VRL Prepaid 09, Villa Borghese

The opportunities for Prepaid in Government

Experience sharing workshop in the Public Sector

Rome, 11 November, (Wednesday preceding the conference) 2009

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11 November, (Wednesday preceding the conference) 2009, 15:00-17:00

The opportunities for Prepaid in Government. : Debate/interactive discussion with:

Moderator: Tom Raggett, Managing Director, TRC
European perspective and experience sharing examples from live projects.
Panel discussion and audience participation

Objective:

To inform the audience about the prepaid market in general and about prepaid products for Business and Government in particular.
To inform the audience about recent research sponsored by MasterCard and growth potential markets in Europe for prepaid in Government.
Case studies such as Carta Acquisti (Italy) PKO (Poland), or ABN-AMRO (Netherlands) and why a number of European Governments on different levels have chosen one or more prepaid products.
To understand how the delegates use prepaid and / or how they plan to use prepaid in the future.

The audience will be taken through the opportunities and pitfalls in implementing a programme. How long will it take? What are the requirements? What are the funds needed? What can be the savings and benefits? How great is the need for administration, benefits tracking, risk limitation, and cardholder service? How do we ensure the citizen / client gets what he is entitled to? Which issuers or processors should we team up with?

The panel and audience will discuss the complexities of prepaid, the required elements that Government should look for when choosing a partner, andthe challenges to face when opening new programmes with current and new clients.

Target Audience:

Government officials of different levels (e.g. National, County and Municipal) who are open to learn from real life prepaid experience in other countries. Card issuers wishing to get into the government market. Organisations implementing government programmes involving secure personalised payments.

Key Takeaways:

How to specify and run a prepaid programme in government, minimising risk and maximising benefits
Key Prepaid functionalities for government and how they have been effectively used in live projects
Understanding of the role of a prepaid partner and how to make a balanced choice: dedicated prepaid platform vs legacy/credit or debit platform
Importance of the relationship / SLAs and Customer support offered by partners
Future Trends / Innovation