path Forward” that J.P. Morgan made last year helps advance economic opportunities for underserved communities. Read more.

Two top payments and fintech brands select The Fletcher Group as Agency of Record. Dedicated to helping category leaders and emerging brands transform the future of payments and financial services since 2005, The Fletcher Group is again expanding its work in this space. Read more.

Transcript: The Path Forward: The Future of Money with Visa CEO Al Kelly. Washington Post columnist and Visa CEO discuss the ways in which the pandemic has changed consumer financial behavior, and the future of money and cryptocurrency. Read more.

Payments Giant NCR Acquiring Libertyx to Offer Complete Crypto Solution. NCR Corp. announced last week “a definitive agreement to acquire Libertyx, a leading cryptocurrency software provider.” Read more.

Teachers Building Society selects Finastra’s Fusion Essence Cloud to digitally enhance customer journey. Finastra announced UK-based specialist building society, Teachers Building Society, has selected Fusion Essence Cloud, its next-generation software-as-a-service (SaaS) core banking solution, to deliver a new core and digital banking service. Read more.

Protiviti Offers Innovative Ransomware Service to Help Companies Combat Disruptive Attacks. Protiviti has launched an enhanced ransomware offering within the firm’s broader cybersecurity and privacy practice to help companies manage the rising threat levels to their business from malicious actors attacking and disrupting mission-critical operations. Read more.