July 29, 2011 10:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Prepaid Summit: Europe 2011
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VRL Financial News, the company behind the Cards International and Electronic Payments International information services, today announced that it will be releasing exclusive research at Prepaid Summit: Europe 2011. The research will analyse the benefits of prepaid cards in the workplace, an area that is likely to experience massive growth in the next 12 months.
VRL Financial News is a leading provider of market intelligence for the financial services industry, and has commissioned the research, carried out by TNS to better understand how employers can effectively execute prepaid cards in a corporate environment. For example a number of blue chip organisations in Italy are now looking at ways to pay salaries onto a prepaid card as an alternative to current accounts.
As well as looking at corporate prepaid, the summit will analyse how the new payments landscape is emerging, and why prepaid programmes have a vital role in meeting the evolving needs of the consumer. Already popular in Italy, prepaid cards are also taking off in Eastern Europe where they are being used as a cost effective alternative to debit cards. Usage is also increasing in emerging markets such as Africa and Asia where ‘pay as you go’ is still the most popular payment method for mobile phones.
Held in association with Cards International and Electronic Payments, Prepaid Summit: Europe 2011 takes place on the 10-11 October in Milan at the luxurious Hotel Principe di Savoia. This year’s agenda will cover issues such as:
- Alternative payments and prepaid
- Contactless and mobile payments across Europe and beyond
- Whether developed markets learn from emerging markets
- Micropayments
- 2EMD and the changing regulatory landscape
- Retail, gift and loyalty
- Government and corporate incentives and disbursement
Keynote addresses from MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, Epipoli, Garanti Bank, Icalex and the Prepaid International Forum feature as highlights to the agenda. Also this year Visa will be providing Audience Voting Systems, enabling attendees to take part in interactive debates and share their views alongside speakers.
For more details on Prepaid Summit: Europe visit: http://www.vrl-financial-news.com/cards--payments/cards-international/events/prepaid-summit-europe-2011/event-summary.aspx.
Sponsors for 2011 include MasterCard Worldwide (Platinum and Workshop Sponsor), Visa (Gold Sponsor), Epipoli and www.mygiftcard.it (Session Sponsors), IDT Finance (exhibitor) and the event is also supported by the Prepaid International Forum trade association.
