Register for APEX by Friday, Save $900

The early-bird rates to attend the 2016 All Payments Expo are expiring this Friday, November 20th. Save $900 when you use the code XU2948BLOG – Register now.  

Why All Payments Expo? 

1. 3 Expos within APEX: Design Your Optimal Experience 

• Merchant Expo: Technologies and innovations affecting how consumers interact with your brands 
• Gifting Expo: The latest strategic thinking, technologies and innovations impacting the gift card industry. 
• Prepaid Expo: Converging business leaders in prepaid to drive industry growth. 

2. More Merchants Than Ever Before. 
With more retail-focused content than before, you will get access to the following retail job functions: Head of Marketing | Head of Payments | Head of IT | Head of OmniChannel | Head of eCommerce | Head of (Product) Innovation | Head of Loss Prevention (LP) | Gift Card Manager | Head of Digital Marketing | Head of POS | Head of Security and more.

3. Where Business Gets Done. 
With our new VIP Meeting Concierge, we'll help you secure meetings that are 100% relevant | 5,000+ on-site meetings take place annually | Average 10 meetings per day

For more information, download the agenda. 

We look forward to seeing you at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, March 20-23, 2016.

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CALL FOR SPEAKERS! All Payments Expo, March 21-23, 2016

 

CALL FOR SPEAKERS!

APEX is our flagship annual payments event which attracts 850+ senior executives from across the retailer and payments communities. It is a highly interactive forum in which to discuss the rapidly evolving world of retail payments - from macro industry trends to digital convergence and payments disruption. By bringing together the brightest minds and leading talents in retailing, payments and technology it is a truly compelling event with unprecedented networking opportunities.

We have created an outstanding program for APEX 2016 and we are seeking new speaking talent to bring the very best ideas in payments to our expert audience. We would welcome speaker submissions from cutting edge retailers, banks, merchant acquirers, POS providers, technology companies, program managers, processors, networks, card manufacturers, and service providers.

If you would like to be considered for the 2016 speaker faculty please contact our Payments Brand Strategy Director, Katie Gwyn-Williams at katie.gwyn-williams@informa.com

 

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A Look Back: The Pulse of APEX 2015

Take a look at what attendees had to say at the 2015 All Payments Expo

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See Latest APEX Europe Attendee List

In just a few short weeks, 200+ payments and retail executives are heading to Marbella for All Payments Expo Europe. This is Europe's only devoted retail & payments business development meeting, where the prepaid and retail value chain host meetings, create new partnerships and explore synergies.


With delegates coming from 25+ countries, you'll be able to hear insights from an international group of merchants, programme managers, issuers, MNOs, networks and processors. You'll sharpen your strategies with expert insights on:

• Latest data on prepaid's growth and market size
• New opportunities created by HCE technology
• New sales channels for gift cards
• White space for prepaid partnerships in mobile money, education and B2B
• Consumer demands in contactless
• Contextual commerce's impact on conversion and more!

Join an international community and get face time with the peers and partners you need. Register today to secure your spot - PLUS save €100 when you use the code XU2940BLOG.

Here are some of the companies you'll meet:
3V Transaction Services • Accent Intermedia • ACI Worldwide • Airplus International SRL • Al Fardan Exchange • ArbitorSports • Auctionata • Bankable • C24 Payments Contact Center LLC • CardOneBanking • Cardwise • Centigo AB • Contact Payment System • Coop Danmark • Dansk Supermarked A/S • Di Pocket • Edgar Dunn & Company • Emerging Payments Association • eNett International • ePayService • Epipoli SpA • EuroCommerce • First Data • FlexCard • Flex-e-Vouchers • Gap Inc • Gemalto SA • Genesys • GKFX • Global Prepaid Exchange • Globoforce • Gruppo Poste Italiane • Hobbs Limited • Home Retail Group plc • Hotel Voucher Shop • IKEA MOS • IMA • IQ Card • John Lewis Partnership • Leroy Merlin • Italia srl • Load & Go • Localz • Locke Lord • Lycamobile UK Ltd • Marks & Spencer • MBXP ApS • Mercator Advisory Group • MintCombine • MTACC Inc • MySafePay • Nordic Choice • Optimal Payments • Orwell • P&MM Ltd • Payment Card Solutions • Payoneer EU Limited • PerfectCard Ltd • PMA Media Group • Polymath Consulting • PPRO • Prego Prepaid Solutions • Prepaird International Forum • PSI-Pay Ltd • Raphaels Bank • Rapid Financial Solutions • Reward Technology • Rideau Recognition Solutions • Riverbridge Partners LLC • SafeCharge Card Services • Sears Holding Company • Signet • Simple Card • Skrill Ltd • Smart Concepts BV • Swift Prepaid Solutions Inc • TESCO Bank • Thames Card Technology LTD • The Billing Project LLC • Ticket Surf • TJX Europe • Trancash Italia • Travel Payments Amadeus IT Group • TrustEu Affairs • TrustPay • Tuxedo • WEX • Wickes Building Supplies Limited • XXImo BV • Yandex Money • Zalando SE


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Mark your calendars for APEX Europe | Brochure now available!

APEX Europe is the international meeting place for prepaid, technology and retail executives to grow business and identify consumer needs.

Access Insights: Hear next generation consumer needs - and gain a better understanding of how to position your company to capture new business.

