BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- G2 Web Services, the leading global provider of merchant risk management services, announced today the appointment of Ted Lasch as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In this role, Lasch will be responsible for expanding G2's worldwide sales, marketing and client management teams.

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"Ted strengthens the executive team at G2 Web Services, and will drive our client service efforts and growing global support team. He has extensive industry experience, which will be an asset to both G2 and our clients. We are pleased to have him on board," said Ed Barton, President of G2 Web Services.

Lasch comes to G2 Web Services with over 20 years of senior management experience in the electronic payments industry and in business development. Most recently, he served as Vice President at TransFirst, one of the major providers of transaction processing services and payment processing technologies. At TransFirst, he managed a large sales team focused on securing high-value clients, which achieved 25% growth in year-over-year sales. Prior to TransFirst, Lasch was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at US Merchant Systems, where he led a sales and marketing team responsible for over 2,000 clients, and developed extensive strategic business relationships. He has also held executive sales positions with Alpha Card Services, CrossCheck, Inc., W.G. Thompson, Inc., and Wells Fargo.

Lasch earned a BA in Business Management from Sonoma State University, and an MBA focused on Strategic Planning and Leadership from California State University - Dominguez Hills.

Lasch said, "I am genuinely excited to lead the sales, marketing and client management teams into 2014, and to focus on further strengthening existing client relationships while expanding G2's reach globally."

About G2 Web Services
G2 Web Services is a leading global provider of merchant risk management solutions, including merchant due diligence, compliance, and fraud protection. G2 helps acquiring banks and payment service providers take on the appropriate level of risk in their merchant portfolios, while protecting against brand damage, illegal activity, and noncompliance assessments. G2 solutions include predicting new merchants' potential for risk at boarding, monitoring merchants' websites to ensure compliance with card network regulations and the law, and protecting against fraud, among others.

Since the company's inception in 2004, G2 Web Services has investigated, analyzed and linked data from millions of merchants, their websites, and their relationships, building the G2 Merchant Map(®). The G2 Merchant Map is the industry's most extensive map of global merchant data, offering current and historical merchant relationships, merchant risk history and insight into merchant behaviors that no one else can provide.

The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices in London and Shanghai, and hundreds of clients worldwide. Learn more at: www.g2webservices.com.

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