Testimonials
Here you can find testimonials and comments made by our delegates during our previous card-related events.
European Card Acquiring Forum 2009
„Great chance to share ideas, experiences, information. “
Card Risk Manager, Quercia Software Spa
„A unique opportunity for merchants, acquirers, vendors and processors to come together and discuss an industry challenges. “
Head of Business Development, Elavon
„The event met our expectations, being high! Interesting topics and high quality on participants allowed building relationships with new and existing contacts. “
CEO, Samport
„A great way of keeping up with current affairs and to meet peers, merchants and regulators at the same time. “
Product Manager Acquiring, Nordea
„Excellent mix of industry experts and ideally for networking. “
Director Product Management, Co-Head of Cards, Deutsche Card Services
„A great networking forum with the right audience and topics to update on card relevant topics in the market-place.“
Head of Network Development, AMEX
„Bravo! I would have guessed that your 2009 conference attendance would have been weaker than 2008 because of the recession. Clearly it wasn’t, which is a tribute to the quality of what you did in 2008 and proposed to do in 2009. First rate, topical, a good mix of presentations and discussions of critical regulatory, market and technology issues affecting card payment system acquiring and processing businesses.“
Principal, Intrepid Ventures
„The key differentiator for this conference is the interaction between delegates and speakers, that is where the real value is added.“
Former President, Elavon Merchant Services Europe
„It is good to have together all players involved in acquiring industry. It enables us to hear different point of views..“
Credit Card Supervisor, Unicre
„Excellent opportunity to network and know different acquiring realities.“
Business Analyst, Tarom
European Card Acquiring Forum 2008
„A professionally run conference with excellent attendance from specialists within cards industry, important industry topics addressed and knowledge excellently delivered by the speakers with value added from the subsequent sessions run. “
Head of International Acquiring, Sales HSBC International
„The Forum was very well organized with high quality speakers, relevant topics and excellent overall venue. It was impressive to meet so many card acquiring senior professionals from leading market players covering different countries and regions. I liked the format with short to-the-point presentations and discussion panels moderated by field experts. Special thanks to organizers for very good job! “
Head of Cards, TietoEnator Banking & Insurance
„When me and my colleagues first looked at the agenda of the event, we thought it was the best agenda we've ever seen regarding card acquiring“
Head of Department of Merchant Acquiring, OTP Bank
„I think I've already met all the people I wanted to meet... “
General Manager-Treasury, Air Malta Plc
„I think the conference has hit the target. In terms of the programme, you can't do better than you have here. “
PCI Project Manager, Change & IS, Post Office Ltd
„A new format for card conferences: many speakers – many subjects. A wide view on the market in just a few hours. “
Managing Director, EPCI
„Very useful and informative event with a lot of industry experts. Organisation was outstanding.“
Co-Head of Cards, Product Management, Deutsche Bank AG
European Card Issuing Forum
„The event was well organized and produced. Congratulations for that as well “
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, KBC Consumer Finance
„An interesting mix of new initiatives, new ideas and how to do business-as-usual differently was presented “
Chairman / Network of Alliances, Savantor Benelux
„Excellent choice of topics. “
Assistant Executive Director, PBZ Card
Aligning Cards and Business Strategy
„Very professional & service committed “
Senior Manager, Payments Strategy (Cards), Nationwide Building Society
„Professional, delivering high quality conference. Good research for speakers and topics “
VP Payments and Cards, ABN AMRO
„I learned so much and met many interesting people with really great ideas and presentations. I never attended a conference where the speakers really wanted to share new and interesting issues with their audience - and therefore (but not therefore only) - you and your team did a great job - congratulation again. I hope there will be some opportunity to meet again in the future. “
Head of Payment Division, Raiffeisenlandebank
„My congratulations on a well-organized and productive conference “
Process Manager Card, Dexia Bank
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