Strategic event for acquiring banks, acquirers, global merchants, schemes, regulators, processors and industry professionals


EUROPE‘S BIGGEST CARD ACQUIRING EVENT
The ECAF 2009 creates a pan-European discussion platform for the exchange of views
and confrontation of different perspectives of the whole card acquiring value chain.


A REPUTATION YOU CAN TRUST: ECAF 2008 sold out!!!
Empiria builds up on a great success of  its inaugural European Card Acquiring Forum 2008, which took place on 4 - 6 June 2008, Brussels and attracted over 200 participants and for the first time brought the whole acquiring industry into one place. 

SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED

  • Profitability and business models: Strategies for growth, improving distribution and managing  high risk merchants

  • Cross-border acquiring:
    Selling & managing pan-European acquiring business for merchants

  • Effective management of compliance:
    SEPA, PSD, PCI DSS, EMV

  • E-commerce:
    3D Secure and CNP fraud

  • Innovations:
    Expanding and Growing with POS, ATM, E&M-Commerce payments innovations

  • New types of partnerships:
    JV and M&As

  • Interbank processors:
    In wider SEPA context
EVENT ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN

  • Banks 40%
  • Global Merchants 20%
  • Inter-bank and Comm. Processors 14%
  • Schemes and regulators 10%
  • Solution providers 8%
  • Other industry experts 3%
FORMAT OF THE MEETING

  • Brand new content
    with more networking opportunities!

  • High profile strategic discussions featuring industry leaders

  • Specially designed breakfasts
    for acquirers only and merchants only!

  • Brainstorming
    in smaller working groups

  • Special day for Global Merchants
    „A-Z of payments acceptance“

FACTS

  • 250+ participants
  • 40+ high profile speakers
  • 20 exhibitors
  • The most comprehensive and extensive programme ever!
Gold Sponsor
Equens
Silver Sponsors
TSYS Ogone Zecure PayFair
Bronze Sponsors
Diners Club International TNSI CyberSource Elavon
Exhibitors
Samport Payment Services AB Postilion
Document Sponsor
First Annapolis
Media Partners
European Card Review PLUS Journal The Nilson Report E-finance & Payments Law & Policy Card World Fraud Watch Online CEEPORTAL Smart Insights Globalsmart.com Ecommerce Journal gtnews.com Cardmag Retail Technology Review ContactlessNews Interactive Media In Retail Group