TSYS Executive to Serve on Panel at FinTech 2008 Senior Executive Forum
Columbus, Ga., July 2, 2008 — TSYS announced today that Jim Accordino, Group Executive for Prepaid Services, will serve on a panel titled “Prepaid Cards Trends and Issues” at the FinTech 2008 Senior Executive Forum, which will take place July 8 - 9 in New York City. Senior business leaders from across the payments industry will meet to explore challenges and opportunities as they continue to expand into new markets.
Accordino will discuss significant trends emerging in the prepaid industry, including complex regulatory hurdles often encountered as well as the features and functionality TSYS considers crucial to successful prepaid programs.
“TSYS has processing relationships with 11 of the top 20 global financial institutions and has been processing prepaid programs worldwide for more than 10 years”, said Accordino. “Our experience in working with some of the world’s largest financial institutions has taught us that offering superior technology, flexible solutions and world-class customer service is crucial to a successful prepaid program. TSYS’ dedication to these principles has allowed us to launch programs in numerous countries, making us a leading prepaid provider in today’s global markets.”
Accordino is a veteran of TSYS and brings more than 25 years of payment industry experience to its prepaid services division. His responsibilities include client relations, operations, product development and implementation, sales and marketing for the entire prepaid division. Accordino is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association. He frequently works with other industry leaders to influence the development, communication and maturity of the prepaid industry.
The forum will be held at the Time Warner Conference Center in New York City.
About TSYS
TSYS (www.tsys.com) is one of the world’s largest companies for outsourced payment services, offering a broad range of issuer- and acquirer-processing technologies that support consumer-finance, credit, debit, healthcare, debt management, loyalty and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. The company’s extensive portfolio of prepaid applications includes rebate, promotion, gift, payroll, corporate incentive, unbanked, rewards, travel and insurance claims cards. For more information, contact news@tsys.com.
Contacts
Suzanne Walters
TSYS Prepaid
+1.678.566.4177
swalters@tsys.com
Cyle Mims
TSYS Media Relations
+1.706.644.3110
cylemims@tsys.com