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This list showcases the top United States based CFO’ operating in the Credit Cards space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Andrew Endicott
Co-Founder, President & CFO of Petal
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About Petal: Petal is a financial technology company on a mission to make credit honest, simple, and accessible.
Amir Jafari
Chief Financial Officer of Plastiq
Amir Jafari is the Chief Financial Officer at Plastiq.
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About Plastiq, Reputation: Plastiq offers a bill pay service for businesses to better manage their cash flow.
Carol Wood
CFO of PaySimple
CFO at PaySimple.
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About PaySimple: PaySimple provides a SaaS-based online payment solution that offers integrated invoicing and payment acceptance in one system.

Kirk Haggarty
CFO of North American Bancard
Kirk Haggarty is the chief financial officer for PayAnywhere and North American Bancard (NAB), a multi-faceted payment solutions provider dedicated to delivering the latest payments technology with the highest level of customer service. Kirk is responsible for all of the financial functions of the Companies, including but not limited to Accounting, Treasury, Capital Formation and Merger and Acquisition activities. Kirk is also responsible for overseeing the Legal and Human Resources areas in addition to the following joint ventures and subsidiaries of the Company: Payment Processing Technologies, LLC, Capital for Merchants, ATM, Rapid Capital Funding, Velocity, First Choice Payment Solutions, Point and Pay, LLC and CDI, LLC. Kirk is a recognized expert in Financial Services with seventeen years spent in Investment Banking where he was responsible for providing capital raising, joint ventures, and mergers & acquisition advisory services to middle market companies in North America and another six years as chief financial officer for private companies, including NAB. Prior to joining NAB, Kirk spent four years as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Atlas Oil Company, a multi-billion dollar revenue generating energy distribution company with business in over 23 states. Prior to Atlas, Kirk co-founded and served as president of the investment banking firm Donnelly Penman & Partners for nine years. Prior to that Kirk was a vice president within the investment banking group of Raymond James and its predecessors for seven years. Kirk majored in Finance and obtained a BSBA degree from Georgetown University. Kirk also holds a MBA in Finance from the University of Detroit.
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About North American Bancard: North American Bancard provides payment processing solutions such as credit, debit, check conversion, guarantee and loyalty card solutions.
Gary Wachs
Chief Financial Officer of AppTech Corp.
Mr. Wachs began his career by studying accounting at Miami University of Ohio, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and went on to become a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Wachs served as Managing Partner of Blake and Shaffer, a Certified Public Accounting firm, and has been a Managing Member of Blake and Wachs CPA, LTD (formerly Blake and Shaffer) since 1997. He manages corporate accounting and taxes and is experienced PCAOB accounting and certified audits and a variety of other accounting, tax and consulting areas.
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About : AppTech is a fintech company utilizing innovative payment processing and digital banking technologies to complement core merchant services.