Syncada from Visa announced today that Mike Bellardine has joined the company as Global Head of Product Solutions in Minneapolis. Bellardine joins from Royal Bank of Scotland, where he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Global Trade Outsourcing Services.

“I am enthused to have Mike join our executive team at Syncada,” states Kurt Schneiber, Chief Executive Officer at Syncada. “Mike’s 20 years of experience in designing and executing global trade finance offerings and financial solutions, coupled with Syncada’s technical versatility, will ensure we deliver the most innovative products for our customers both today and in the future.”

Bellardine will lead the Syncada Product Solutions team, as well as play a key role in enhancing Syncada’s trade finance capabilities. With his international business acumen and financial management expertise, Bellardine specializes in increasing performance across multiple payment product structures, services, and business lines. His background includes experience in cash management, global supply chain, foreign exchange, and global payables and receivables product development and management.

“Syncada’s history demonstrates its highly perceptive insight into the financial supply chain industry,” says Bellardine. “The challenge is not only to help clients now, but also to anticipate the impact of future demands of globalization, regulation, and economic condition. It is exciting to join Syncada on this journey.”

Bellardine earned his B.A. degree from Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey.

About Syncada

Syncada from Visa provides a business-to-business network for financial institutions to enable clients to increase control over their financial supply chains, regardless of language or currency. Financial institutions use Syncada to deliver standardized invoice processing and payment with integrated financing to their corporate and government clients. Syncada processes invoices for hundreds of buyers and makes payments to tens of thousands of suppliers in 47 countries. In 2011, Syncada processed more than USD $21 billion in payments and millions of invoices and trade documents. Visit www.syncada.com for more information.

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