Vancouver, September 14, 2011 – Payfirma Corporation, a leading developer of mobile and integrated payment solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Kalle Radage to Chief Product & Strategy Officer.
Mr. Radage has a broad background in product management, marketing, and business development, primarily focused on Internet, mobile, and emerging technology.
Prior to joining Payfirma, Mr. Radage co-founded and ran the product & strategy teams for various business units within Nokia. Prior to Nokia, Mr. Radage was Senior Product Manager at Oracle, with the objective to create new revenue streams by driving emerging technologies into Oracle’s main product lines.
Mr. Radage will also add tremendous value to the Company’s finance team having also held venture capital roles at both Nokia Ventures and BDC Venture Capital. Kalle holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain and a degree in Computer Science from UBC in Canada.
“We are delighted to welcome Kalle to Payfirma’s executive team,” noted Michael Gokturk, Payfirma’s founder & CEO, “his exceptional background, contact network and business acumen will acceleratePayfirma’s market position and strength as we continue to roll out our highly innovative, fully-integrated and cost effective payment processing solutions.”
Payfirma is a financial services Company focused on processing credit, debit and electronic funds transfers within Canada & the UnitedStates. The Company was the first in Canada to release mobile payment applications for the iPhone and Blackberry, enabling any business or consumer to accept all major credit cards instantly via their smart phones.
About Payfirma
Payfirma is Canada’s leading provider of credit & debit card merchant accounts and mobile payment processing technologies. Businesses of all sizes and industries depend on Payfirma to process credit and debit cards in a store or office, online or using Payfirma’s free iPhone or Blackberry apps.
Payfirma enables any business to accept all major credit cards, Interac, Interac Online and process electronic funds transfers and electronic invoice presentment and payment. PayHQ, Payfirma’s multi-currency payment gateway allows any business, large or small, to completely integrate and consolidate their entire financial ecosystem under a single login and dashboard.
For more information, please visit Payfirma.com. Opening an account with Payfirma is easy and automated – get started within 24 hours with our online application.
For more information, please contact:
Carmela Samonte
Communications Director
Payfirma Corporation
T: (604) 668-5814
E: [email protected]
W: www.payfirma.com