Monday, March 3, 2008

Registration for Workshops and General Session

Managing Payment Convergence Trends to Maximize Your Prepaid Opportunities

Prepaid cards have quickly been transformed from the closed-loop, single-purpose payment vehicles of yesterday to the multifaceted sales, marketing, and businessbuilding tools of today. In this workshop, you will explore the latest trends in both cardbased and non-card based payments, with a focus on:

• Identifying the newest payment products and models, and their current and projected adoption rates, including deposit accounts and consumer lending products
• Assessing how to incorporate your current prepaid offerings through alternate payment types
• Analyzing new distribution models to maximize market penetration
• Methods for cross-product and crossmedium branding and promotions

Leaders:

New Strategies for Improving Retail Loading Networks

The need to enable consumers to load funds onto their cards at local and national retail locations is well understood and has continued to grow in recent years. This workshop will explore the current and future state of retail loading networks, including comparing the various strategies and systems. In particular, you'll learn how to:

• Assess the viability of new loading solutions, including those from the card brands
• Growth of loading networks and inroads made at diverse retail locations
• Mechanics such as the loading process and consumer experience
• Considerations in selecting a loading network, including economics and revenue share opportunities, fraud issues, and funds flow options

Leaders:

Latest Innovations in Processing Technology for Prepaid

Prepaid and stored value cards rely heavily on various types of enabling technology. Both established processing companies and early-stage entrants offer a variety of processing options, including unique systems required to support specific products.

• Understand the various entities that play a part in technology, including processors, payment networks, and specialized software and systems providers
• Hear relevant considerations in selecting a technology or processing solutions as well as factors in allocating roles and responsibilities between processors and others in the value chain

Leaders: