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Wellesley Hills Financial Welcomes O.B. Rawls as Partner
Fintech and Software Focused Investment Bank Expands Leadership Team with Payments Industry Veteran BOSTON — Wellesley Hills Financial, an upstart fintech and software focused investment bank, is proud to announce the addition of O.B. Rawls as Partner and Executive Director. Rawls, a distinguished veteran in payments and financial technology, brings decades of experience and a deep, global network to the firm. He previously served as CEO of Global Payment Processing for Paysafe Ltd. (NYSE: PSFE) and held senior-level executive roles with iPayment, First Data (now Fiserv (NYSE: FI)), Hypercom, and Bank of America. O.B. Rawls is also an active Board member for several companies in the fintech, software, and publishing
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Oracle and Mastercard Enable Customers to Get Faster Access to Working Capital
Oracle and Mastercard have partnered to automate end-to-end B2B payment transactions for enterprise customers. The partnership will enable Oracle to connect its Fusion Cloud
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