Western Union Business Solutions, a provider of cross-border business payments, has appointed Steve Kuhl as vice president, financial institutions and partnerships, North America.

Kuhl, who is an experienced financial services and international payments executive with over 20 years in the financial services and payments industries, joined Western Union from American Express FXIP, where he has served as director, client management and trading since 2011. While at American Express, he was responsible for all North American corporate and financial institution portfolios, including corporate account management and partnership development.

Kuhl's previous roles have included vice president and director at First National Global Banking; senior vice president of Foreign Exchange for Travelex; as well as roles at CurrencyLogix and U.S. Bank.