Monday, March 3, 2008

Registration for Workshops and General Session

Making Sense of the Myriad Products, Services, and Business Models to Create a Successful Prepaid Program

In this workshop, you will hear from senior individuals from each of the major brands (Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express) about their views of the prepaid card industry with the goal of providing valuable insights into their strategies, organizational structure, and specific areas of focus.

You'll leave this workshop with a clear understanding of each major card brands' perspectives on market dynamics, hot new products and services, and their plans for future activity in the prepaid space, which will help to assess your network-branded prepaid program.

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Ensuring Legal, Regulatory and AML/BSA Compliance

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of setting up a prepaid program is making sense of and complying with the litany of legal, regulatory, and compliance regulations.

Attend this session to:

• Hear the latest discussion on card licensing issues
• Understand what steps are required for Anti-Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Compliance, at the program design stage and at POS
• How to find, interpret and manage escheatment and abandoned property regulations, based on where your card is issued and used
• Steps for reviewing marketing collateral to ensure compliance
• Learn what is required in terms of consumer recordkeeping & disclosure issues
• Identify best practices for error resolution and liability issues

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Launching a Successful Prepaid Card Program

Are you a new professional in the prepaid and stored value card industry? If so, this workshop is intended for you. The workshop is bifurcated to address network branded (or open loop) prepaid cards and stored value (or closed loop) cards, and will provide an overview of:

• The network branded and stored value card industries, with a focus on the different card products that fall into these categories
• The diversity in distribution and uses across many different applications
• The roles and responsibilities of the multitude of entities typically engaged in the development, deployment, and management of card programs

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