The Cards & Payment Europe 2010
Awards will take place on 18 May in Madrid, Spain. Nominations are
now welcome from Cards International readers who wish to highlight
the outstanding product launches and innovations from the past
year, with the winners to be announced at our prestigious Gala
Awards Dinner.
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This year’s Cards & Payments
Europe Event and Awards will be heading to Madrid in Spain on 18-19
May, where the world’s leading cards and payment players will
gather to share their market-leading business insights and best
practices, and discuss how they have reshaped their business models
to adapt to this new era.
As always, our Gala Awards dinner to be held
on the evening of 18 May is sure to be a highlight of the event, as
it is one of the few awards ceremonies that is truly global in
scope, acknowledging and rewarding outstanding product launches,
innovations and contributions in the cards and payments sector over
the last 12 months.
Awards will be determined on a global basis,
with specific criteria for each individual award.
The award categories will be applied for
activities in the last 12 months, not general category
excellence.
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By GlobalDataAs editor of Cards International, I would like
to ask our readers to submit their nominations for this year’s
awards.
Full information on the awards categories and
nomination submissions can be found on
www.vrl-financial-news.com.
Please email or post your nominations to
Victoria Conroy, editor of Cards International, at
victoria.conroy@vrlfinancialnews.com.
The deadline for receipt of nominations is 26
March.
The Cards International team and a panel of
esteemed judges drawn from the global cards and payments sector
will then draw up a shortlist of nominees, with the winners to be
announced at the Cards & Payments Europe Gala Awards
Dinner.
On behalf of the Cards International team, I
hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a highly
engaging and lively event.
Awards
categories
Best Merger &
Acquisition
Criteria:
• Acquisition or merger that fundamentally
changed the nature of the organisation’s business, market position,
market conditions or industry.
• Financially successful acquisition (price,
potential, etc).
• Significant future opportunities to the
business from the M&A activity.
Best New Credit Card Product
Launch
Criteria:
• A new or re-launched credit card product
with significant unique features or
marketing strategies or programmes
• New to issuer, market or both
• Acquired significant number of new accounts
in six months following launch
Best New Debit Card Product
Launch
Criteria:
• A new or re-launched debit card
product with significant unique features, or
marketing strategies or programmes
• New to issuer, market or both
• Acquired significant number of new
accounts in six months following launch
Best New Prepaid Card Product
Launch
Criteria:
• A new prepaid card product with
significant unique features, or marketing strategies or
programmes
• New to issuer, market or both
• Acquired significant number of new
accounts in six months following launch
Best New Co-branded or Affinity Card
Product Launch
Criteria:
• A new co-branded or affinity card
product with unique partners, partnership strategy, features, or
marketing strategies or programmes
• New to issuer, market or both
• Acquired significant number of new
accounts in six months following launch
Best Innovation in a Loyalty
Programme
Criteria:
• The issuer that has developed a
truly new and unique innovation for its loyalty programme. This
could include a technology application, marketing programme,
partnership strategy, new loyalty programme design or other
significant facet of a loyalty programme.
Best Commercial Credit Card
Issuer
Criteria:
• Issuer must have a significant
market share of at least one type of commercial card in at least
one market, and preferably multiple markets.
• Products or marketing programmes
should be unique or new to the market.
• In the last 12 months issuer has
introduced new product, significantly increased market share
Best Card Processor of the
Year
Criteria:
• A processor that has made a major
change to the industry through new services, technological
advancements, acquisitions or other significant activities.
Merchant Acquirer of the
Year
Criteria:
• A merchant acquirer that has made
a major change to the industry through expansion, technological
advancements, acquisitions or other significant activities.
Most Promising New
Entrant
Criteria:
• A promising start up which is set
to
prosper in the years ahead and has brought creativity and
innovation to the cards and payments market.
