CISO appointment
James Dixon named Chief Information Security Officer at Allied Payment Network
James Dixon is the Chief Information Security Officer of Allied Payment Network. James joins from Versapay, where they served as Chief Information Security Officer.
Records: Allied Payment Network · James Dixon
| Person | James Dixon |
|---|---|
| New role | Chief Information Security Officer |
| Company | Allied Payment Network |
| Previous role | Chief Information Security Officer, Versapay |
| Announced | July 12, 2023 |
| Added to the record | September 30, 2026 |
| Source | FinTech Futures |
Context from the record
- Allied Payment Network is filed under Financial Services, North America, on our record.
Other Financial Services appointments in the third quarter of 2023
- Heather Gantt-Evans, Chief Information Security Officer, Marqeta
- Girish Dixit, Chief Information Security Officer and Executive Vice President, Kotak Securities
- Scott Sykes, Chief Information Security Officer, Asurity Technologies
- Scott Bader, Chief Information Security Officer, Five Star Bank
- Yonesy Nunez, Managing Director and Chief Information Security Officer, DTCC
What this move signals
Allied Payment Network, a payments solutions provider to community banks and credit unions, appointed James Dixon as Chief Information Security Officer. Dixon joins from the Canadian fintech Versapay, where he served as CISO. He has more than 25 years of technology and industry experience.
What the sources say
FinTech Futures reports that Dixon started his new position as CISO at Allied Payment Network in June. According to FinTech Futures, Dixon says he plans to strengthen the company's information security practices and to "ensure fast and secure payments".
Dixon held the CISO post at Versapay until April 2023, according to FinTech Futures. According to FinTech Futures, Dixon earlier worked in executive and senior leadership roles at payment technology firms such as InComm Payments, Vesta Corporation, Official Payments, now ACI Payments, and 2Checkout, now Verifone. FinTech Futures reports that Dixon holds accreditation as a certified information systems security professional, or CISSP.
FinTech Futures reports that Allied Payment Network is based in the US and serves community-based financial services organisations. Over the last year, the company added around 50 new financial institution clients, according to FinTech Futures. According to FinTech Futures, the nearly 500 financial institutions in Allied's client base span 49 states and have combined assets of over $310 billion.
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