The Future of Cards and Payments

Cognizant

www.cognizant.com

Overview

Cognizant is a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services.With more than 40global delivery centres and over 60,000 employees, we combine a unique onsite/ offshore delivery model with a distinct culture of customer satisfaction.

At Cognizant we have one single-minded passion: dedicating our global resources, industry intelligence and systems expertise to working with our clients to make their businesses stronger. We harness talent from across the globe to build deep, sustainable, long term relationships that foster continuous operational improvements and better bottom line results for our clients.

Infosys

www.infosys.com

Overview

Infosys’ Banking and Capital Markets Practice leverages its experience working with Global Banks and Securities firms to deliver best-in-class business and technology solutions to Global financial institutions. With a high end consulting practice and deep domain expertise, our solutions and services help financial services organizations increase operational efficiency, enable more effective customer management and lower operational risk.

Infosys has over 104,000 employees in over 50 offices worldwide. Infosys is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index and The Global Dow.

Serverside Group

www.ssgl.com/

Overview

Serverside Group are focused on the way financial cards are designed, marketed and fulfilled globally. We offer choice to the consumer, drive extraordinary ROI to issuers and reduce the risk and cost of fulfilling cards that have been mass customised.

ValidSoft

www.validsoft.com

Overview

ValidSoft’s cutting-edge telecommunications-based technology presents the only integrated product set that provides both card-based and electronic fraud prevention solutions. Whether its real-time proximity-based card fraud detection, Out-of-Band Man-in-the-Browser protection for Internet or Mobile based transactions or Voice Verification for Telephone Banking, ValidSoft provides the world’s leading telecommunications-based authentication solutions. ValidSoft is the only security software company in the world to be awarded the European Privacy Seal for their product, VALid-POS®.

Direct Debit Limited

www.directdebit.com

Overview

Direct Debit Limited is a software and training provider. For more than 20 years, the company has helped organisations collect Direct Debits and associated payments more efficiently with its Bacs approved software, hosted services, consultancy and training. Most recently, the company has developed a platform that automates processes for payments by credit and debit card, Direct Debit, Direct Credit and Single Euro Payments Area transactions. It is showcasing that platform, PayCentre®, here today.

Invest Northern Ireland

www.investni.com/invest

Overview

As the region’s economic development agency, Invest Northern Ireland provides the strategic vision for the financial services, ICT and business services sectors in Northern Ireland and is at the forefront of the drive to further increase and diversify the region’s capability for Foreign Direct Investment.

The agency offers a flexible, efficient and comprehensive service to business and a range of financial and other incentives aimed at accelerating growth, maximising profitability and facilitating recruitment, training and R&D.

European Payments Council

www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu

Overview

The European Payments Council (EPC) is the coordination and decision-making body of the European banking industry in relation to payments. The purpose of the EPC is to support and promote the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).

SEPA is an EU integration initiative in the area of payments designed to achieve the completion of the EU internal market and monetary union. SEPA is the area where citizens, companies and other economic participants can make and receive payments in euro, within Europe, whether within or across national boundaries under the same basic conditions, rights and obligations, regardless of their location. SEPA is currently defined as consisting of the EU 27 member states plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Monaco.

The EPC develops the payment schemes and frameworks necessary to realise SEPA. In particular, the EPC defines common positions for the cooperative space of payment services, provides strategic guidance for standardisation, formulates rules, best practices and standards and supports and monitors implementation of decisions taken. The EPC consists of 76 members representing banks, banking communities and payment institutions. More than 300 professionals from 32 countries are directly engaged in the work programme of the EPC, representing all sizes and sectors of the banking industry within Europe.

For further information on the EPC please contact secretariat@europeanpaymentscouncil.eu

Banking Automation Bulletin

www.rbrlondon.com/bulletin

Overview

Banking Automation Bulletin is an international subscription newsletter focused on key issues in self-service banking, branch automation, cards and payments. The Bulletin is published by Retail Banking Research (RBR) and draws extensively on RBR’s renowned industry research and analysis. The Bulletin is valued by senior executives in over 90 countries worldwide for providing independent and insightful, news, opinions and information on issues of core interest.

The Global Prepaid Exchange

www.globalprepaidexchange.com/

Overview

The Global Prepaid Exchange is the widest reaching prepaid industry organisation in the world, with a membership that spans four continents. Our members are involved in issuing, processing, manufacturing or distributing three out of four of the world’s prepaid programmes.

The concentration of experience and expertise that we have within our organisation and our members' willingness to share knowledge makes GX unique. We provide our members with original research, seminars, market intelligence, publications, and an online library, so they can make better business decisions.

MasterCard, Sainsbury's, First Data, InComm, CPI Card Group, Macy’s, Ceridian SVS, Blackhawk Network and many more, all use the Global Prepaid Exchange to receive industry connections, obtain insight into the marketplace and promote dialogue between businesses with a shared commercial goal.