Overview

Gender

male

Ben Katz is a serial entrepreneur.
Ben is Founder, CEO and Member Service Lead at CARD.com.
CARD.com is fair, fun, fashionable and simple payments.

www.CARD.com

We issue Visa and MasterCards featuring art from great brands and Causes including:
Star Trek
The Walking Dead
Salvador Dali
Frida Kahlo

Our mobile payments solutions are perfect for a working adult with a job looking for a better way to pay than traditional brick and mortar offerings.

Prior to CARD.com, Ben managed cash payments and remittance at Green Dot for MoneyPak.com. MoneyPak powers cash loads at 7-Eleven, Walmart, CVS and Walgreens into PayPal on an exclusive basis for the US.

Ben started the sales team at PayNearMe.com, a next generation cash payments network at 7-Eleven

Ben Katz Productions specialized in Euro tax-fund advantaged productions including the British gangster flick JOHNNY WAS, which premiered at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival. The company raised over $5 million for four productions in two years and its films have seen by millions, having received wide domestic and international release. Prior to this, Katz packaged independent films at Creative Artists Agency.

Katz was also Founder of Coveroo.com. Coveroo commercialized on-demand customized consumer electronics. Coveroo achieved wide online and physical retail distribution, generated tens of millions in revenue and released dozens of limited edition products, including The Beatles iPod. Coveroo licenses art properties including USC, University of Texas, Notre Dame, Penn State, Star Trek, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Barbie, The Godfather, Boy Scouts of America and most great brands.

Katz holds a BS & MBA, both in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and has served as Co-President of the school's C-level alumni group, the Wharton C-Circle. He also holds a BS in Nursing from Penn's School of Nursing.

www.CARD.com
www.benkatzproductions.com
www.linkedin.com/in/meetbenkatz

Videos proving that Ben is a big payments geek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qrFffAZ_yI
http://www.docstoc.com/profile/ben-katz