MasterCard appoints Debra Janssen as managing director

She will manage MasterCard’s Access Prepaid Worldwide subsidiary, effective immediately.

According to a release, as managing director, Janssen will oversee operations and continue to advance the Access Prepaid Worldwide business, which is focused on the management and delivery of consumer and corporate prepaid travel cards to business partners around the world, including financial institutions, retailers, travel agents and foreign exchange bureaus.

She will add this position’s roles and responsibilities to her current purview as group executive, Integrated Processing Solutions (IPS) at MasterCard. Janssen replaces Mark Horgan, who is leaving Access Prepaid Worldwide to join UK-based retailer Sainsbury.

Prior to joining MasterCard in 2009, Janssen served as executive vice president of EFT Processing Services for Fidelity Information Services, a global payments processor. Prior to Fidelity Information Services, Janssen held the position of president of Debit Services Group and the STAR Network at First Data Corporation, where she oversaw the Debit and ATM processing business for more than 6,000 financial institutions