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Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for merchants to accept payments, has appointed Philip Harding as account development director.

He previously spent 12 years at Barclaycard Payments, where he rose to the rank of director of international corporates. In this role, Harding focused on financial services and insurance, following various roles in issuing and acquiring. He has previous experience working at FedEx, where he held the position of national business development executive.

Harding will leverage his multinational processing experience to drive Cashflows鈥 independent software vendor (ISV) strategy forward and nurture relationships with customers and partners.

Following Cashflows鈥 rapid growth over 2022, he will focus on cementing Cashflows鈥 best-in-class customer engagement, and further developing Cashflows鈥 solutions designed to optimise payment acceptance for small and medium financial services, insurance and software businesses.

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Hannah Fitzsimons, CEO, Cashflows, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to welcome Philip to the team. At Cashflows, business is always personal, and our team work tirelessly to understand our partners, customers and industries inside out.

鈥淧hilip鈥檚 appointment will further enhance these relationships, while enabling us to evolve our offering to corporates in the financial, insurance and software industries.鈥

Harding added: 鈥淐ashflows is uniquely positioned within the payments industry. With vast payments industry expertise across the business, we can maintain our agility and innovative approach to payment processing and acquiring.

鈥淛oining the team, I have big ambitions to drive significant incremental value to our existing customers and partners, while making a real splash in the financial and insurance industries. I鈥檓 beyond excited at what we鈥檙e going to achieve.鈥

Cashflows plans to make more hires over 2023, particularly across its technology, product and commercial teams.

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In November 2021, Cashflows was named Best Merchant Acquirer or Processor at the Payments Awards.