European Card Acquiring Forum

Strategic event for card acquiring professionals, acquiring banks, independent acquirers, merchants, schemes, processors, psp's, consultants and solution providers...

Your VOICE at ECAF enhances...
the space for a pan-European discussion, reaching the highest level and standards, enabling the exchange of views and confrontation of different perspectives. The ECAF is an excellent meeting ground for both knowledge and business seeking organizations active in card market. The meeting represents one of the most respected card-related events with excellent media coverage. Our speakers are regularly cited in professional articles and important topical event outcomes serve as source material for prestigious world and European magazines. Important ideas impacting the entire card industry as well as strategic company announcements are often presented at the Forum.

our CARE for CONTENT providing...
an unbiased look at the card industry. For the 4^th consecutive year, ECAF represents a truly independent senior-level networking platform putting together community of card professionals from Europe and beyond. The meeting only provides indifferent and undistorted information, mirroring the actual happening within the payment area.

more CONSISTENCY in TOPICS ensuring...
ECAF‘s yearly progress in delivering more comprehensive program addressing strategic and day-to-day issues of the entire acquiring value chain. From legal framework development and strategic planning to commercial utilization and operational realization, the event strives to cover all relevant business aspects.

higher SATISFACTION of DELEGATES
proven by senior industry executives in charge of all types of card acquiring programs, regularly visiting the ECAF. The conference is attended by merchants, acquiring banks, independent acquirers, schemes, processors, psp‘s, consultants, solution providers and others. Growing base of our attendees proves the overall quality of the event.

The security of ECAF is ensured by....

REPUTATION & TRUST: ECAF 2010, 2009 and 2008 sold out!!!
The entire European card industry in one place for 3 days

FORMAT OF THE MEETING

Brand new content
with more networking opportunities!
High profile strategic discussions featuring industry leaders
Brainstorming
in smaller working groups

EVENT ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN

Acquiring banks 28%
Global Merchants 8%
Processors 15%
Schemes and regulators 5%
Solution providers 30%
Payment service providers 6%
Industry experts 8%

FACTS FROM 2010

300+ participants
50+ high profile speakers
19 sponsors
19 exhibitors

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European Card Acquiring Forum. Authorization: The financial institution that issued the card or “issuer”, provides an authorization code verifying the credit card is valid and credit is available for the sale amount. A temp hold on funds or “soft charge” will automatically fall off the cardholder’s card after 4-5 business days if the merchant does not capture or settle the authorized transaction. The gateway then passes on credit card information to the acquiring bank, when a customer makes a purchase. The acquiring bank approves the transaction and credits the company’s merchant account. Some small merchants are unable to find an acquiring bank that is willing to set up a merchant account for them. This is often the case if the merchant doesn’t have a long trading history. In such cases, merchants may use a third-party biller instead of an account with an acquiring bank. This cuts down on red tape and allows a merchant to process payments immediately. A credit card processor offers merchants online services for accepting payment online including credit card, debit card, direct debit, bank transfer and real-time bank transfers.