Emerging Payment Trends Track

Payments Industry Updates-Leveraging New Front and Back End Technologies to Complement Your Card Business

• Understanding the latest payment trends to ensure your business strategy is on point
• Analyzing the existing payment infrastructure to determine and quantify market demand for alternate payment vehicles
• Criteria for choosing the most efficient and easy-to-use back-end applications
• Setting the pricing and fee structures to encourage widespread use while generating new revenue from existing infrastructure
• Managing the agent training and education process to assure a smooth rollout and positive customer experience
• Strategies for driving new customer growth through mass and viral marketing campaigns

Paul Grill, Partner, FIRST ANNAPOLIS CONSULTING

Lunch

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Case Study: Increasing and Diversifying Revenue Streams through the Addition of Value Added Services

Online bill payment for prepaid cards is gaining momentum and farsighted businesses are using it not only as a strategic tool for retaining and deepening cardholder relationships, but for generating substantial additional revenue streams. Bill payment enhances the "stickiness" of the stored value card, how to create cross selling and up-selling opportunities, reduce cardholder turnover add a significant revenue opportunity and offer a costeffective way of extending card holder services.

During this session you will learn how to:

• Increase and diversify revenue streams
• Use a variety of delivery channels to enable you to market effectively and efficiently to your cardholders
• Increase customer loyalty, reduce operating costs and, as a result, improve profitability and reputation
• Stay current with stored value opportunities and to meet or exceed your cardholder expectations

Rafael Rios, National Sales Manager, BILLETEL

Moving Payment Technology to Mobile Phones

Mobile devices continue to gain attention as improved ways to access financial and payments information and conduct related transactions in a convenient, timely, and secure way. In this session, you will learn:

• How mobile devices can impact financial services and payment methods for both banked and unbanked consumers
• Methods for integrating mobile devices in a user-friendly manner
• Identifying the criteria to use when selecting the appropriate system for conducting payments transactions, including SMS and downloadable applications

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30-Minute Networking and Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall

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Assessing the Market for Venture Capital Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Private Equity Buyouts in Prepaid

The payments industry (and prepaid and stored value in particular) has been spurred by tremendous investment from both strategic and venture capital investors. More recently, there has been a surge of interest from private equity–leaving the interest level at an all time height with tens of billions of dollars changing hands of payments companies.

Mergers and acquisitions have also continued at a solid pace in prepaid – with the sale of Ecount, BankFirst and Netspend announced in 2007. In this session, you'll hear about the:

• Latest trends from securing start-up capital to the multi-billion dollar deals
• Strategies for exiting at the right time and highest price
• Managing the capital raise and sale process

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Happy Hour

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2nd Annual Industry Gala

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Recognizing excellence in prepaid programs and service, the Winners of the 2008 Paybefore Awards will be announced at this exciting Gala.

Emerging Payment Trends Track

Utilizing New POS Technologies to Unlock New Revenue and Improve Customer Service

• Sending balance information at the POS to customers to help them manage their card accounts
• Managing split tender-transactions to improve efficiency and accounting procedures
• Passing through non-financial transaction data to provide improved customer service

Robert Skiba, Executive VP and General Manager, COMDATA
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Incorporating the Latest Contactless Payment Technologies to Drive Efficiency

Innovations in form factors intended to replace the traditional magnetic stripe have been introduced and piloted for many years–smart cards, biometrics, and radio-frequency identification (RFID) are a few of the ongoing candidates competing for market share. This session will address these changes and:

• Bring together experts from the payments industry and technology providers to examine how these technologies work
• Identify their application in payments and more specifically the prepaid and stored value card market
• Discuss their promises and challenges and methods for ensuring a strong return on investment

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Adapting Your Card Payments System to Dovetail With the Latest Alternative Web-based Payment Platforms

While prepaid cards are gaining traction in the physical world, many businesses and consumers have turned to the Web to make and receive payments. While these payment methods might not have a card component, both consumers and businesses need to understand how these services work.

• Understanding how customers choose which online payment systems to use, and how to incorporate them into your customer interface
• Managing the economics of web payments systems to ensure efficient transactions
• Discover new opportunities for integrating prepaid card products with new web payment systems
• Strategies for selecting the appropriate payment vehicles for your business to improve the customer experience

Chip Kahn, CEO, IP COMMERCE
Rene Pelegaro, Senior Director of Industry Relations, PAYPAL

Conference Concludes

Your Prepaid Guide
	CASE STUDIES - Prepaid case studies from the top consumer ams and B2B companies
	RELATIONSHIPS - Build relationships with key decision makers
	TECHNOLOGY - Identify how to incorporate the latest in prepaid technology
	LEGAL - Regulatory, legal and risk management sessions
	GEOGRAPHIC - Expand the geographic reach of your prepaid programs
	PAYMENT - Tailor your card program to incorporate new payment strategies
	TOP MINDS - Learn from the top minds from beyond the prepaid industry to help you think outside the box