Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
Latest NewsKaren Pollack is vice president of operations for Amplify Credit Union, an Austin-based institution. To learn more, visit goamplify.com.
Laura Lively is senior manager of credit risk options for Advance Auto. She is responsible for the areas of payments, risk, disputes and fraud for Advance Auto Parts.�She handles B2C e-commerce and commercial e-commerce recurring billing channels.�Previously, Lively held positions with ShopNBC/Evine handling the operational portion of the Credit Department: including risk, fraud, and an inbound payment unit.�Prior to moving into the retail & ecommerce environment, she handled fraud and investigations on credit, debit and commercial cards for two national banks.
Kurt Bilafer is global vice president of sales & success at WePay. He has more than 20 years of experience in direct sales, channel and other partner development and business strategy. He has also served as global vice president of sales at SAP.
Tomer Shoval is CEO of Simplee. He's also served in a number of positions at Shopping.com.
Julie Pukas is the Head of U.S. Bankcard and Merchant Services at TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank�.� She has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry in the Northeast U.S. She has industry leading expertise in emerging payments, mobile wallets and e-commerce.Prior to joining TD, Julie served as Head of Citi Commerce Services for Citigroup.� In this role, she developed innovative digital payment services for Citi’s institutional clients, enabling them to expand into growth markets and helping them to meet their consumers’ current and future needs for payments and commerce.� Her key focus was on building global acquiring capabilities leveraging Citi’s global footprint.�Before that, Julie was Head of New Product Development for Citi’s card issuing businesses outside the US supporting Citi’s global credit card business which provides credit and payments instruments for consumers and institutions in nearly 50 countries across six continents.�Previous positions before joining Citi included product development and marketing roles with Harris Bank, Barnett Bank and Philadelphia National Bank. Julie holds a B.A. in Psychology from Rutgers University.
Jeff Weikert is president of Payveris. He has 30 years experienced in financial services, including a stint at CheckFree during the mainstream adoption of electronic billing. CheckFree has since been acquired by Fiserv.
Jesse Maula began his career at Idean in 2004, and since, has held various roles in the company from UX Specialist to CEO. Jesse is a UX pioneer with a solid experience in concept & interaction design, design leadership, project management and Agile SW development. Currently Jesse is Idean’s Chief Design Officer and his responsibility is to ensure the best possible design quality for Idean’s clients. Boasting over 15 years of experience, Jesse has practiced Design consultancy globally, receiving postings in Germany, China, Finland, Korea, US & UK. Jesse is a design-minded leader, who is at his best in inspiring his colleagues, coaching teams to reach the highest performance level and getting things done.
Ms. Labovsky joined The Bancorp as Vice President & Regulatory Counsel after serving as Vice President & Regulatory Counsel at NetSpend Inc., in Austin, Texas.� Prior to that, she was a First Vice President & Senior Legal Counsel at Washington Mutual Card Services in San Francisco.� She spent more than a decade at MBNA America Bank and Bank of America in Wilmington, Delaware where she served as First Vice President & Counsel, Legislative Counsel, and Vice President & Issues Specialist.� Ms. Labovsky graduated from Boston University, has an M.A. in History from New York University, and earned her J.D. degree at New York Law School.
David Galvan is a technology and internet veteran, with over 25 years of business and operating experience in Silicon Valley.� He is currently VP of Business Development and Strategic Alliances for MasterCard International, where he focuses on relationships and investments with emerging companies in the digital space.� Prior to that, Galvan was Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for 24 Hour Fitness, the�largest privately owned U.S. fitness club chain in the United States, serving nearly four million members in more than 425 clubs.� Hired by PE firm Forstmann Little to prep the Company for sale after a failed attempt in 2012, Galvan oversaw business and operational management of the 24HF Personal Fitness Business ($200M rev), Retail Business ($65M rev), Corp/Healthcare Sales ($20M rev), Sponsorship Sales ($5M rev) and Real Estate Sales Team ($100M budget). �He was also responsible for all new and legacy deals and strategic partnerships for entire Company. �24 Hour Fitness was successfully�sold to an investor group led by AEA Investors for $1.85B in June 2014.Before 24HF,�Galvan was Chief Executive Officer at The Learning Annex, where he was recruited by the founder, Bill Zanker, to bring the successful offline educational business to the web via an online marketplace. �Galvan was also�President/Head of BD at Schedulicity, a leading online scheduling service for appointment-based businesses. Prior to Schedulicity, he was Vice-President of Sales and Business Development at Topix LLC, an online news and community site, where he was responsible for managing all revenue programs for the company and advertising development of new revenue products and local strategy.�Prior to joining Topix, Galvan was the Senior Vice President of Business Development and New Media for business and consumer database provider Infogroup Inc., previously InfoUSA.� From 2001 to 2005, he served as the Senior Director of Business Development for the Search and Marketplace Group at Yahoo!, working across the Yellow Pages, Local, Search, Real Estate, Classifieds, Pets, Maps, City Guides, Autos, Tickets and Employment verticals. While there, he negotiated and closed complex revenue deals and strategic partnerships, resulting in 20 to 40 percent revenue growth each year.�In addition, Galvan has held senior roles at leading technology organizations throughout his career at: AOL/Netscape, Motorola and Unisys.He is a frequent speaker on the Payments, Search and Local marketplace scene. A native Californian, Galvan is a graduate of Stanford University
Beth is a transformational business leader who passionately pursues organizational innovation and exceptional customer experiences.� She has developed new products, created successful partnerships and driven technology and marketing innovation throughout her career, and is now leading those efforts with her own company, innoburst.Most recently Beth was Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Solutions for Discover Financial Services. Charged with creating a “different kind of payment’s network”, her team successfully designed innovative global marketing campaigns, and developed regional “go-to-market” strategies for emerging technologies, such as mobile and contact/contactless chip, around the world.Prior to Discover, Beth built a reputation for creating successful products and programs at MasterCard International. She created their first Global T&E Card Product, led one of the world’s first Chip Card Programs [MasterCard Cash in Australia] andtransformed Co-branded Partnerships into a revenue producing organization.� As Senior Vice President of Advanced Payments, Beth went on to develop and implement MasterCard PayPass, and build the company’s early stage Global Innovation Practice.




