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Pascalle Albrecht - National Head of Commercial Card Issuing and Card Acquiring Strategy

About the spokesperson:

I have been with Nedbank for 6 years, and have been in the Commercial Card business since I joined in various different roles. However, my current role covers both the Commercial card and Card acquiring strategy businesses – with a key focus on driving innovation and business growth in these two arenas. The benefit of my position now is that I am accountable for bringing the card issuing and acquiring businesses together. Bringing cardholders to merchants in a succinct and holistic way and ensuring we drive the correct technological development in both businesses to help our clients remain relevant and competitive in their relevant industries.
24 Nov 2022 1PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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