Unreasonable Mentors

Marc Pettican

President Barclays Payments

Marc is an Unreasonable Mentor. Marc has participated in 3 programs, including Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe 2022 (Nov - Dec), and has advised over 42 Unreasonable companies.
With over 20 years in the payments arena, Marc Pettican has seen significant development in technology and innovation across the industry, and has often been a driving force in shaping new propositions for our corporate portfolio (NFC, EMV, Data Security, eCommerce, Virtual Payments). Marc joined Barclays over two decades ago and has extensive experience in Acquiring, Payment Gateways, Data Security and Commercial Payments. He has undertaken a succession of senior coverage, leadership & general management roles in Barclaycard covering Small Business through to Global Corporates. He spent 2 years overseeing the integration of The Logic Group technology provider into Barclaycard, and then moved to become CEO of Barclaycard Commercial Payments, driving the adoption of B2B & Virtual payments across all segments. He has held his current role as President of Barclays Payments since October 2019, where he is responsible for all aspects of commercial activity, including Issuing, Acquiring and the growing area of Partnerships.
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