Prepaid International Forum (PIF) is a not-for-profit trade association established to represent all parties participating on a commercial basis in the prepaid economy.
It is dedicated to the progression of prepaid commerce around the world and acts as principal point of liaison between the prepaid economy and government agencies, regulators, consumer bodies and the media. It is focused on the entire prepaid world and facilitates the development of cross- industry guidelines and codes of practice.
Government Business, now in its 14th year of publication, is published monthly by Public Sector Publishing. GB's pages contain need-to-know features, news and case studies that explain the commercial issues affecting local and central government. Topics regularly addressed in GB include Facilities Management, Security, Energy, Transport, Procurement and Money Matters - a regular supplement on public sector finance, insurance and risk management.
Government Technology, now in its fifth year, is published monthly by Public Sector Publishing. GT's pages contain need-to-know features, news and case studies that explain the administrative and commercial issues affecting IT and computing in Central and Local Government.
Regular topics include E-Government, E-Procurement, Smartcards, Open Source Software, Networking and Telecommunications. Contributors range from government ministers through to IT experts and association chairs.
Smart Insights is a weekly newsletter covering the smart card industry, its businesses, its technologies, its markets as well as its technology suppliers. Smart Insights covers all the major trends in the industry, it encompasses worldwide business, standardization bodies, industry analysts and also the people belonging to the Smart Card Industry community. Smart Insights is brought to you by Thierry Spanjaard who has more than 15 years experience in the industry, in a variety of positions. More information at
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There is no point in spending a fortune bringing in new customers, if the old ones are leaving in droves. It sounds obvious, but the subject of customer retention is certainly not an exact science. New technology is making the corner shop principle achievable for large numbers, but there is nothing so fickle as people.
Read www.LoyaltyMagazine.Com every day for the latest on CRM, call centres, loyalty rewards, customer data and the market from international contributors with impressive industry track records. Subscribers also receive a weekly email update with all the week's latest news. Subscriptions are £98 (one year) and £166 (two years)
The SmartCard Networking Forum www.scnf.org.uk is a non-profit organisation run by Local Government in the UK to inspire the spread of excellent local authority smart card schemes.
It is free to join for anyone in the public, voluntary or non-profit sectors with an interest in smart cards.
Founded in 2001, The Forum is independent and exists for local authorities to exchange information, ideas and experience about smart card technology and applications. It runs 2-3 Events per year, represents members’ interests to central government organisations and agencies, and engages with the commercial sector.
Paybefore is the leading provider of information to the rapidly growing network branded prepaid and stored value card industry. Our fully integrated family of media properties includes: the Paybefore NewsTM, Paybefore UpdateTM, and Paybefore LegalTM email newsletters; the Paybefore.comTM online portal; and the Paybefore MagazineTM print publication. Paybefore also produces the Paybefore Buyers GuideTM, Paybefore DataTM, and Paybefore AwardsTM. As the network branded prepaid and stored value card industry continues to emerge and grow, Paybefore serves as a trusted partner.
Paymentsjobsonline.com is the leading independent online jobs board dedicated to the specialist needs of the cards and payments industry. It is ranked the number one site for 'payments jobs' on Google and Yahoo! The site acts a recruitment portal for both corporate recruiters and recruitment agencies as well as cards and payments industry professionals. It enables recruiters to cost effectively target candidates from within this niche sector and provides job seekers with the ability to easily review leading roles within their industry. The site also contains details of upcoming major cards and payments events, as well as other payments related organisations. To find out more please visit http://www.paymentsjobsonline.com
ITSO is a non-profit membership organisation run by its members for the benefit of its members and users of smartcard solutions, supported by the UK Department for Transport.
ITSO has created a common specification at both the card and application level, to enable the use of interoperable smart cards in transport and other areas.
ITSO has become de facto the national electronic ticketing standard for UK. ITSO facilitates “smart” functionality of the concessionary travel schemes in Scotland, Wales and England; ITSO-compliant ticketing has been made a requirement for a number of rail franchises. ITSO standard is potentially suitable for other applications of smartcards, for example, citizens’ applications, car parking, loyalty schemes and other.
