Executive Board and Steering Committee now complete

The members of the Pay Attent!on Association have elected Nicky Kern (UBS) to the Executive Board as an SBA delegate. This completes the Pay Attent!on Executive Board. The Steering Committee of Pay Attent!on has also been formed. This operational Steering Committee incorporates expert practical knowledge of the subject of payment fraud.
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The members of the Executive Board and Steering Committee are listed below:

Executive Board

  • Stefan Giger, Chairman
    SDP delegate, Head of Payment Fraud & Dispute Services, SIX

  • Adrian Kläy, Deputy Chairman
    SPA delegate, Scheme & Operational Compliance Manager, Viseca Payment Services AG

  • Dr Nicky Kern
    SBA delegate, Product Lead for Digital Security, UBS Switzerland AG

  • Pascal Simmen
    Delegate of the Technical Commission of Swiss Crime Prevention and Head of Prevention/Deputy Head of Communications, Schwyz Cantonal Police

Consultant

  • Professor Oliver Hirschi
    Lecturer in Information Security and Head of “eBanking – but safe!” at HSLU, Managing Director of SecAware GmbH

Steering Committee

  • Patrick Dessouslavy
    Head of Operations Risk Management, Viseca Payment Services SA

  • Conradin Gurini
    Head of the Fraud Prevention Unit, Raiffeisen Group

  • Michiel Lüchinger
    Cyber Project Manager, Swiss Crime Prevention

  • Luca Michels
    Fraud Manager, TWINT

  • Michael Pils
    Head of Front-End Systems & Services, Lucerne Cantonal Bank

  • Xavier Schnyder
    Payment & Fraud Specialist, Valais Cantonal Bank

  • Marcel Stettler
    Senior Product Manager Fraud Services, SIX

  • Bernard Vonlanthen
    Deputy Head of Communications and Prevention, Fribourg Cantonal Police

  • Michael Wili
    Digital Banking Security Officer, PostFinance

  • NEDIK
    A network of all 26 cantonal police forces providing investigative support in the fight against digital crime, operating under the auspices of the Conference of Cantonal Police Commanders of Switzerland (KKPKS).

News

The financial sector and the police are joining forces to combat payment fraud

Today is a significant day: the Pay Attent!on Association begins its work. Debit and credit card issuers, banks and the police are all behind this new initiative. From 2027, under the Pay Attent!on umbrella, we will work together to raise public awareness of the various forms of fraud across the entire spectrum of cashless payments – from debit and credit cards to online banking and TWINT. Read more

News

The financial sector and the police are joining forces to combat payment fraud

Today is a significant day: the Pay Attent!on Association begins its work. Debit and credit card issuers, banks and the police are all behind this new initiative. From 2027, under the Pay Attent!on umbrella, we will work together to raise public awareness of the various forms of fraud across the entire spectrum of cashless payments – from debit and credit cards to online banking and TWINT.

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