Retail conference partner announces even bigger and better lineup for 2012 show

Retail conference partner announces even bigger and better lineup for 2012 show

With news on cards and payments dominating the headlines, it’s crucial that this dynamic area of retail has the ideal platform. That’s why Cards & Payments Solutions 2012, the dedicated exhibition and conference focused exclusively on cards and payments solutions in retail, co-located with Retail Business Technology Expo, is aiming to be the place come and find out all there is to know about this complex subject.

Cards & Payments Solutions 2012 will once again be run in association with Vendorcom, the cards and payments community, and will include the first Vendorcom Quarterly Cards & Payments Thought Leadership Conference of 2012, which will have the theme, “Cards & Payments: Beyond the Legacy” and deliver information on the future focus of the industry as a whole and will be followed by a second full day of authoritative and pragmatic seminar briefings for retailers on topics of current interest.

Paul Rodgers, Vendorcom chairman, said: “Cards & Payments Solutions 2011 was our biggest event yet, with over 4,200 visitors visiting the exhibition, which featured more than 60 of the most innovative suppliers in this sector. In addition, over 500 delegates attended the Cards & Payments Conference and Retailer Briefings, which provided a full educational programme throughout the two days.“

Retail-focus payments forum

Nick Field, Retail Business Technology Expo and Cards & Payments Solutions event director, said: “Cards & Payments Solutions is a dedicated area for suppliers of all types of cards and payments solutions, from acquirers, cards schemes and hardware vendors all the way through to QSAs [qualified security assessors], system integrators and e-commerce solutions providers. All organisations which provide solutions for retailers and merchants in the field of cards and payments should be here!”

“Visitors to Cards & Payments Solutions are senior business managers, whose role is to equip their businesses to provide customers with more effective and secure ways to make payments, from finance directors, heads of eCommerce and fraud prevention to marketing directors and store systems managers,” Rodgers commented.

Cards & Payments Solutions takes place from 13 to 14 March 2012 at London’s Earls Court, South Hall.