Sam Anson

Mixing personal loyalty and political business is nothing new to Eastside City Councilman Richard Alatorre. That's how he built the city's smoothest-running political machine and how he became the most adept operator in City Hall. But now, by his own account, the mix of personal and political has brought the councilman to the brink, facing FBI and IRS corruption probes of his financial dealings with local businessmen.

Bill Cohn -- Vantiv; Sam Anson -- Microsoft; Garrett Goff -- Netflix Presentation At MRC San Diego a trio of payments veterans spoke on the value of reviewing BINs (bank identification numbers) and other card issuer data routinely. The panel began by focusing on inefficiencies within the payments ecosystem, looking at five examples of mis-alignment and how data can begin to help close these gaps.

Philipp Bock -- allpago; Sam Anson -- Microsoft; Omer Shatzky -- Wix Presentation Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico comprise approximately 80% of the Latin America eCommerce market, which represents a USD $100 billion -- and growing -- opportunity for companies selling goods and services online.