Joe Proto

Joe Proto is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Transactis, part of his three decades as a senior executive and successful entrepreneur.

Prior to Transactis, he launched REMITCO, a payments company acquired in 2000 by First Data, as well as Financial Telesis (CashFlex) which was acquired in 1992 by CoreStates, now part of Wells Fargo. Joe is a director at SpendSmart Payments Company (SSPC: OTC) a fast-growing loyalty platform with 5M digital subscribers. He is Co-Chair of the Consumer Payments Advisory Committee of the payments Innovation Council as well as a member of the Board of Advisors at the National Automated Clearinghouse Association (NACHA).