The event provides best practices, end-user case studies and industry sharing – factors necessary for you to maximize your gains in the long run.
We will be discussing open- and closed-loop prepaid opportunities and addressing the challenges in both segments. We have also expanded the content to include:
• Mobile Payment Convergence.
• Innovative Card Program Design.
• Global Case Studies.
IQPC prides this event as a content-rich learning opportunity. Its true value lies within the unique platform it offers participants: interactive panel discussions, topic-focused roundtables and peer networking
sessions.
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• Explore the mobile payment dynamics and development trends Practitioners:
• H&R Block
• Gain insight from over 15+ cross-industry financial and prepaid experts
• Afric Xpress NEW!
• Boost customer loyalty with compelling gift card incentives • Travelex NEW!
• Optimize the distribution network for maximized profitability • Patton Boggs LLP
• Examine general spending card business models and their profitability • Meta Bank NEW!
• Study consumer transaction behaviors to grasp the next horizon of
• National City Bank NEW!
development within the prepaid market • MoneyGram NEW!
• PEX Card NEW!
• Develop innovative products and services for the unbanked and underserved
• TravelCenters of America NEW!
• Manage and mitigate risks through advanced data management and anti- • Payoneer
fraud system establishment
• Outback Steakhouse Inc. NEW!
• Explore innovative payroll and insurance prepaid card opportunities • Nike
• Western Union NEW!
• Palm Desert National Bank NEW!
Sponsor Media Partners • REI NEW!
• VivoTech NEW!
• Newcastle Building Society (UK) NEW!
• West Suburban Bank NEW!
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3. MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009
8:00 Registration and Coffee • Sharing the statistics of the unbanked population in the U.S
• Leveraging technologies to reshape customer relationships and
8:45 Welcome Address and Opening Remarks from communication strategies
Chairperson
2:30 Case Study: Why Your Payroll Card Program Isn’t
9:00 Keynote Panel: Tying Prepaid Offerings to Real Working
Demands during a Tough Economy • Uncovering misconceptions about unbanked and underbanked
• Identifying how the prepaid industry is emerging from the employees
• Revealing the real employer benefits
credit crisis
• Examining the opportunities and risks under the current economy • Understanding fees and other employer concerns
• Studying the prepaid market segment and identifying the • Learning from the best: Companies that have achieved real
potential for growth value by using payroll cards optimally
Toffer Grant, Founder and CEO, PEX Card Don Petrasek, Vice President, Treasury Management
Jim Tingey, Executive Vice President, Palm Desert National Bank Prepaid Products, PNC National City Bank
10:00 Sharing European Perspective on Payment Innovations 3:15 Afternoon Networking Break
and Prepaid Case Studies
• Examining the payment technologies evolution in Europe 3:45 Case Study: Developing General Spending Card
• Discovering what’s next in the prepaid horizon Programs to Meet Consumer Demand with Minimal
• Learning the development and applications of contactless cards Risk
• Discussing the prepaid programs initiatives from Newcastle • Launching prepaid cards to leverage and compliment money
Building Society transfer services
• Examining & monitoring the transaction process and
Colin Greaves, Operations Director, Newcastle Building
Society (UK) identifying potential risks
• Translating the relevant regulations to the dos and don'ts in
10:45 Morning Networking Break your process
Justin Monk, Director, Prepaid Products, MoneyGram
11:15 Panel Discussion: Recent Legal Developments, Latest Willard Hart, Director, Fraud, MoneyGram
Challenges of Expanded Products and Potential
Impact of Regulatory Reform 4:30 Case Study: Creating Compelling Gift Programs
• Navigating rapidly evolving federal and state laws - an update • NIKE is a company: How Nike shows up in the gift card space
on the 2009 legislative changes • The consumer decides: making gift cards relevant to the
• Examining the impact of the latest regulations and consumer
• Evolve immediately: innovation within gift cards
enforcement actions including anti-money laundering (AML),
unfair and deceptive practices and federal deposit insurance Matt Davies, Gift Card Manager, NIKE
• Assessing potential legal challenges presented by new
functionalities and expanded markets: What to consider if you 5:15 Roundtable Discussions - Choose Your Group and
want to add a credit feature, venture abroad or offer a product Voice Your Opinions
to a different group of customers
• Considering how consolidation of the federal banking agencies
Gift Card Revenue Generation & Maximization
Competing with massive gift card offerings as well as the tough
could affect branded prepaid card programs
• Looking at how the new federal Financial Product Safety
economic environment present major challenges for gift card
program managers. They need to maintain consumer confidence
Commission could affect prepaid cards
and loyalty to drive revenue streams. Brainstorming in this
Moderator: Carol Van Cleef, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP
session will explore innovative products and collaborative
channels for revenue generation.
12:00 Panel Discussion: A Global Perspective: Prepaid Roundtable Leaders:
Worldwide Laura Parker, Manager, National Sales, Gift Card, Outback
In this panel discussion, global practitioners and market leaders
Steakhouse Inc.
will be sharing their perspective and insight on the huge
Matt Davies, Gift Card Manager, NIKE
potential for new growing markets all over the world.