VanillaPlus is EMEA’s only magazine dedicated to communications Billing, OSS, Fraud Control, Service Assurance and Revenue Management. It is circulated 6 times per year to 6,235 named communications directors and senior managers within fixed and mobile network operators, service and content providers and corporate communications users.
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Telecompaper is a well respected, independent research and publishing company focused on the telecommunications industry. We track the worldwide telecommunications market and publish need-to-know information and market insight on all aspects of the communications sector as well as timely, apposite research. Telecompaper provides international customers with newswires, reports, research, and advisory services.
Mobile Payments World is the on-line newsletter from the publishers of European Card Review, Europe’s leading payment cards magazine, complemented by Mobile Payments – a hard copy quarterly magazine distributed at all of the major finance and telecoms shows, conferences and exhibitions. Like ECR, its mission is to record and explain trends in payments and to do this in a rigorous, professional way.
Mobey Forum is a global, non-profit forum driven by the finance industry. Our mission is to enable and encourage banks to offer mobile financial services by creating suitable business models through cross-industry collaboration. Mobey Forum members are world-leading companies, and include ABN AMRO, Accenture, Bank of Ireland, Banking and Business Solutions (BBS), BBVA, Bharti Telesoft, CPP Group, DnB NOR, Equens, HBOS, Hewlett-Packard, HSBC, ING Bank, INTRA, LaCaixa, LogicaCMG, Meridea, M-Systems, NCR, Nokia, Nordea, OTP Bank, Payter, Payzy, PBS, Postilion, Rabobank, Sampo Bank, SanDisk, SK Telecom, Sybase365, Telenor, TeliaSonera, The Royal Bank of Scotland, TietoEnator, Tyfone, UBS, and Valimo.
Telecommunications Insight provides telecommunications market intelligence, trend analysis and forecasts for the telecommunications industry across the USA, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central, Eastern, South East and Western Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. A regional telecommunications newsletter, Telecommunications Insight gives subscribers access to the latest independent opinion of the telecommunications industry, telecommunications market data, a searchable telecommunications publication archive and pdf access to the regional monthly telecommunications publications.
The Nilson Report is guaranteed to increase your understanding of the payment systems industry. Our readers receive the best benefit any trade journal can deliver — an unsurpassed level of usefulness.
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A forum for the exchange of information and the promotion of a united effort against telecommunications fraud
OBJECTIVES
To provide a discussion forum for member organisations
To promote an open and co-operative environment
To provide TUFF contacts in the different member organisations
To encourage telecommunications network operators in the UK to seek membership
To establish working relationships with other similar fraud forums in the UK and overseas
To form strategic alliances with consumer bodies and intermediate service providers
To identify fraud risks
To identify and define fraud methods
To generate appropriate documentation and raise awareness of tools and tangible methods with a view to enabling the industry to manage fraud more effectively
The EMA (Electronic Money Association)is the trade body representing electronic money issuers and payment institutions. It brings together payments companies, the telecommunications and transport sectors as well as specialist e-money issuers to address issues of common interest and to act in the interest of the industry as a whole. The EMA represents industry with regulators, government bodies as well as international organisations. It responds to regulatory proposals, drafts industry guidelines and acts as a forum for communication and education.
Euromonitor International is the world’s leading provider of global consumer market intelligence with over 30 years in the research and business publishing field. The company has offices in London, Chicago, Singapore, Shanghai and Dubai and a network of more than 600 analysts worldwide.
The Financial Cards industry is a core area of research for Euromonitor International. With dedicated teams of analysts monitoring the credit, debit, charge, ATM, store card and e-purse markets on a day-to-day basis, Euromonitor International provides a complete strategic picture of the latest trends and issues in the financial cards market in 42 country markets, as well as at a regional and global level.
Turn to Euromonitor for expert analysis of supply-side and demand drivers, new product developments and marketing and retailing trends.
EURAILmag delivers news and information on Europe’s railway industry, its product offerings and services.
To keep you on track in this fast moving sector, our editorial team reports on economic changes, statutory developments and technical innovations.
Contributors include rail specialists, independent journalists, members of European and international rail companies and constructors.
EURAILmag is essential reading for decision-makers, key players and suppliers working in rail today.
