Career recognition award to be presented to President of Payment Processing North America when Paysafe exhibits at upcoming TRANSACT payments conference.

Houston, Texas – April 11th, 2019 – Leading payments provider Paysafe Group (Paysafe) today announced that the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) has selected O.B. Rawls, President of Payment Processing North America, for its 2019 ‘Distinguished Payments Professional’ Star Award. Rawls will receive his award April 30th at the Visa President’s Dinner & Star Awards Gala, part of the TRANSACT payments technology event in Las Vegas, where Paysafe will exhibit April 30th to May 2nd.

This year’s ‘Distinguished Payments Professional’ ETA Star Award recognizes Rawls’s outstanding contribution to driving payment industry trends throughout a career spanning more than 30 years. Prior to his current role at Paysafe, he served as CEO of iPayment. Rawls was responsible for successfully growing the provider of payment and processing solutions until its June 2018 acquisition by Paysafe, which elevated Paysafe to one of the top-5 non-bank acquirers in the US.

Previous landmarks on Rawls’s career include running First Data’s hardware division TASQ, overseeing global sales and operations at point of sale (POS) hardware company Hypercom and an executive leadership role in Bank of America’s acquiring division.