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PeoPle in Payments
Whether the head of an industry-leading company, the inventor of a game- changing technology or a compli- ance expert with an encyclopedic knowledge of regulations, there’s no shortage of smart people in payments. But which payments pros have the biggest brains of all? We asked Paybefore.com visitors to send us their picks for the smartest people in the industry
and why they deserve to be considered. After the nominations were in, we opened the polls for nal voting—and seven winners emerged. Covering a wide range of backgrounds, verticals, specialties and geographic markets, the group demonstrates how major brain- power is being applied across the industry, helping make payments as a whole one of the smartest businesses around.
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