Litle & Co.’s Jason Pavona Elected to MRC Americas Advisory Board

LOWELL, Mass. and SEATTLE – August 3, 2011 – Jason Pavona, Executive Vice President of Product, Sales & Marketing at Litle & Co. has been elected to the Americas Advisory Board of the Merchant Risk Council (MRC).  MRC, a global, merchant-led trade association focused on e-Commerce payments, security and risk, announced the results of its 2011 Global Board of Directors and Advisory Board elections at the end of last week.

The members of the MRC Global Board and its Americas and European Advisory Boards represent a broad cross-section of its members. MRC membership brings together individuals from key online and multi-channel merchants, solution providers, law enforcement agencies, credit card issuers, credit card brands and national e-Commerce associations, collaborating to improve global online payments acceptance, to secure sensitive data related to online payments, and to fight against credit card payment fraud.

"We have big things planned for the MRC, and the talent represented by our Board members and Advisors is unmatched," said Tom Sullivan, MRC Board Chair. "We are energized with fresh ideas, and through the motivated and capable guidance of our Board and Advisors, I have no doubt that this next year will be one of the most exciting and productive in the history of the MRC," said MRC Executive Director Greg Goeckner.

“Managing risk and mitigating fraud in the payments value chain is an everyday imperative,” Pavona said.  “I’m excited to bring our experience and the Litle merchant experience and voice to the MRC agenda in the interest of building a stronger merchant community to share ideas.”

For more information about the MRC's Global Board of Directors and Advisory Board members or information about the MRC's many activities, please visit the MRC website at www.merchantriskcouncil.org.

About Litle & Co.

Litle & Co. is the payment processing engine behind leading ecommerce and consumer-direct, digital brands including Overstock.com, Ancestry.com, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores and Guthy-Renker.  Founded in 2001 the company’s customer-obsessed culture is committed to Voice of the Customer initiatives, including Net Promoter Score (NPS), and won the 2010 Stevie Award for eCommerce Customer Service and the 2011 Stevie® Award for product and service innovation for its tokenization solution Litle Vault.  To learn more about Litle & Co. visit http://www.litle.com, or call 1-800-548-5326 (1-800-LITLECO) or 978-275-6500.

Twitter: @LitleCo

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Media Contacts
John Stevens, Litle & Co., 978 275 6620, ‎.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), @JohnBStevens (Twitter)