Alisa Jackson, Program Manager, Gift Card, REI
Panelists:
Nvalaye Kourouma, CEO, Afric Xpress General Spending Cards Opportunities and Challenges
• Identifying the opportunities and challenges from issuers’ and
Yuval Tal, CEO, Payoneer
Colin Greaves, Operations Director, Newcastle Building processors’ perspectives
• Exploring the innovations in the general spending cards
Society (UK) • Examining the risks associated
12:45 Networking Lunch Roundtable Leader:
Dan Grotto, President of Prepaid Solutions, West Suburban
1:45 Serving the Unbanked & Underserved with Bank
Innovative Prepaid Programs Exploring Payroll and Insurance Cards
A recent survey shows 8.7% of U.S families do not have a • Identifying the scope of the market
checking or savings account, which means about 10 million • Examining the pioneering projects
families are outside traditional financial service coverage. The • Providing practical suggestions to develop the payroll and
prepaid card business is driven largely by the purchasing and insurance prepaid cards
transaction behavior of this group, developing functional financial Don Petrasek, Vice President, Treasury Management
products for them is a huge opportunity. Prepaid Products, PNC National City Bank
• Understanding the unbanked & underserved to develop better
financial products 6:00 End of Day One Conference
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4. MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009
8:15 Registration and Coffee 11:45 Combining Mobile Bank Convergence with Prepaid Debit
Card Products to Drive Consumer Acceptance and Benefits
8:45 Opening Remarks from Chairperson H&R Block’s Emerald Prepaid MasterCard marked the largest launch of a
prepaid debit card in the industry and innovation never stops. In this
9:00 Improving Prepaid Card “Stickiness” with Value-Added session, Kevin Morrison will walk you through the program design and
Offerings share the recent outcome from mobile banking features of their prepaid
As one of the largest bank issuers, Meta Payment Systems is rolling out program.
an innovative product to allow prepaid cardholders apply for a credit • Introducing the prepaid debit card with in-depth understanding of
line which is a missing link in prepaid front market. Join this session with consumer needs
Trent Sorbe to learn about his insights of prepaid product proliferation • Leveraging the retail model to overcome distribution challenges and
and ground-breaking offerings for the prepaid cardholders. lift consumer acceptance
•
Breaking through the clutter of prepaid card products offerings •
Sharing where and how mobile banking is coming into the picture
•
Why iAdvance - bringing sensible credit to prepaid cardholders •
Piloting the text message functionality to build and strengthen loyalty
•
Initiating piloting program for better consumer understandings •
Looking into other innovations to ensure consumers keep coming
•
Working with distribution partners for market penetration back
•
Forecasting future developments Kevin Morrison, Assistant Vice President of Card Program, H&R
Trent Sorbe, Vice President of Credit, Meta Payment Systems, Block
Meta Bank
12:30 Networking Lunch
9:45 Stabilizing Global Travel Cost Under Economic Turbulence
with Prepaid Travel Cards 1:30 Mobile Payment: A Possible Game Changer for Africa
• Examining the costs and risks arising from global currency fluctuation • Exploring mobile payment business opportunities and current state of
• Analyzing cost savings from using the prepaid currency card the market in Africa
• Developing multiple channels and forging partnerships to reach • Examining the economic and social impact on the communities:
bigger markets economic growth and empowerment
• Exploring more functionalities with the travel card • Capturing the opportunity: the case of Afric Xpress
Christopher Russell, Executive Vice President of Outsourcing, Nvalaye Kourouma, CEO, Afric Xpress
Americas, Travelex
2:15 Case Study: Serving the Unbanked on the Road
10:30 Morning Networking Break • Studying and understanding your customers
• Developing prepaid products according to your customer profile
11:00 Case Study: Exploring Innovative Prepaid Cards to Provide • Leveraging branch stores for distribution and profit maximization
an Outstanding Consumer Experience Scott Burslem, Non Fuel Income Manager, TravelCenters of
• Understanding consumer needs and how prepaid can help meet America
them
• Utilizing prepaid features and benefits to provide and exceptional 3:00 Closing Remarks and End of Conference
consumer experience
• How prepaid solutions can meet the needs of multiple consumer
segments
Jorge Consuegra, Senior Vice President and General Manager, US
Product Management, Western Union
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Sponsorships and exhibits are excellent opportunities for your company to The perfect blend of outdoor adventure and
showcase its products and services to high-level, targeted decision-makers urban sophistication. That’s the duality locals love
attending the 2nd Prepaid Cards conference. IQPC and Marketing IQ help about the Mile High City. With snowcapped
companies like yours achieve important sales, marketing and branding peaks providing a spectacular backdrop, Denver
objectives by setting aside a limited number of event sponsorships and is as refined as it is laid-back. It’s a place where
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About Our Sponsor
InComm is the industry leading marketer, distributor and technology innovator of stored-value gift and prepaid products utilizing our
state-of-the-art point-of-sale transaction technology and payment solutions. InComm is the nation’s largest provider of gift cards,
prepaid wireless products, reloadable debit cards, digital music downloads, games, software and bill payment solutions. InComm partners with consumer brand
leaders around the world to provide more than 145,000 retail locations the products and services their customers demand. InComm's patented technologies
have made the buying process easier for consumers while streamlining the selling process for product and retail partners. Website: www.incomm.com
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