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ClickBank snags Apple’s global payments director as CEO

Online retailer ClickBank has apppointed Edward Katzin as its new CEO. Mr. Katzin comes to ClickBank from Apple where he was director of global retail payments and geo expansion.

“We will drive ClickBank’s continued growth with the introduction of new products and businesses to the market. I am also excited about the work our emerging technologies team is doing to develop services enabling contextual conversational commerce,” said Mr. Katzin.

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