Mobile Payments
Mobile Payments - The Future is NOW! by Tim McWeeney
Verifone Wireless by Bulent Ozayaz
ROAM Presentation by Will Graylin
FDC Mobile Commerce by Dave Duben
Apriva Mobile Merchant Market by Bill Clark
Understanding PCI
Control Scan PCI Presentation by David Abouchar
Security Metrics PCI Presentation by Rich Running
Trustwave - PCI on Payment Processing Industry by Ted Mckendall
Gateway Security
CHARGE Anywhere Gateway Security by Dmitriy Lerman
USAePay Gateway Security by Ben Goretsky
eProcessing Network Gateway Security by Maykel Gomez
Paysentinel Gateway Security by Susan Champion
Same old Sales Strategies
Not your Same Old Sales Strategy Overview by Deb Camm
Efficient Merchant Acquisition by Adil Moussa
Not The Same Old Sales Strategy by Jeff Marcous
Field Guide for New Small ISO by Mark Dunn
Non Traditional Lead Generation by Marc Beauchamp
Western States Acquirers Association "Octobers Best" Conference - Wednesday and Thursday October 14th & 15th @ Anaheim Sheraton Resort, Disneyland, CA
Hello Industry Professionals, Manufacturers, Service Providers, Processors and Colleagues!
You are less than two weeks away from WSAA 2009 Octobers Best Conference. Have you registered to attend? If you plan to attend and want to stay at the resort it’s important that you make your reservations today. The price is right and the hotel is nearly sold out!
Once again WSAA has assembled an impressive group of industry veterans ready to impart their knowledge and speak to topics re-shaping the payments industry. Our conference theme this year is “Octobersbest – Making Money in the Payments Industry.” Please see Agenda here!
Registrations during the last two weeks have been incredible and we expect the attendance to be comparable to last year’s record attendance. Over 75 vendors will be there wanting to meet with you and tell you all about their products and services. You don’t want to miss this conference!
Shuttle Service John Wayne Airport – There will be a WSAA shuttle available to and from the John Wayne (SNA) airport during the hours listed below. A Greeter will be near baggage claim #2 to direct you to the pick-up area. Thank you AuthorizeNet for sponsoring the shuttle service this year!
Tuesday: 10/13 - 1pm – 5pm
Wednesday 10/14 – 8am – Noon
Friday 10/16 – 6am – 11:30 (every 30 minutes)
On behalf of the entire Western States Acquirers Association I want to encourage you to join us for two days of educational seminars, valuable presentations, networking, fun and prizes.
Sincerely,
Ken Elderts, President
Western States Acquirers Expands Advisory Board
WSAA Adds Slate of Professionals to Its Already Substantial List of Talent
July 14, 2009
The Western States Acquirers Association is pleased to announce that they have expanded its Advisory Board to include four established and experienced members of the bankcard industry. The WSAA Board of Directors is excited to welcome Ryan Fenley, of POS Card Systems, Deborah Camm, Planet Payments, Jason Putnam, First American Payment Systems and Tim McWeeney, Way Systems to its already expansive list of industry veterans to enhance the capabilities of the organization.
“We are proud and honored to have such well respected individuals to join our rank and file,” remarked WSAA President Ken Elderts. He added, “Each and every one these folks adds an enormous amount of experience, professionalism and capability to our team, welcome aboard.”
About Western States Acquirers
The Western States Acquirers Association is a not-for-profit, non membership organization dedicated to creating an independent forum explicitly designed for the purpose of educating, networking and helping to create an environment of solidarity within the merchant bankcard acquiring field. It is completely self-governing and staffed by volunteers dedicated to accomplishing these goals. We fund each of our events solely on the revenue generated through Vendor and Exhibitor sponsorship and minimal Attendee registration fees.
Vendors/Exhibitors are identified as those organizations or individuals that primarily sell to the Acquiring Industry.
Attendees are defined as Financial Institutions, Independent Sales Organizations, or Individuals that primarily sell acquiring related services directly to the Retail Industry. WSAA is open to all who want to attend these Seminars.
WSAA Promotes Two Industry Veterans
The Western States Acquirers Association is pleased to announce that they have added two talented industry veterans to join the WSAA Board of Directors. Gregg Gumbinger, a gifted and accomplished industry professional, currently working with First Data and David Sharp, a knowledgeable and proficient acquiring professional currently working with Pay Simple.
Gregg will be taking the position of Secretary and David comes on as a Member of the board. Gregg is taking over for the previous secretary, WSAA founder and Past President, Sherry Friedrichsen who will remain as a consultant.
“We are elated to have two extremely talented professionals agree to take part of our little family,” remarked WSAA President Ken Elderts. He went on to say “I have worked with both Gregg and David for some time now and am convinced that their experience and professional work ethic will be a great addition to the board.”
About Western States Acquirers
The Western States Acquirers Association is a not-for-profit, non membership organization dedicated to creating an independent forum explicitly designed for the purpose of educating, networking and helping to create an environment of solidarity within the merchant bankcard acquiring field. It is completely self-governing and staffed by volunteers dedicated to accomplishing these goals. We fund each of our events solely on the revenue generated through Vendor and Exhibitor sponsorship and minimal Attendee registration fees. Vendors/Exhibitors are identified as those organizations or individuals that primarily sell to the Acquiring Industry.
Attendees are defined as Financial Institutions, Independent Sales Organizations, or Individuals that primarily sell acquiring related services directly to the Retail Industry. WSAA is open to all who want to attend these Seminars.
Source: Company press release.
