TodayPay Inc., a technology company pioneering a new category in payments called Refunds as a Service™ announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024) that Visa executive Mike West has joined as a Strategic Advisor. Mike West brings deep industry expertise from leading Visa Direct’s international commercialization and the network expansion by launching new use cases, innovative payment capabilities and value-added services.
Mike West joins TodayPay with more than 25 years of experience in payments including senior roles at Visa, PayPal and American Express. West helped Visa Direct expand globally to support successfully scale the business to over 8 billion card, account, and digital wallet endpoints, across 200 countries, with double-digit year-over-year growth.
During remarks on stage at CES 2024, Jeremy Balkin, Founder and CEO of TodayPay Inc. and former Head of Fintech for J.P. Morgan, said “Mike is a leading expert in the payments industry, product commercialization and Go-to-Market, and helping companies navigate the transition from market entry to global scale. We’re excited to leverage his breadth of experience and expertise to bring our innovative TodayPay suite of alternative refund solutions to merchants and consumers.”
“I built TodayPay because I’ve seen firsthand how the speed of a payment can change somebody’s life,” said Balkin. “There’s over a trillion dollars of value exchanged every year in the form of refunds, yet there’s been almost zero innovation improving the refund customer experience. Mike will help us revolutionize the refunds experience for merchants.”
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