Four clients honored with the prepaid industry's most prestigious recognition
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paybefore has chosen i2c clients Convenient Cards; Outlier, Inc.; Plastic Cash International; and Western Union as Paybefore Award winners in six different categories. The awards are presented annually by Prepaid Media, whose Paybefore publications are the leading source of industry information for the global prepaid community. The companies use i2c's My Card PlaceSM (MCP) processing platform to power their programs.“Congratulations to Convenient Cards, Outlier, Plastic Cash and Western Union on their awards. Receiving recognition from Paybefore is a tremendous honor.”
Paybefore Awards, now in its fifth year, is the most prestigious recognition of excellence in the worldwide prepaid and stored value card industry. The winning companies are now contenders for Paybefore's “Best in Category” awards, which will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 7, 2011 at the Prepaid Expo USA in Orlando, Florida.
“Paybefore Awards were created to celebrate the innovators in our industry who are using prepaid to transform payments with ever-more efficient and accessible products,” said Loraine DeBonis, Paybefore editor-in-chief and chair of the judging panel. “We are proud to recognize their contributions to advancing the prepaid industry.”
i2c CEO Amir Wain said of the news, “Congratulations to Convenient Cards, Outlier, Plastic Cash and Western Union on their awards. Receiving recognition from Paybefore is a tremendous honor.”
Wain says the range of categories in which i2c clients have won demonstrates the flexibility and robustness of the MCP processing platform.
“Prepaid comes in many forms – GPR, gift and mobile to name just a few – so we have built one integrated platform flexible enough to handle any type of prepaid program. We are committed to innovation in prepaid and will continue turning out new functionality that will propel even more award-winning solutions for our clients,” he said.
i2c clients were recognized in the following categories:
BEST CONSUMER-FUNDED PREPAID CARD
Plastic Cash International – MyPlash Teen Card
BEST GENERAL PURPOSE RELOADABLE PROGRAM: IN-PERSON SALES CHANNEL
Western Union – MoneyWise Prepaid Card
BEST PREPAID CARD DESIGN
Plastic Cash International – MyPlash Teen Card
BEST VIRTUAL OR MOBILE PREPAID APPLICATION
Outlier, Inc. - SWAGG
MOST EFFECTIVE PREPAID SOLUTION
Convenient Cards – Tour Operator Program
MOST INNOVATIVE PREPAID PROGRAM
Outlier, Inc. - SWAGG
A complete list of categories and winners can be found at www.paybefore.com.
About i2c, Inc.
i2c, Inc. is an experienced and trusted payment solution provider that helps card issuers and program managers deliver profitable prepaid programs. For more information, please visitwww.i2cinc.com.
About Paybefore
Paybefore is the leading information provider to prepaid and stored value industry professionals, offering the latest news, commentary and analysis. Visit www.paybefore.com for more information.
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