THE EDCOMM GROUP BANKER’S ACADEMY PARTNERS WITH INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS FORUM (IPF)  

Edcomm Banker’s Academy has partnered with International Payments Forum (IPF) to provide content and industry expertise for the growing online financial community. With 23+ years of experience in the financial services industry, Edcomm Banker’s Academy will assist IPF in its mission of providing its members with relevant and timely information that impacts the electronic payments industry. (Read more)

Preamble to ATMIA’s US National 2010 Communications Campaign

The events of this year in the ATM industry in America, culminating in the intense opposition required in the public and political domains to prevent the Harkin Amendments from being included in the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010”, have exposed an education and knowledge gap between the ATM industry and regulators, as well as between independent ATM deployers and various card brands.  (Read more)

The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), a global non-profit trade association, and Tremont Capital Group, one of the nation’s leading consulting firms specializing in the ATM industry, have announced the publication of a new industry white paper analyzing the business model of the off-branch ATM, which now dominates the U.S. ATM market. Tremont Capital Group’s new endorsed study concludes that any further interchange rate reductions by networks or any legislation restricting deployer profitability would severely constrict convenient consumer access to cash. (Read more)

Marilyn Kilcrease

When the sponsoring FI fails, What's Next
(Part 3 of 3)

In 2005 the FDIC published a well-received paper called “Troubled Banks: Why Don’t They All Fail?” It attempted to analyze problem banks and determine which ones would fail, be sold or merge, versus those that would successfully recover. (Read more)

There are core elements important to the vitality of a company. One of the most important elements impacting a company’s reputation and shareholder value is the Customer.   Due to the importance of servicing customers many companies outsource these operations to experts specializing in call center operations. (Read more)

International Payments Forum: Building the Foundation

In much the same way creating and promoting an online community forum requires buy-in on the part of visionaries and the support from their respective organizations to build the foundation for creating an industry forum that will be a valuable resource to its members. We appreciate the great input that what we have received from our members and we look forward to working with our supporters in making www.ipaymentsforum.com a best-of-breed payments industry information portal.

As most of you know by now, what started out as the ATMIA Debit Council and then the Electronic Payments Forum has now become the International Payments Forum. The reason for makeover is due to input from our members and in our wanting to better project the mission and focus of the group. The new expanded mission is to be international in scope and to focus not just on electronic payments, but on all forms of payments including cash, checks and loan instruments.

I hope that you will join us in making the International Payments Forum and the IPF Portal’s 2010 debut another ATMIA success story. The coming year will include many substantive outputs, including industry best practices and security initiatives that will address important challenges facing the payments industry. We will also continue our ongoing outreach initiatives to other non-profit associations and online forums in order to share and disseminate relevant and timely information about issues that affect the payments industry.

Please take advantage of our complimentary offer for a one year premium subscription by going to www.ipaymentsforum.com and registering as a Member Subscriber. There are no IPF Membership fees; however we do ask your assistance and would greatly appreciate your help in contacting the right people in your organization in marketing and media relations. We are always looking for quality content and sponsorship partners.