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2Checkout Appoints Shawn Budde as CEOCOLUMBUS, Ohio --(Business Wire)-- 2Checkout, a global online payments provider, today announced the appointment of Shawn Budde as Chief Executive Officer. The hire caps a months-long executive search headed by former CEO Tom Dailey, who continues to serve on the Board of Directors and is an active investor in 2Checkout. Mr. Budde has more than 25 years of experience in the finance industry including executive roles at Citibank and Capital One (News - Alert); data analytics experience at Sears Holdings; and as co-founder and President at ZestFinance, a VC-backed technology company. Budde earned a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. At ZestFinance, Mr. Budde teamed with Google's (News - Alert) former CIO to reinvent lending methods by using large-scale data analysis and machine learning to lower the cost of credit for the highest risk customers. At 2Checkout, Budde plans to apply similar approaches on a global scale to help the company accelerate its market expansion in online payments.
"On behalf of our investors and employees, I'm thrilled to have Shawn join 2Checkout and build on the success we've had to date," said Tom Dailey. About 2Checkout: A worldwide leader in payment services, 2Checkout maximizes online sales conversions by giving global buyers localized payment options. Trusted by over 50,000 merchants, 2Checkout supports transactions in 196 countries through 8 payment methods, 26 currencies, and 15 languages, forming one of the leading processors of online transactions in the world. The service is simple to implement, including a pre-integrated payment gateway, a merchant account, PCI (News - Alert) compliance, international fraud prevention, and easy integration for more than 100 of the most popular shopping carts.
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