Merchants:
Participating retailers include: Home Retail Group, Zalando SE, Coop Danmark, Dansk Supermarked, M&S, Tesco Bank, John Lewis, Nordic Choice, Auctionata and more
Hear from other merchants on the new path to purchase:

• How omni and multi channel strategies are impacting every customer touch point, from in-store payments to gift cards
• How mobile can tangibly improve customer engagement and drive bigger conversions and increase in-store visits
• How mobile can tangibly improve customer engagement and drive bigger conversions and increase in-store visits
• How digital gift cards are transforming brick-and-mortar institutions' strategies
• The impact of ApplePay and digital wallets on retail marketing and couponing
• The implications of new in-store technologies, including iBeacon and geolocation
• How e-commerce executives are anticipating customers' evolving needs across Europe     

   
Prepaid:
Participating programme managers include: Bankable, IQcard, Tuxedo Money Solutions, Perfect Incentive, 3V, WEX, Payment Card Solutions (UK) Ltd., eNett International and more
Hear from industry stakeholders on new consumer needs:

• New innovations in grants administration
• Prepaid's evolving role in gaming
• The rise of new use cases, including social media payments, prepaid for the affluent and alternative banking platforms
• The latest developments in corporate payments, and how to identify new opportunities
• The implications of the latest regulations, and the impact on product development
• The latest consumer-centric links between prepaid and loyalty
• What's blocking global issuing?
• Partnership opportunities with new players, from cryptocurrency to P2P technologies     

Access the full agenda here.

Join attendees from across Europe to meet, partner and devise powerful new partnerships. Use the code XU2940BLOG to save. Register now to lock in the lowest rates.

We look forward to meeting you in Marbella, Spain in May this year!   

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What’s on the Shopping List for Merchants this Holiday Season?

 [Book Meetings with Retail Attendees]  [Special Price for Retailers]

Retailers will be meeting with existing partners and potential vendors to vet the next generation of technologies they are looking to adopt. At APEX, you'll meet retailers and gain a better understanding of the challenges they are facing.

Hear Case Studies, Research and Insights from:

• Darden Restaurants
• The Jones Company/ Flash Foods
• Overstock.com   
• Hudson Bay Co.'s Lord & Taylor
• SeaWorld
• Sears Holdings Corporation
• Macys.com
• Cirque du Soleil    
• 1-800 FLOWERS
• Cabela's Inc.
• Schurman Retail Group (Papyrus)
• Kahala Brands (Cold Stone Creamery)
• Fandango
• Groupon    Domino's
• DineEquity - Applebee's & IHOP
• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
• Toys R Us
• Hyatt Incentive Rewards
• Landry's
• Home Depot

Download the agenda to see all session details.

Register for All Payments Expo 2015 by Friday 12/19 to save $300! Use the code: XU2848BLOG | Register here.

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All Payments Expo 2015 - Dates Announced

All Payments Expo is THE meeting place for the world's most successful merchants, payments companies, banks and technology firms. Industry leaders come together to create partnerships, launch new products, develop new business and explore innovations 

Download your APEX Sneak Peek here!

Top Reasons to Attend:

More Retailers

APEX attracts 300+ retailers annually to meet with vendors, re-sign contracts and scout out new potential vendors. Retailers also meet with peers for industry benchmarking, networking and to uncover tactics and challenges to grow programs across plastic and digital platforms.     

New Faces

You'll meet more executives who are relevant to all the areas of your business, with a flood of new participants. New attendees hail from retail's IT, Marketing and Corporate Strategy functions; new app developers (from wallets to loyalty); alternative financial services  CEOs, merchant acquirers; cyptocurrency players and more.

Secure Meetings

All APEX attendees will have access to the attendee list on our proprietary partneringONE platform, where you can vet potential partners and easily pre-arrange meetings. More than 5,000 meetings take place onsite annually.          

Growth Opportunities for Prepaid

With prepaid maturing, this is THE place to identify new customer segments, distribution opportunities and use cases that take your prepaid business into unsaturated territory.

Register now and you can save $400! Plus, as a blog reader you can receive an extra $100 off the standard rate, by using the code “XU2848BLOG”, a total savings of $500 - Register Now! 

See you in Las Vegas! 

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Live From All Payments Expo & FinTech Partnerships - Afternoon of Day 1

This afternoon we had a thought provoking panel discussion at All Payments Expo - The Future of Interchange, and How Your Business Model Will Change

Moderator: Ron Mazursky - Mercator Advisory Group

Panelists:
Chris Larson - Ripple Labs
Barry McCarthy - First Data
Fred Brothers - FIS

Key Take Aways:

- Rewards programs won't go away - low liability or no liability (ex. Groupon) 

- Crypto-currency is just the tip of the iceberg. Transactions without a central operator, this opens up all types of new possibilities - a neutral protocol on this new payments rail.

- Lower the friction in the marketplace to make it easier to conduct business and commerce across boarders. 

- The marketplace is questioning the value of interchange, opening up windows for innovators. 

- A currency that you can't regulate is a threat to national security and national banks. They will pivot towards a secure value interchange. 

- The biggest barrier in the adoption isn't protocols it's the reputational risk 

- Merchants will adopt whatever consumers want to use. 

- Data is the new oil in the banking industry - we have hundreds of years of reserves. The nature of rewards and offers will change, using the data is a great way to monetize these transactions.  

- Alternate solutions will continue to emerge and the ground is wide open for specific use solutions (ex. PayPal)

- P2P  innovation (ex. Venmo)


Thank you to the outstanding panel and stay tuned for more live recaps from All Payments Expo & FinTech Partnerships!

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