NBPCA Appoints Doug Bower as Executive Director and President

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The Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA) reported that Doug Bower will join the organization as Executive Director and President effective August 5.

"After an intensive search, we are pleased to welcome an experienced executive like Doug to help lead the trade association forward into its next chapter of growth and increased presence in Washington. With a background in payments and managing non-profit, member organizations, Doug's expertise makes him well qualified to help navigate NBPCA at a critical point in the prepaid card industry," remarked Robert Skiba, NBPCA Board Chairman and Executive Vice President InComm.

"Doug will bolster our current efforts of engaging members of Congress and regulators, as we anticipate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau prepaid rulemaking and work through other regulatory issues facing the industry," added Skiba.

According to a release from NBPCA, Doug is a senior management executive with more than 20 years of experience guiding business- line operations, strategic planning, new business development, marketing, revenue growth and financial planning for profit and non- profit businesses.

Most recently, Doug was the Executive Vice President of Business Development for BlueYield, an auto lending exchange. He came to BlueYield from the AAA National Office where he served as the Vice President of Travel and Financial Services from 2007 to 2010 for this 52 million-member organization.

Preceding his tenure with AAA, Doug held executive positions with Advanta Corp., a multi-product financial services company, MBNA Corp., a bank issuer of credit cards now part of Bank of America, and Cigna, an insurance company.