Partnerships

BVCNL represents the Dutch Key Players in a €1.7 billion gift card market. With over 40 members including retailers, issuers, suppliers, service providers and card manufacturers we provide a platform and infrastructure for members to collaborate, share best practice and keep up to date with a fast growing and dynamic industry. BVCNL actively promotes the collective interests of its members. It monitors the reputation of the industry and liaises with stakeholders to create maximum benefits opportunities for its members. bvcnl.nl

The Incentive Gift Card Coalition (IGCC) is a strategic industry group (SIG) within the Incentive Marketing Association (IMA) and is dedicated to furthering the education of corporate America on the use of gift cards as corporate incentives, recognition, and customer loyalty programs. Our membership consists of over 200 industry leaders – retailers, distribution partners, vendor/processor partners, agency partners, resellers and incentive houses. The IGCC, together with the IMA, is dedicated to helping our members prosper in the B2B incentive, recognition, and loyalty marketplace and other third party channels. www.usegiftcards.org/

The Payments Innovation Forum (PIF) is a not-for-profit trade body for the payments industry. We support and champion innovation in payments by promoting the highest possible standards of practices and compliance, educating regulators, policymakers, consumer bodies and the media to inspire legitimate confidence in the sector, and advocating for industry-positive policy that fosters innovation and competition in payments, whilst protecting the interests of consumers.

Over the past 14 years, PIF has supported the entry and phenomenal growth of new payment services and fintech, whilst helping our members to navigate a highly regulated and increasingly complex payments ecosystem. For more information, please visit: www.paymentsinnovationforum.org/

Founded in 2008, the Retail Gift Card Association is the only trade association representing the closed-loop gift card industry, and is comprised of members committed to promoting and protecting the use of retail gift cards. RGCA members follow a code of principlesthat promotes best practice standards to help the industry grow, shaping it in ways that benefit both members and consumers.

Our membership includes large regional and national brands that operate in the retail, restaurant, travel and entertainment space. Our retailer members issue branded gift cards and our supporting members work to enhance their gift card programs. Our supporting members make gift cards their priority in order to build lasting collaborative relationships with retailers to take their gift card programs to the next level. thergca.org

IMA Europe – the only Trade association dedicated to the Incentive, Reward & Recognition Industry.

IMA Europe supports its members by providing Quantifiable, Independent and Reliable sources of Incentive Marketing Information.

We deliver this by hosting Networking Events, Webinars, Knowledge Sharing, Best Practice and News from within the Incentive, Reward & Recognition Industry.

Our member companies are leaders in the Delivery of Incentive, Reward & Recognition Solutions. Sector coverage includes: Employee Engagement, Channel Incentives, Technology, Gift Card & Prepaid, Incentive Travel, Loyalty, Fintech, Performance Improvement & Fulfilment Houses.

www.imaeurope.com

Founded in 2011, Prepaid Verband Deutschland (PVD) e. V. is an industry association representing the interests of the prepaid industry operating in Germany. These include, for example, content and payment providers, issuers, distributors, sales and acceptance partners as well as incentive and reward agencies.

By actively developing the prepaid market, the association represents the interests of its members and is the point of contact for politicians, authorities and the public. Further the PVD is publisher of the half-yearly appearing magazine PVD News and organizes the Prepaid Congress, which takes place annually in Berlin. At present over 20 companies are members of the PVD. www.prepaidverband.de

WiiN is a global community network for top women leaders, women founders and entrepreneurs in the global Incentive and Loyalty industry.

Members meet exclusively and privately with the goal of creating a community where women in various stages of their entrepreneurial endeavours can connect, renew and evolve – amidst stimulating conversations, special guest speakers, self-discovery activities and knowledge sharing. We are proudly over 110 members from 18 different countries with eight time zones and we have held over 40 webinars, inviting around 20 speakers and we had four in-person events since we started in October 2020 to-date! www.wiin.global

The Payments Association (previously the Emerging Payments Association, or EPA) is a community for all companies in payments, whatever their size, capability, location or regulatory status. Its purpose is to empower the most influential community in payments, where the connections, collaboration and learning shape an industry that works for all. It works closely with industry stakeholders such as the Bank of England, the FCA, HM Treasury, the PSR, Pay.UK, UK Finance and Innovate Finance.

Through its comprehensive programme of activities and with guidance from an independent Advisory Board of leading payments CEOs, The Payments Association facilitates the connections and builds the bridges that join the ecosystem together and make it stronger. These activities include a programme of monthly digital and face-to-face events including an annual conference, PAY360, The PAY360 Awards dinner, CEO round tables and training activities. The Payments Association also runs seven stakeholder working project groups covering financial inclusion, regulation, financial crime, cross-border payments, open banking, digital currencies and ESG. The volunteers in these groups represent the collective views of the industry and work together to ensure the big problems facing the industry are addressed effectively. The association also conducts original research which is made available to members and the authorities. These include monthly whitepapers, insightful interviews, and tips from the industry’s most successful CEOs.

See www.thepaymentsassociation.org for more information. Contact [email protected] for assistance.