Distra enables rapid innovation for real-time payments, from point-of-sale, Internet and ATM transactions, and increasingly mobile and social media channels. 

With its Universal Payments Platform (UPP), Distra empowers issuers, acquirers, schemes and merchants to easily and cost-effectively transform their legacy payments systems to offer new value-add services and capture information to enrich the payment transaction, from data to support targeted coupons, offers, loyalty programs and electronic receipts, to industry-specific data such as medical claim and airline ticketing information.

Dishman brings to Distra and its clients a wealth of payments experience and leadership, with a sales and management career successfully servicing the financial services industry for more than two decades. Prior to joining Distra Dishman spent four years as Director North American Financial Institution Sales for S1 Corporation, following a five-year tenure as Vice President and General Manager Western Region for ACI Worldwide. This latest appointment by Distra of another experienced payments executive is a reflection of the company's dedication and commitment to servicing the needs of its growing North American client base.

"Distra is at the leading edge of payments transformation in North America and globally, working with high profile, market leading companies to radically change the way the payments industry operates. It is absolutely fundamental to Distra's success and the success of our clients that we build an experienced and visionary team who can help our clients rapidly execute on their payments visions," said David Luther, Distra's General Manager North America.

Distra entered the US market at the beginning of 2011, following its success in the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia where it has an established base of tier one clients including Barclays, Citi Group, Nationwide, National Australia Group, Vocalink and NETS. In just over 12 months Distra has made its mark on the North American market, empowering several large clients to transform their payments infrastructure, including a large payments processor and merchant acquirer, and a prominent provider of stored value gift and prepaid products.

"The payments industry has long been searching for a modern alternative to aging legacy systems which are highly dependent on hardware. In my research, Distra provides the optimum answer with its robust, fault-tolerant, vertically and horizontally scalable Universal Payments Platform. I want to be part of a rising revolution in flexibility and innovation within the payments space and Distra leads the way. I'm excited to be part of the team," said Dishman.