Open Payment Network Announces Appointment of Robert Lewis to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Faster Payments Council
September 1, 2022 (Pleasant Grove, UT) – Open Payment Network (OPN), a technology provider that enables instant payments, today announced that Robert Lewis, OPN Chief Revenue Officer, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Faster Payments Council. In this role, Mr. Lewis will be able to help advance the financial industry’s initiatives in faster payments for all stakeholders.
“It’s an honor to work alongside so many financial industry giants,” said Robert Lewis, OPN Chief Revenue Officer. “The US Faster Payments Council was established to help move money faster and more efficiently across our financial ecosystem, and OPN and others around the table have been involved since its inception.”
Rob brings years of sales leadership and strategy to OPN and the financial industry. Prior to OPN, he worked at Qualtrics, advising companies of all sizes, including Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Disney. He worked extensively with product, engineering, technical sales, sales operations, and marketing and was involved in every major funding round from the initial investment by Sequoia and Accel Partners, to Insight Partners, and finally to the largest VC-backed enterprise software acquisition in Utah history when Qualtrics sold to SAP in 2019.
“We are delighted to have Rob on board at Open Payment Network,” said Bradley Wilkes, Open Payment Network CEO. “He has already made a significant impact on our company’s trajectory and now will be able to make a significant contribution to the financial industry at large.”
The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) leadership includes the executive director and Board of Directors. The FPC Board of Directors is comprised of voting members that represent the six membership segments within the financial industry.
About the U.S. Faster Payments Council
The Faster Payments Council (FPC) is an industry-led membership organization whose vision is a world-class payment system where Americans can safely and securely pay anyone, anywhere, at any time and with near-immediate funds availability. By design, the FPC encourages a diverse range of perspectives and is open to all stakeholders in the U.S. payment system. Guided by principles of fairness, inclusiveness, flexibility, and transparency, the FPC uses collaborative, problem-solving approaches to resolve the issues that are inhibiting broad faster payments adoption in this country.
About Open Payment Network
Open Payment Network™ (OPN) helps financial institutions attract and retain more customers and stay ahead of the competition by enabling them to deliver instant payments anytime, anywhere. By connecting to OPN’s secure technology platform, financial institutions become the gateway for instant payments via Internet and mobile device. The OPN platform integrates with existing core systems and moves payment value and associated data in real time for immediate settlement. Financial institutions can provide access to the OPN API so business customers, fintech developers and internal teams can create applications such as instant mortgage payments, payroll processing, and peer-to-peer payments. Visit www.openpaymentnetwork.us.
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