CHASE SAVINGS & LOANS, SOFOM DE CV ENRPresident and Legal Representative
Mar. 2009 - Sep. 2012México, Guatemala and EcuadorSuccessfully designed and deployed a new payment card platform as issuer and acquirer apart from existing brands and setting up gateway card associations. Besides the payment platform, oversaw the SOFOM´s daily operation, which included among othertasks: financial planning, accounting, cash flow, banks, investments, finance and credit evaluation policies, factoring of receivables, new business analysis and development, legal contracts and agreements, brands, sales and marketing, IT and HR.
Country manager for Mexico, Guatemala and Ecuador reporting to the Board.
Legal representative and compliance officer; this included developing the anti money laundering manuals and proceedings.
Shaped the SOFOM to become a niche bank, complying with the legal and financial norms.
Achievements:
- Led this multinational effort with a team of more than 60 people in three different countries.
- Obtained IIN (Issuer Identification Numbers) from the ABA (American Bankers Association) fully acknowledged worldwide. Issued our cards under our own brand and set everything to become acquirer again under our own brand.
- Full deployment of the payment platform into the Mexican national RED banking network.
- Designed and deployed our own datacenter.
- Developed cash substitution models operating through our payment platform.